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Judy Collins

American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1939)

Judith Marjorie Collins is an American singer-songwriter and musician with a career spanning nearly seven decades. An Academy Award-nominated documentary director and a Grammy Award-winning recording artist, she is known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records, for her social activism, and for the clarity of her voice.

Her discography consists of 36 studio albums, nine live albums, numerous compilation albums, four holiday albums, and 21 singles.

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Judy Collins

what: one person
from: Seattle
born: 1939
on the air here: 0 songs
still after: 2 songs

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real name: Judith Marjorie Collins

labels: Elektra, Wildflower Records

genres: folk music

awards: Colorado Women's Hall of Fame, Grammy Hall of Fame, Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording, "Spirit of Americana" Free Speech Award, ASCAP Foundation Champion Award

plays: guitar, voice, piano

member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Early life

Collins was born on May 1, 1939, the eldest of five siblings, in Seattle where she lived for the first ten years of her life. Her father, Charles "Chuck" Collins (a blind singer, pianist, and radio show host) took a job in Denver in 1949 and the family moved there. Her grandfather on her father's side was Irish.

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Beginnings

Collins studied classical piano with Antonia Brico, making her public debut at age 13 performing Mozart's Concerto for Two Pianos. She also played Chopin, Debussy, and Rachmaninoff as a child. Brico took a dim view of her developing interest in folk music, which led her to the difficult decision to discontinue her piano lessons. Years later, after she became known internationally, she invited Brico to one of her concerts in Denver. When they met after the performance, Brico took both of Collins' hands into hers, looked wistfully at her fingers and said, "Little Judy—you really could have gone places." Still later, she discovered that Brico herself had made a living when she was younger playing jazz and ragtime piano (Singing Lessons, pp....

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American folk and pop singer and songwriter. Born May 1, 1939 in Seattle, Washington, USA. She charted sixteen times as a singer and twice as a songwriter between 1967 and 1990. Her cover of "Amazing Grace" in 1970 hit #15 overall (#5 Adult Contemporary) and #5 in the U.K. "Both Sides Now" in 1968 hit #8 in the U.S. (#3 A/C) and #14 in the U.K. The song she is best known for came in 1975/1977 with "Send in the Clowns", which charted to #19 U.S. (#8 A/C) and #6 U.K. As a songwriter, she charted with two songs she also sang: in 1971 with "Open the Door (Song for Judith)"; The song hit #90 in the U.S. (#23 A/C). Her other songwriting song that charted was "Secret Gardens"; The song hit #122 in 1973. Married to Peter Taylor (1958-1965) and Louis Nelson (3) (1996-2024). Also known as: Collins, J. Collins, J.Collins, JayCee, JayCee (Judy Collins) From Discogs (free to use). Their entry