Judy Collins

Following the death of her son, she has also become a strong advocate of suicide prevention. The couple have a son, Kevin. She is a representative for UNICEF and campaigns on behalf of the abolition of landmines. Dees is married to Julie Dees, a voice actress. Like other folk singers of her generation, Collins was drawn to social activism. Dees served as host of two television shows, Solid Gold and Into The Night With Rick Dees. She was also known for her broad range of material: her songs from this period include the traditional gospel song "Amazing Grace", the Stephen Sondheim Broadway ballad "Send in the Clowns", and her own compositions such as "My Father" and "Born to the Breed.". Dees has appeared in several movies and has made many guest appearances on television shows such as Married With Children, The Love Boat, and Diagnosis Murder.

She had also begun to stand out with her own compositions. Though he currently does not have host a morning show, Dees is under contract with Clear Channel until January 1, 2005. By the 1970s, Collins had a solid reputation an art song singer and folksinger. Seacrest also serves as host of American Idol and replaced Casey Kasem on American Top 40. This album also provided Collins with a major hit, and a Grammy award, with her version of Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now". Rick Dees in the Morning was replaced by Clear Channel Communications in 2004 with Ryan Seacrest's On Air with Ryan Seacrest. With her 1967 album Wildflowers, she began to record her own compositions, the first of which was entitled "Since You've Asked". Dees was inducted into the Radio Hall Of Fame in 1999 and has also received the People's Choice Award and has a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

Collins was also instrumental in bringing then little known composers to a wider public; for example, she recorded songs by Canadian poet Leonard Cohen, and Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 is currently heard on over 350 radio stations in the United States, as well as in 125 other countries. Tambourine Man" and Pete Seeger's "Turn, Turn, Turn". Dees began his weekly Top 40 show, still currently in syndication, in 1983. She recorded her own versions of seminal songs of the period, such as "Mr. In 1982, Rick Dees moved to KIIS, a radio station in Los Angeles, where he served as host of Rick Dees in the Morning until 2004. At first she sang traditional folk songs, or songs written by others, in particular the social poets of the time, such as Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs and Bob Dylan. The single sold over six million copies and reached number 1 on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 chart on October 16, 1976.

In 1961, Collins released her first album, A Maid of Constant Sorrow, at the age of 22. Dees recorded "'Disco Duck'" in 1976 while working at WMPS, a station in Memphis, Tennesse. She eventually made her way to Greenwich Village, New York City, where she played in clubs until she signed with Elektra Records, a record label with which she has been associated for 35 years. Dees worked in various radio stations through out the southeastern US. Three years after her debut as a piano prodigy, she was playing guitar. Dees graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1972. As a child Collins studied classical piano, making her first public debut at age 13 performing Mozart's "Concerto for Two Pianos." But it was the music of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, and the traditional songs of the folk revival of the early 1960s, that piqued Collins' interest and awoke in her a love of lyrics. Dees began his radio career in 1966 at the age of 17 at WGBG, a Greensboro radio station.

Judy Collins (born May 1, 1939 in Seattle, Washington) is an American folksinger. Dees was born Rigdon Osmond Dees on March 14, 1950 in Jacksonville, Florida and was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina. Phil Ochs. Dees is best known for his syndicated radio show Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 and for the song "Disco Duck". Joni Mitchell. Rick Dees is a radio disc jockey who currently lives in the San Fernando Valley area, near Los Angeles, California, USA. Bob Dylan.

Leonard Cohen. Joan Baez. Sanity and Grace: A Journey of Suicide, Survival and Strength (2003). Amazing Grace (1991).

Trust Your Heart (1987). Wildflower Festival (2003) (DVD with guest artists Eric Andersen, Arlo Guthrie, and Tom Rush). Judy Collins Live at Wolf Trap (2003). Intimate Portrait: Judy Collins (2000).

The Best of Judy Collins (1999). Christmas at the Biltmore Estate (1998). Baby's Morningtime (1992). Baby's Bedtime (1992).

Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy (2004). Judy Collins Live at Wolf Trap (2000). All on a Wintry Night (2000). Classic Broadway (1999).

Both Sides Now (1998). Christmas at the Biltmore Estate (1997). Voices (1995). Shameless (1994).

Come Rejoice! A Judy Collins Christmas (1994). Just Like a Woman (1993). Judy Sings Dylan.. Baby's Morningtime (1990).