John Denver: Annie's Song

by John Denver, Frank Metis

John Denver became a star as a bright-eyed, clear-voiced singer-songwriter in glasses and a cowboy hat.His love for the environment and his then wife Annie Martell inspired this romantic and wildly successful Annie's song, which is said to have been written in ten minutes on a ski lift. Here it has been arranged for SATB Choir, with Piano accompaniment, by Frank Metis.

10 pages, Paperback

Published June 24, 2013

About the author

John Denver, born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr., was an American folk singer-songwriter and folk rock musician who was one of the most popular artists of the 1970s. He recorded and released some 300 songs, about half of which he had composed, and was named Poet Laureate of Colorado in 1977.

Denver's songs were suffused with a deep and abiding love of the natural world. Songs such as "Take Me Home, Country Roads" (1971), "Leaving on a Jet Plane", "Calypso" (1975), "Thank God I'm a Country Boy", and "Rocky Mountain High" (1973) are popular worldwide. Denver has been referred to as "The Poet For the Planet", "Mother Nature's Son" (based on The Beatles song he covered) and "A Song's Best Friend".