Biography

Distinctive folk singer Richie Havens recorded three albums before he hit the charts in 1968 with Something Else Again, but it was his appearance at the Woodstock festival in 1969 that enormously benefited his career. Havens' first album after that exposure, Alarm Clock, made the Top 30 and produced a Top 20 single in "Here Comes the Sun." He became an international touring success and, by the end of the '70s, had abandoned recording, turning entirely to live work. Simple Things ended Havens' studio drought in 1987 and in 1991, he signed to Sony Music and released Now. Nobody Left to Crown was issued by Verve Forecast in 2008. ~ William Ruhlmann

Top Tracks

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• Eleanor Rigby

• Freedom

• Handsome Johnny

• Here Comes The Sun

• High Flyin' Bird

• I Can't Make It Anymore

• It Could Be The First Day

• Maggie's Farm

• My Father's Shoes

• San Francisco Bay Blues

• Somethin' Else Again

• They Dance Alone

• Woman

Discography

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• Nobody Left to Crown

  Verve Forecast

  2008

• Wishing Well

  Evangeline (UK)

  2002

• Yes

  Solar

  1994

• Cuts to the Chase

  Forward

  1994

• Now

  Solar/Epic

  1991

• Live at the Cellar Door

  Five Star Recordings

  1990

• Simple Things

  Pool Music

  1987

• Sings Beatles & Dylan

  Ryko Distribution / Rykodisc

  1987

• Common Ground

  EMI Music Distribution

  1983

• Connections

  Wounded Bird Records

  1980

• Mirage

  A&M

  1977

• The End of the Beginning

  1976

• Richie Havens

  Polydor

  1975

• Mixed Bag II

  Stormy Forest Productions

  1974

• Portfolio

  Evangeline (UK)

  1973

• Richie Havens on Stage

  1972

• The Great Blind Degree

  1971

• Alarm Clock

  Evangeline (UK)

  1971

• A State of Mind

  Verve

  1971

• Stonehenge

  Evangeline (UK)

  1970

• Richard P. Havens, 1983

  Raven

  1969

• Electric Havens

  Douglas Music

  1968

• Something Else Again

  1968

• Mixed Bag

  Polydor / Verve

  1967