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Songwriter, singer. Mary Catherine "Taffy" Nivert-Danoff [2] (born October 25, 1944) is an American songwriter and singer. She is best known for co-writing "Take Me Home, Country Roads", which was popularized by John Denver, and for being a member of the Starland Vocal Band .
Mary Catherine „Taffy“ Nivert Danoff (* 25. Oktober 1944 in Washington, D.C.) ist eine US-amerikanische Songschreiberin und Sängerin. Bekanntheit erlangte sie als Mitglied der Starland Vocal Band sowie durch ihre Zusammenarbeit mit John Denver.
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Danoff is a graduate of Cathedral High School in Springfield, Massachusetts, and of Georgetown University.
Starland Vocal Band
On the strength of their track record as songwriters, Danoff and Taffy Nivert recorded several albums before forming the Starland Vocal Band with local musicians Jon Carroll and Margot Chapman. The group recorded "Afternoon Delight" which became a hit in July 1976, reaching #1 on the Hot 100 on July 10. The Starland Vocal Band Show replaced Rhoda as a half-hour weekly series that same summer. Danoff and Nivert also worked with director Robert Altman and producer Jerry Weintraub on the film Na...
Songwriting
Danoff and his then-wife 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. "Take Me Home, Country Roads" is an official state song of West Virginia. Danoff has stated he had never been in West Virginia before co-writing the song, having written it in a house in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C.He had even briefly considered using "Massachusetts" rather than "West Virginia", as both four-syllable st...
Danoff married Taffy Nivert in 1972.Both were part of the Starland Vocal Band; they divorced after the band’s breakup in 1981. Danoff has three children: two daughters and a son, Owen, who auditioned for The Voice season 10.
" Take Me Home, Country Roads ", also known simply as " Country Roads ", is a song written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver. It was released as a single performed by Denver on April 12, 1971, peaking at number two on Billboard ' s US Hot 100 singles for the week ending August 28, 1971.
Take Me Home, Country Roads ist ein amerikanischer Country-Song, der von John Denver, Bill Danoff und Taffy Nivert Danoff geschrieben wurde. Das Stück wurde 1971 von John Denver mit dem Duo Fat City auf seinem Album Poems, Prayers and Promises veröffentlicht.
14. Okt. 2021 · Taffy Nivert, Danoff’s wisecracking ex-bandmate and ex-wife, told me, “Bill never said, ‘I wanna fuck my baby at noon.’ Because he didn’t say it like that, you can say it was subtle.”
4. Jan. 2014 · After the tragic death of singer/songwriter John Denver, former associate Taffy Nivert of Starland Vocal Band fame taped this interview for a BBC documentary. Taffy talks about performing with...
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