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Nick Drake. Nicholas Rodney Drake (19 June 1948 – 25 November 1974) was an English musician. An accomplished acoustic guitarist, Drake signed to Island Records at the age of twenty while still a student at the University of Cambridge. His debut album, Five Leaves Left, was released in 1969, and was followed by two more albums, Bryter Layter ...
Jul 4, 2023 · Although Drake gave a grand total of two press interviews during his career, the basics about his brief life have long been known. Nicholas Rodney Drake was born on 19 June, 1948, and grew up in ...
The discography of Nick Drake, an English folk musician and singer-songwriter, consists of three studio albums, five singles, seven compilation albums, two box sets, one video album and various soundtrack and compilation appearances. Drake was born on 19 June 1948 in Yangon, Burma, returning with his family to England in 1950. [1]
Jun 15, 2024 · Nick Drake (born June 19, 1948, Rangoon [now Yangon], Myanmar [Burma]—died November 25, 1974, Tanworth-in-Arden, England) was an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for emotive vocals, sombre lyrics, and rich melodies. Drake never achieved widespread recognition in his lifetime but inspired a cult following in the decades following his death.
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Jun 17, 2023 · On the cover of his 1969 debut album, the English singer-songwriter Nick Drake gazes out of an upstairs window in a derelict house, a faintly quizzical smile on his lips. Five Leaves Left was the ...
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Aug 15, 2023 · A photograph of Nick Drake that was used for the cover of his album ‘Bryter Layer’ (1970). Nigel Waymouth . Few obituaries were written at the end of November 1974 for Nick Drake, and even fewer tears were shed for the very early loss (at 26) of the best imaginable portraitist of grief, that fragile and beautiful boy who died one night of lightning and sleeplessness, the victim of a fatal ...
Nov 25, 2014 · Nick Drake, the singer-songwriter who died 40 years ago, was not recognised in his lifetime. But his melancholy legend does his music a disservice, argues Alan Connor
