John Denver was one of the most popular musical artists during the 1970s. He was known for his songs about the beauty of nature. He was also a human rights and environmental activist.

He was born Henry John Deutschendorf， Junior in 1943 in Roswell， New Mexico. Johns grandmother gave him his first musical instrument when he was seven years old. When he began performing， he changed his last name to Denver.

In 1965， John Denver joined the band called the Chad Mitchell Trio. He later left the group to perform alone. His first hit record was Take Me Home， Country Road in 1971.

He had a very successful career with hit songs like “Sunshine On My Shoulders”， “Annies Song” and “Thank God Im A Country Boy”. This song， “Rocky Mountain High”， is one of the official songs of Colorado.

John Denver sold more than ten million albums around the world. He received many music industry awards. He is the most famous musician in the history of American music. He used his popularity to support environmental causes. He started an environmental education and research center.

In 1997， John Denver was killed at the age of 54 when the plane he was piloting crashed.

約翰·丹佛是20世紀(jì)70年代最受歡迎的音樂藝術(shù)家之一，以演唱描述自然之美的歌曲著名，他同時也是一位人權(quán)以及環(huán)境保護(hù)主義運(yùn)動家。

約翰·丹佛1943年出生于美國的新墨西哥州羅斯維爾城，原名亨利·約翰·得奇道夫二世。7歲時，祖母送給他第一件樂器。他開始表演生涯后，改名為丹佛。

1965年，約翰·丹佛加入樂隊查德·米歇爾三重唱。后來他離開樂隊單飛，于1971年發(fā)行第一張熱銷唱片《鄉(xiāng)村路帶我回家》。

約翰·丹佛因演唱的《肩上陽光》《安妮的歌曲》《感謝上帝我是個鄉(xiāng)下孩子》等曲目紅遍美國。丹佛的歌曲《高高的洛基山上》是科羅拉多州的官方歌曲之一。

約翰·丹佛的唱片全球銷量過千萬，獲獎無數(shù)，在美國音樂史上他的地位無人可敵。他利用自己的影響力支持環(huán)保事業(yè)，建立了環(huán)境保護(hù)教育和研究中心。

1997年，約翰·丹佛因飛機(jī)失事身亡，終年54歲。