Bill Danoff
Musician · b. 1946 · Springfield, Massachusetts
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Songwriter
Bill Danoff is an American folk-pop singer-songwriter who, with Taffy Nivert and John Denver, wrote “Take Me Home, Country Roads” — the 1971 Denver single that reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. He later co-founded the Starland Vocal Band and wrote their 1976 No. 1 single “Afternoon Delight.”
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- Born William Thomas Danoff on May 7, 1946, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
- Graduated from Cathedral High School in 1964 and Georgetown University.
- Performed with Taffy Nivert as the folk duo Fat City from the late 1960s.
- Began writing “Take Me Home, Country Roads” in 1970 on a Maryland drive; finished the song with Nivert and John Denver in their Washington apartment on December 30, 1970.
- Denver’s April 1971 RCA recording reached No. 2 on the Hot 100.
- Married Taffy Nivert in 1972.
- Co-founded the Starland Vocal Band with Nivert, Jon Carroll, and Margot Chapman in 1976; wrote and sang lead on the group’s 1976 No. 1 Hot 100 single “Afternoon Delight.”