Richie Havens
Born in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, Richie Havens moved to Greenwich Village in 1961 in time to get in on the folk boom then taking place. Havens had a distinctive style as a folksinger, appearing in such clubs as the Cafe Wha? His guitar set to an opening tuning, he would strum it while barring chords with his thumb, using it essentially as percussion while singing rhythmically in a gruff voice for a mesmerizing effect. Havens was signed to Douglas Records in 1965 and recorded two albums that gained him a local following. In 1967, the Verve division of MGM Records formed a folk section (Verve Forecast) and signed Havens and other folk-based performers. The result was Havens' third album, Mixed Bag. It wasn't until 1968 and the Something Else Again album, however, that Havens began to hit the charts -- actually, Havens' fourth, third, and second albums charted that year, in that order. In 1969 came the double album Richard P. Havens 1983.
Havens' career benefited enormously from his appearance at the Woodstock festival in 1969 and his subsequent featured role in the movie and album made from the concert in 1970. His first album after that exposure, Alarm Clock, made the Top 30 and produced a Top 20 single in "Here Comes the Sun." These recordings were Havens' commercial high-water mark, but by this time he had become an international touring success. By the end of the '70s, he had abandoned recording and turned entirely to live work. Havens came back to records with a flurry of releases in 1987: a new album, Simple Things; an album of Bob Dylan and Beatles covers; and a compilation. In 1991, Havens signed his first major-label deal in 15 years when he moved to Sony Music and released Now. Nobody Left to Crown was issued by Verve Forecast in 2008. Havens died of a heart attack at his home in Jersey City, New Jersey in April 2013; he was 72 years old.
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Mixed Bag
Folk - Lançado por Verve Reissues em 1 de jan. de 1966
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Live At The Cellar Door and at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Rock - Lançado por Five Star Recordings em 1 de jan. de 1990
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High Flyin' Bird / The Verve Forecast Years
World - Lançado por Hip-O Select em 1 de jan. de 2004
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20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Richie Havens
Pop - Lançado por Polydor em 1 de jan. de 2000
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Something Else Again
Folk - Lançado por Verve Reissues em 1 de jan. de 1967
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Nobody Left To Crown
Pop - Lançado por Universal Music Division Polydor em 29 de jul. de 2008
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Connections
Rock - Lançado por Rhino - Elektra em 1 de jan. de 1980
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Cuts To The Chase
Folk - Lançado por Rhino em 1 de jan. de 1994
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The Classics
Folk - Lançado por Polydor em 1 de jan. de 1995
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Dreaming As One: The A&M Years
Folk - Lançado por Hip-O Select em 1 de jan. de 2004
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Richard P. Havens, 1983
Folk - Lançado por Verve Reissues em 7 de dez. de 1968
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...His Last Songs
Pop - Lançado por CEN em 29 de out. de 2013
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I Don't Wanna Know (Live)
Folk - Lançado por Traditional Line em 2 de mai. de 1993
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My Own Way
Folk - Lançado por Douglas Music em 27 de abr. de 2012
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Scores Of Tales To Tell (Live 1970)
Folk - Lançado por Smokin' Badger em 4 de fev. de 2021
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High Flyin' Bird (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, May 4, 1969)
Folk - Lançado por SOFA - AV Catalog DD em 1 de jul. de 2020
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Sing Our Freedom (Live New York '89) (Live)
Folk - Lançado por Moccasin Records em 2 de fev. de 2022
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Always On The Run (Live, New York '76)
Pop - Lançado por Second Line em 30 de out. de 2020
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The Mixed Bag for Kids, Vol. 2
Educational - Lançado por CEN em 2 de dez. de 2016
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The Original Soundtrack Recording - The American Game (Studio)
Soundtracks - Lançado por Phoenix USA em 1 de jan. de 1980
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