"most popular and beloved songs. It has continued to sell, with over a million digital copies sold in the United States. It is considered to be Denver's signature song. The song has a prominent status as an iconic symbol of West Virginia, which it describes as ""almost Heaven"". In March 2014, it became one of the four official state anthems of West Virginia. Danoff and his then-wife, Mary (""Taffy"") Nivert, wrote ""I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado"" and ""Take Me Home, Country Roads"", both of which were hits for John Denver. Danoff (from Springfield, Massachusetts) has stated he had"
"Take Me Home (Phil Collins song) ""Take Me Home"" is a song written and performed by English drummer singer-songwriter Phil Collins. It is the tenth and final track on Collins' third solo album, ""No Jacket Required"". Collins co-produced the song with Hugh Padgham and released it as a single in the UK in July 1985 and the U.S. in March 1986. It did moderately well in the UK, peaking at No. 19. While it was not as successful as other singles from the album, such as ""Sussudio"" or ""One More Night"" in the US, it still reached the top 10,"
"also toured Russia in 1985. His 11 Soviet Union concerts were the first by any American artist in more than 10 years. He returned two years later to perform at a benefit concert for the victims of the Chernobyl disaster. In October 1992, Denver undertook a multiple-city tour of the People's Republic of China. He also released a greatest-hits CD, ""Homegrown"", to raise money for homeless charities. In 1994, he published his autobiography, ""Take Me Home"", in which he candidly spoke of his cannabis, LSD, and cocaine use, his marital infidelities, and his history of domestic violence. In 1996, he"
"Take Me Home Tonight (song) ""Take Me Home Tonight"" is a song by American rock singer Eddie Money. It was released in August 1986 as the lead single from his album ""Can't Hold Back"". The song's chorus interpolates the Ronettes' 1963 hit ""Be My Baby"", with original vocalist Ronnie Spector reprising her role. The song reached number four on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 on November 15, 1986, and number one on the Album Rock Tracks chart; outside the U.S., it was a top 15 hit in Canada. It received a Grammy nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. Alongside its"
"2, 2011, at the age of 72. Howard Tate Howard Tate (August 13, 1939 – December 2, 2011) was an American soul singer and songwriter. His greatest success came with a string of hit singles in the late 1960s, including ""Ain't Nobody Home"" and ""Get It While You Can,"" the latter of which became a hit for the singer Janis Joplin. After withdrawing from the music business and struggling with drug addiction, Tate mounted a warmly received comeback in 2001. According to an interview Tate gave to ""No Depression"" magazine writer Edd Hurt in 2006, he was born in Elberton,"
"of his Beverly Hills-based publishing companies, in which his children also became involved as they became adults. Bill Withers William Harrison Withers Jr. (born July 4, 1938) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. He recorded several major hits, including ""Lean on Me"", ""Ain't No Sunshine"", ""Use Me"", ""Just the Two of Us"", ""Lovely Day"", and ""Grandma's Hands"". Withers won three Grammy Awards and was nominated for four more. His life was the subject of the 2009 documentary film ""Still Bill"". He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in"
"Take Me Home (Cher album) Take Me Home is the fifteenth studio album by American singer-actress Cher, released on January 25, 1979 on Casablanca Records. The RIAA certified it gold on May 17 of that year for the sales of 500,000 copies in the US. ""Take Me Home"" was Cher's first album of 1979, and also her first released by Casablanca Records. It was produced by Bob Esty and Ron Dante, and most of the songs were written by Michele Aller and Bob Esty. This marked the beginning of her brief venture into disco music. Much to Cher's chagrin, she"
"in 1999, country singer Sammy Kershaw described this song, that he'd heard only once, as a young child, as one of the most ""memorable"" and ""saddest songs"" he'd ever heard in his life. Kershaw cited George Jones as a heavy influence of his own music. ""Video of that interview can be seen here..."". In 2006, Swedish dance group Rednex recorded a song titled ""Mama, Take Me Home"", which is completely unrelated to the country song recorded by Jones. Mama Take Me Home ""Mama Take Me Home"" is a song by Country Music Singer George Jones, released in the early 1970s."
"Take Me Home (Cher song) ""Take Me Home"" is a song recorded by American singer and actress Cher for her 1979 fifteenth studio album of the same name. A disco song, it was conceived after Cher was recommended to venture into said genre, after the commercial failure of her previous albums. The lyrics center around the request of a woman to be taken home by her lover. It was released as the lead single from the ""Take Me Home"" album in January 1979 through Casablanca Records, pressed as a 12-inch single. Music critics gave positive reviews of ""Take Me Home"","
"1985, aged 62, in Richmond, Virginia, having moved there in 1974. Muriel Smith (singer) Muriel Burrell Smith (February 23, 1923 – September 13, 1985) was an American singer. In the 1940s and 1950s, she was a star of musical theater and opera, and was also the off-film ghost singer in several hit movies. She is perhaps best known in the UK for her 1953 #3 hit single, ""Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me"", which was first covered in 1965 by Mel Carter (and which remains a staple of easy listening and oldies radio to this day) and later in 1994"
"Take Me Home (Cash Cash song) ""Take Me Home"" is a song by American electronic music group Cash Cash, featuring vocals from Albanian-American singer Bebe Rexha, taken from Cash Cash's third EP ""Overtime"" and their fourth studio album ""Blood, Sweat & 3 Years"". ""Take Me Home"" was released worldwide on July 15, 2013. The song peaked at number fifty seven on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Outside the United States, the song peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, Ukraine and the United Kingdom, becoming Cash Cash's first charting song. In November 2013, the group recorded an acoustic"
"confetti. Take Me Home (Cher song) ""Take Me Home"" is a song recorded by American singer and actress Cher for her 1979 fifteenth studio album of the same name. A disco song, it was conceived after Cher was recommended to venture into said genre, after the commercial failure of her previous albums. The lyrics center around the request of a woman to be taken home by her lover. It was released as the lead single from the ""Take Me Home"" album in January 1979 through Casablanca Records, pressed as a 12-inch single. Music critics gave positive reviews of ""Take Me"
"Take Me Higher Take Me Higher is a studio album by American singer Diana Ross, released on September 5, 1995 by the Motown label. It reached #114 in the USA (#38 R&B) and sold a little over 100,000 copies. The album features production from urban producers such as Narada Michael Walden, Brenda Russell, Jon-John and the Boom Brothers, the latter two coming from Babyface's production company. The album yielded the UK hits ""Take Me Higher"", ""Gone"" and Ross's dance cover of Gloria Gaynor's ""I Will Survive"", which featured club mixes by Steve Rodway of Motiv8 and Grammy Award-winning Remixer Hex"
"Take Me Home (Jess Moskaluke song) ""Take Me Home"" is a song written by Kelly Archer, Jess Moskaluke, and Emily Shackelton and recorded by Moskaluke for her second extended play, ""Kiss Me Quiet"" (2015). The record was produced by Corey Crowder. ""Take Me Home"" was first released to digital retailers through MDM Recordings Inc. on August 28, 2015 alongside previous single, ""Kiss Me Quiet"", as a promotional single. The song was serviced to Canadian country radio on February 2, 2016 as the EP's second official single. ""Take Me Home"" was a success at radio, earning Moskaluke her second consecutive top"
"Free"" in a public service campaign to discourage the chaining of dogs outside. Studio albums Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn (née Webb; born April 14, 1932) is an American country music singer-songwriter with multiple gold albums in a career spanning almost 60 years. She is famous for hits such as ""You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)"", ""Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)"", ""One's on the Way"", ""Fist City"", and ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" along with the 1980 biographical film of the same name. Lynn has received numerous awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in"
"Howard Tate Howard Tate (August 13, 1939 – December 2, 2011) was an American soul singer and songwriter. His greatest success came with a string of hit singles in the late 1960s, including ""Ain't Nobody Home"" and ""Get It While You Can,"" the latter of which became a hit for the singer Janis Joplin. After withdrawing from the music business and struggling with drug addiction, Tate mounted a warmly received comeback in 2001. According to an interview Tate gave to ""No Depression"" magazine writer Edd Hurt in 2006, he was born in Elberton, Georgia. Tate pronounced the town's name as"
"(Old Hickory, Tennessee) just outside Nashville on August 15, 1996. His funeral was attended by his wife, children, grandchildren and siblings; his sisters Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle gave eulogies at his funeral. Jay Lee Webb Willie ""Jay"" Lee Webb (February 12, 1937 – July 31, 1996) was an American country music singer. He is known for his answer song ""I Come Home A Drinkin'"" which was written in response to his older sister Loretta Lynn's #1 hit ""Don't Come Home A Drinkin'"" in 1969. Willie ""Jay"" Lee Webb was born in a log cabin on February 12, 1937, in"
"to her deteriorating health. Bass survived breast cancer, a series of strokes beginning in 2005, and also had a leg amputated. On December 26, 2012, she died at a St. Louis hospital from complications of a heart attack suffered earlier in the month; she was 72. Fontella Bass Fontella Marie Bass (July 3, 1940 – December 26, 2012) was an American R&B and soul singer and songwriter best known for her 1965 hit, ""Rescue Me."" Fontella Bass was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of gospel singer Martha Bass (a member of the Clara Ward Singers). She was the"
"Take Me Home (Jess Glynne song) ""Take Me Home"" is a song by English singer and songwriter Jess Glynne. It was released on 3 November 2015 as the fifth single from her debut studio album, ""I Cry When I Laugh"" (2015). A music video for the song was released on Glynne's Facebook page on 30 October. ""Take Me Home"" has peaked at number 4 on the Scottish Singles Chart as well as number 6 on the UK Singles Chart; it was also the BBC ""Children in Need"" single of 2015. The song was met with highly positive critical reception, with"
"in 1995, and to photographer Mario Erwin, whom she married in 1997 and divorced in 2002. She gave birth to daughter Caledonia in July 1998. ! Year !! Awards !! Category !! Work !! Result Shawn Colvin Shawn Colvin (born January 10, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. While Colvin has been a solo recording artist for nearly 30 years, she is perhaps best known for her 1997 Grammy-winning song, ""Sunny Came Home"". Colvin was born in Vermillion, South Dakota, and spent her youth in Carbondale, Illinois and London, Ontario, Canada. She is the second of four children. She"
"Donny Hathaway Donny Edward Hathaway (October 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979) was an American soul singer, keyboardist, songwriter, and arranger. Hathaway signed with Atlantic Records in 1969 and with his first single for the Atco label, ""The Ghetto"", in early 1970, ""Rolling Stone"" magazine ""marked him as a major new force in soul music."" His enduring songs include ""The Ghetto"", ""This Christmas"", ""Someday We'll All Be Free"", ""Little Ghetto Boy"", ""I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know"", signature versions of ""A Song for You"", ""For All We Know"", ""Where Is the Love"" and ""The Closer I Get to"
"Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn (née Webb; born April 14, 1932) is an American country music singer-songwriter with multiple gold albums in a career spanning almost 60 years. She is famous for hits such as ""You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)"", ""Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)"", ""One's on the Way"", ""Fist City"", and ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" along with the 1980 biographical film of the same name. Lynn has received numerous awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music"
"(including two in the traditionally-black Soul/R&B category), and two Grammy Awards from eight nominations. George Michael George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist who rose to fame as a member of the music duo Wham! and later embarked on a solo career. He was widely known for his work in the 1980s and 1990s, including hit Wham! singles such as ""Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"" and ""Last Christmas"" and solo albums such as ""Faith"" (1987) and ""Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1"" (1990). Michael achieved"
"in 2001 she was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. Etta James Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins; January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012) was an American singer who performed in various genres, including blues, R&B, soul, rock and roll, jazz and gospel. Starting her career in 1954, she gained fame with hits such as ""The Wallflower"", ""At Last"", ""Tell Mama"", ""Something's Got a Hold on Me"", and ""I'd Rather Go Blind"". She faced a number of personal problems, including heroin addiction, severe physical abuse, and incarceration, before making a musical comeback in the late 1980s with the album"
"Bill Withers William Harrison Withers Jr. (born July 4, 1938) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. He recorded several major hits, including ""Lean on Me"", ""Ain't No Sunshine"", ""Use Me"", ""Just the Two of Us"", ""Lovely Day"", and ""Grandma's Hands"". Withers won three Grammy Awards and was nominated for four more. His life was the subject of the 2009 documentary film ""Still Bill"". He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015. Bill Withers was born in the small coal-mining town of Slab Fork, West Virginia. He was"
"the top 150 albums recorded by women. The album missed the official list (1964–present) because it was released in 1963. ""She is a forebear for her assertion of feminine power in pop, and her validation of a female perspective."" Lesley Gore Lesley Sue Goldstein (May 2, 1946 – February 16, 2015), known professionally as Lesley Gore, was an American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist. At the age of 16 (in 1963) she recorded the pop hit ""It's My Party"", and followed it up with other hits including ""Judy's Turn to Cry"", ""She's a Fool"", ""You Don't Own Me"", ""Maybe I"
"Shawn Colvin Shawn Colvin (born January 10, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. While Colvin has been a solo recording artist for nearly 30 years, she is perhaps best known for her 1997 Grammy-winning song, ""Sunny Came Home"". Colvin was born in Vermillion, South Dakota, and spent her youth in Carbondale, Illinois and London, Ontario, Canada. She is the second of four children. She learned to play guitar at the age of 10 and grew up listening to her father's collection of music, which included artists such as Pete Seeger and the Kingston Trio. Colvin moved to Austin, Texas"
"Soulshock was married to Brownstone member Charmayne 'Maxee' Maxwell up until her death in 2015. Tracie Spencer Tracie Monique Spencer (born July 12, 1976) is an American singer–songwriter, actress, and model. Spencer is best known for her R&B and pop singles during the late–1980s through the 1990s such as; ""Symptoms of True Love"" (1988), ""This House"" (1990), ""Tender Kisses"" (1991) and ""It's All About You (Not About Me)"" (1999). A Waterloo native, Spencer's first claim to fame was when she participated on the CBS talent competition television show ""Star Search""; winning the junior vocalist competition in 1987. Following her win"
"on her Vevo Channel. Until now it has more than 1 million visits. Take Me Higher (song) ""Take Me Higher"" is a 1995 single by Diana Ross. The single is the title track of Diana Ross' nineteenth studio album of her career and was released on the Motown label. ""Take Me Higher was written by Sally Jo Dakota, Nikita Germaine, and Narada Michael Walden. The single was also produced by Walden and was Diana Ross' fifth number one on the US dance chart. ""Take Me Higher"" also went to #77 on the soul singles chart. Overseas, the single went to"
"Gil Dobrică Gil Dobrică (; February 14, 1946 – April 17, 2007) was a Romanian singer. He is most famous for his 1979 cover version of John Denver's song ""Take Me Home, Country Roads"" or simply ""Country Roads"" (adapted as ""Hai acasă"" - ""Come on Home""), although he had performed a variety of musical genres (pop, rock, blues, soul, jazz, country) and performed several covers of artists as diverse as Ray Charles, Little Richard, Otis Redding and Bill Monroe. Born in Dăbuleni, Dolj County, Gil Dobrică moved to Craiova when he was 14, where he went to a vocational school"
"Jim Reeves James Travis Reeves (August 20, 1923July 31, 1964) was an American country and popular music singer-songwriter. With records charting from the 1950s to the 1980s, he became well known as a practitioner of the Nashville sound (a mixture of older country-style music with elements of popular music). Known as ""Gentleman Jim"", his songs continued to chart for years after his death. Reeves died in the crash of his private airplane. He is a member of both the Country Music and Texas Country Music Halls of Fame. Some of Reeve's records are the most valuable in the world, selling"
"Etta James Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins; January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012) was an American singer who performed in various genres, including blues, R&B, soul, rock and roll, jazz and gospel. Starting her career in 1954, she gained fame with hits such as ""The Wallflower"", ""At Last"", ""Tell Mama"", ""Something's Got a Hold on Me"", and ""I'd Rather Go Blind"". She faced a number of personal problems, including heroin addiction, severe physical abuse, and incarceration, before making a musical comeback in the late 1980s with the album ""Seven Year Itch"". James's powerful, deep, earthy voice bridged the gap"
"music with ""High & Lonesome"" (1995), an early success for St. George Records, an independent record label. His energetic style, accompanied by Studebaker John, belied his years. ""Come Back to Me Baby"" (1996), with featured sidemen John Primer, Willie Kent and Jake Dawson (guitarist), was also well received. Simmons died of colon cancer on October 24, 2000, in his adopted hometown of Chicago; he was 67. Little Mack Simmons Malcolm ""Little Mack"" Simmons (January 25, 1933 – October 24, 2000) was an American Chicago blues harmonica player, singer, and songwriter. Simmons was born in Twist, Arkansas. In his youth, he"