John Denver paints a picture with his lyrics. He brings the listener along with him on adventures to sprawling mountain peaks, clear-blue lakes, and vast terrains. He doesn’t just love nature, he is ...

Proof of Denver’s charm, “Sunshine on My Shoulders” reached the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1974. Denver collaborated with songwriters Dick Kniss and Mike Taylor for the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... This year marks five decades since John Denver’s iconic, occasionally controversial and resolutely pastoral folk anthem “Rocky Mountain High” was released, ...

GOLDEN, Colo. — A hiking trail at Golden Gate Canyon State Park has been renamed for Colorado's second state song. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) renamed the Mountain Lion Trail at Golden Gate Canyon ...

Frank Sinatra historically covered music written by many different artists, adding his twist to popular songs. However, there was one John Denver tune where Old Blue Eyes may have outdone the original ...

A look back at the Minnesotan who inspired more than one of his songs and how the state's cold spring inspired another. John Denver is associated with the Rocky Mountains, but he married a Minnesota ...