In the mid-'60s, he was chosen from among 250 hopefuls as new lead singer for the Chad Mitchell Trio. He left in 1969 for a solo career. Friends said the late singer was a passionate man who expressed himself best through the soothing music that made him a star in the 1970s. Fourteen of his albums went gold and eight platinum, with more than a million copies sold. In 1976, Denver co-founded the Windstar Foundation, a nonprofit environmental education and research center.
People everywhere are the same in heart and spirit.