Crosby
Happy 79th birthday to American singer-songwriter and guitarist David Crosby, born 14 Aug 1941, a founding member of both the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash. With CS&N he had the 1969 UK No.17 single 'Marrakesh Express', 1970 US No.11 single with CSN&Y 'Woodstock' Plus the 1970 US No.1 album 'Deja Vu' and the 1975 […]
25 July 1969, Neil Young appeared with Crosby, Stills and Nash for the first time when played at The Fillmore East in New York. Young was initially asked to help out with live material only, but ended up joining the group on and off for the next 30 years. https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/artists/crosby-stills-nash-young/ Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young […]
4th May 1970, Four students at Kent University were killed and eleven wounded by National Guard troops at a campus demonstration protesting the escalation of the Vietnam War. The incident inspired Neil Young to compose ‘Ohio’ which became a hit for Crosby Stills Nash & Young. https://youtu.be/TRE9vMBBe10 Ohio- Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young We had […]
4th April 1970. Crosby Stills Nash & Young went to No.1 on the US album chart with Deja Vu. The first album which saw Neil Young joining Crosby, Stills and Nash featured three US Top 40 singles: ‘Teach Your Children’, ‘Our House’ and ‘Woodstock’. https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/artists/crosby-stills-nash-young/ Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 1. David Crosby was a […]
11th March 1970, Deja Vu, the first album by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, (and the second by the trio configuration of Crosby, Stills, and Nash), was released. It topped the pop album chart for one week and spawned three US Top 40 singles: 'Teach Your Children', 'Our House', and 'Woodstock'. https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/ar…/crosby-stills-nash-young/ Crosby, Stills, Nash […]
Happy birthday to Graham Nash, born on 2nd February 1942, British-American singer-songwriter, known for his light tenor voice and for his songwriting contributions as a member of The Hollies and supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash. Nash initially met both David Crosby and Stephen Stills in 1966 during a Hollies US tour. CSN's scored the hit […]
Happy birthday to David Crosby, born 14th August 1941, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, founding member of both the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash. With CS&N he had the 1969 UK No.17 single 'Marrakesh Express', 1970 US No.11 single with CSN&Y 'Woodstock' Plus the 1970 US No.1 album 'Deja Vu' and the 1975 US No. […]
At last the rain has stopped here in the UK, the sun is shining and it's the longest day of the year! So we thought we would have some Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young on the deck in the office. See our 40 facts on CSN&Y. Do you have a favourite track by the foursome? […]
21st May 1970, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young released the protest single Ohio, written and composed by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970, when unarmed college students were shot by the Ohio National Guard. The guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students […]
16th May 1970, Crosby Stills Nash & Young went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Deja Vu'. The album featured three Top 40 singles: 'Teach Your Children,' 'Our House,' and 'Woodstock'. In 2003, the album was ranked number 148 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Do […]
