Rise Up Singing
Mountain Voices
p. 150
Alternate Title: 
Country Roads
First Line: 
Almost heaven, West Virginia

Artist & Tune

Composed by: 
Bill Danoff
Taffy Nivert
John Denver

Reference

Genre: 
composed folk US
Culture: 
Appalachian

About the Song

"Country Roads" was released in 1971 as a hit single (reaching #2 on the Billboard charts) & on Denver's 4th studio album "Poems, Prayers & Promises". It went on the become a gold record with over a million copies shipped.

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