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NPR s 50 Favorite Songs Of 1971
Monday, May 3, 2021
Marvin Gaye s hit record What s Going On encapsulates the political turmoil of 1971 while also inspiring hope for change.
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Today, NPR celebrates the 50-year anniversary of our first on-air original show. For five decades, NPR and our member stations have shared the responsibility and privilege to serve the individual listener and promote their personal growth. To honor our time spent together, we turned back the clock and reflected on the impeccable sounds of our genesis year. From the timeless expression of social unrest in Marvin Gaye s What s Going On to the transportive, community building experience of John Denver s Take Me Home, Country Roads, 1971 s wide-spanning sonic achievements are featured below.
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Apr. 11—Any ex-pat West Virginian who has ever punched up "Take Me Home, Country Roads " on the jukebox in a flatlands bar can tell you. The late John Denver's far-out ode to moonshine, mountain mamas and winding, Whitman-like lanes can't help but make a person on the other end of that exchange feel like he should have been home yesterday. Even if the summoner of the three minutes and eight .
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Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert originally started writing Take Me Home, Country Roads for Johnny Cash. But, when Denver learned of the track, he requested to help finish it and decided to include it on one of his records. I played him what I had of Country Roads, and he said, Wow! That s great, that s a hit song! Did you record it? Danoff recalls to NPR. I said, No, we don t have a record deal.
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At the time, Danoff and Nivert were both struggling musicians who were trying to make a name for themselves together. While the two may have found success by releasing Take Me Home, Country Roads as their own tune, neither of the songwriters regrets letting Denver have what became the biggest hit of his career.