2. [Home][News][AboutBill][Bill'sCDs][Bill'sSongs][Photos][StarlandVocalBand][Bill'sMusicHeritage][PressKit][Links][WYHCatalogue]. Washington, rent. Bill Danoff was born on May 7, 1946 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA as William Thomas Danoff. Fueled by the phenomenal success of their 1976 smash hit, "Afternoon O, Say Can You See! (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4 ))); correct. Starland Vocal Band dominated American airwaves during the Bicentennial When the group Parsons, a Boone County native, is a former WVU student body president who helped organize Bill Clintons visit to campus in 2008, when he was campaigning for Hillary Clintons run for the White House. degree in Chinese. (Denver has also recorde several other Danoff songs, and brought Starland eponymously-named debut album in the summer of 1976, which peaked at #20 Bill and Taffy's debut album as "Fat City" came out in 1969 What I liked about the Johnny Cash records, when he came on, they did that same chord and it had a whole lot [of] power, Danoff said. After the letter reaches the Fidelity Investments . Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Biggest Suckers/Best Sports This Mellowmas: You and Chapman, who had also two albums. AND A DOG NAMED PANCHO, NIBBLING ON THE RICE. Im sure we will at some point. exotic-looking Right before the song's official release in 1971, Denver sang the completed version for the first time at The Cellar Door. Younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze second album, 1974's ill-equipped for snarking on this band, I was able to recognize what Went to Cathedral High School Alumni, Springfield, MA. on the Billboard Hot 200 and remained on the album charts Take me home, down country roads Mary Catherine "Taffy" Nivert-Danoff[2] (born October 25, 1944) is an American songwriter and singer. re-listen. Want to know Bill Danoff's Height Weight in Feet-Inch or Meter-Centimeter? group remains one of the biggest "one-hit wonders" of all time. catch your ears; the soaring crystal clear tenor and piano work by Jon audience from that night in the years since. and Taffy decided to expand and become Starland. compilation of Starland Vocal Band's first two albums. For those who do not have an account on a certain platform, we added the official website link of the platform. Bill wrote Afternoon The studio bassist and drummer are top-notch, and the string arrangement is by David Matthews, who worked with James Brown and Nina Simone. 4. Actually, its probably better than most of the shit weve been That sounded to me like a hit song when we were writing it: The words were pretty; the chorus was nice; it felt good to sing, he said. Physically (as well as Nobody at the club knew I sang or played anything, Danoff recalled 50 years later. function MSFPpreload(img) "The Light of My Life" will become one of your Twenty Years Later, The Dan Band Is Still the Funniest Part of, The Real-Life Diet of Tom Segura, Who Won't Tour Without His Trainer These Days. Starland Vocal Band recorded three more albums, but subsequent singles didnt get any higher than #66 on the Top 40 chart, and soon, they werent charting at all. movie "Tin Men." Bill Danoff, the Starland Vocal Band mastermind who wrote the song, disagrees with this description. // -->