Judy Collins
Judy Collins (born May 1, 1939 in Seattle , Washington ; real name Judith Marjorie Collins ) is an American folk singer and songwriter .
biography
As a child, Judy Collins learned classical piano with Antonia Brico . At the age of 13 she made her concert debut with Mozart's Concerto for Two Pianos. A little later, however, she became interested in the music of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger . In New York's Greenwich Village she sang in clubs, where she accompanied herself on the guitar. In 1961 her first album A Maid of Constant Sorrow was released .
At first she played and sang classic folk songs and pieces by successful colleagues such as Tom Paxton , Phil Ochs and Bob Dylan . She recorded her own versions of well-known songs, such as Dylan's Mr. Tambourine Man or Turn! Turn! Turn! by Pete Seeger. She also played pieces by little-known songwriters, including Leonard Cohen , whose song Suzanne she first published, and Joni Mitchell .
With her album Wildflowers (1967, with arrangements by Joshua Rifkin ) Judy Collins began to record her own songs. The album won a Grammy , and Both Sides Now (written by Joni Mitchell) made it to # 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The album Who Knows Where the Time Goes (1968) was produced by David Anderle, Stephen Stills (from Crosby, Stills & Nash ), with whom Collins was dating at the time, can be heard as guitarist. Stills dedicated the song Suite: Judy Blue Eyes to her , in which he discussed the end of their relationship. Nevertheless, Collins and Stills continued to perform together, for example on a Graham Nash TV show and sang a duet on Collins' album Paradise in 2010 . The album also included another duet with folk singer Joan Baez . In 2017, Collins and Stills went on tour together for the first time and released their joint album Everybody Knows in September .
In the 1970s, Judy Collins had hits with her own songs like My Father and Born to the Breed, as well as other songwriters' pieces, including Amazing Grace and Send in the Clowns . In 1979 she posed naked for her album Hard Times for Lovers .
In 1987 Judy Collins published her memoir under the title Trust Your Heart . She also wrote two novels but continued to perform as a musician and release albums. In 1993 she sang at the inauguration of Bill Clinton . The Clintons said they named their daughter Chelsea after the Collins song Chelsea Morning written by Joni Mitchell .
Judy Collins is a UNICEF ambassador and fights against the use of landmines. Since the suicide of her son Clark Taylor in 1992, she has also campaigned for suicide prevention. In 2015 she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1964 | Judy Collins # 3 | - | - |
US126 (10 weeks) US |
Producers: Jac Holzman , Mark Abramson
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| 1965 | Judy Collins' Fifth Album | - | - |
US69 (13 weeks) US |
Producers: Jac Holzman, Mark Abramson
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| 1967 | In My Life | - | - |
US46  (34 weeks)US |
Producer: Mark Abramson
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| 1968 | Wildflowers | - | - |
US5 (75 weeks)US |
Producer: Mark Abramson
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| 1969 | Who Knows Where the Time Goes? | - | - |
US29 (33 weeks)US |
Producer: David Anderle
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| 1971 | Whales & Nightingales | - |
UK16 (7 weeks) UK |
US17th (35 weeks)US |
Producer: Mark Abramson
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| 1972 | Living | - | - |
US64 (13 weeks) US |
Live album, producer: Mark Abramson
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| 1973 | True Stories and Other Dreams | - | - |
US27 (20 weeks) US |
Producers: Judy Collins, Mark Abramson
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| 1975 | Judith | - |
UK7 (12 weeks) UK |
US17th  (34 weeks)US |
Producer: Arif Mardin
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| 1976 | Bread & Roses | - | - |
US25 (20 weeks) US |
Producer: Arif Mardin
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| 1979 | Hard Times for Lovers | - | - |
US54 (16 weeks) US |
Producer: Gary Klein
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| 1980 | Running for My Life | - | - |
US142 (6 weeks) US |
Producer: Judy Collins
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| 1982 | Times of Our Lives | - | - |
US190 (5 weeks) US |
Producers: Judy Collins, Lewis Hahn
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| 1985 | Amazing grace | - |
UK34 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
Producers: Judy Collins, Keith Grant
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| 2015 | Strangers Again | - | - |
US77 (1 week) US |
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| 2017 | Everybody knows | - | - |
US195 (1 week) US |
with Stephen Stills
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More albums
- 1961: A Maid of Constant Sorrow
- 1962: Golden Apples of the Sun
- 1964: The Judy Collins Concert
- 1984: Home Again
- 1985: The Dealer
- 1987: Trust Your Heart
- 1989: Sanity and Grace
- 1989: Innervoices ( Richard Stoltzman with Judy Collins)
- 1990: Fires of Eden
- 1990: Baby's Bedtime
- 1990: Baby's Morningtime
- 1992: Wind Beneath My Wings
- 1993: Judy Sings Dylan ... Just Like a Woman
- 1994: Come Rejoice! A Judy Collins Christmas
- 1995: Shameless
- 1995: Voices
- 1997: Christmas at the Biltmore State
- 1999: Classic Broadway
- 2000: All on a Wintry Night
- 2000: Classic Folk
- 2003: Wildflower Festival
- 2003: Judy Collins Live at Wolf Trap
- 2003: Christmas
- 2004: Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy
- 2005: Portrait of an American Girl
- 2007: Judy Collins Sings Lennon & McCartney
- 2008: Bohemian
- 2010: Paradise
- 2012: Live from the Metropolitan Museum of Art at the Temple of Dendur
- 2012: Live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Celebrating 50 Years of Timeless Music
- 2012: Live in San Diego
- 2014: Live in Ireland
- 2017: A Love Letter to Stephen Sondheim
Compilations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1969 | Recollections: The Best of Judy Collins | - | - |
US29 (29 weeks) US |
Recordings from 1963 to 1965
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| 1972 | Colors of the Day: The Best of Judy Collins | - | - |
US37 (24 weeks)US |
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| 1977 | So Early in the Spring, The First 15 Years | - | - |
US42 (27 weeks) US |
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More compilations
- 1969: Judy
- 1977: The Most Beautiful Songs of Judy Collins
- 1981: Both Sides Now
- 1981: Book-of-the-Month Records Box Set
- 1985: Songs for Judith
- 1986: Her Finest Hour
- 1993: Amazing Grace
- 1994: Live at Newport, 1959-1966
- 1995: Amazing Grace (Best Of)
- 1995: Sanity & Grace
- 1997: Forever: An Anthology
- 1999: The Best of Judy Collins
- 2000: Send in the Clowns
- 2000: Classic Folk
- 2001: The Very Best of Judy Collins
- 2001: Maids and Golden Apples
- 2002: 36 greatest hits!
- 2003: Judy Collins Wildflower Festival
- 2003: Classic Songs
- 2004: Judy Collins 3 & 4
- 2004: The Essential
- 2004: Judy Collins # 3 / Judy Collins Concert
- 2005: Voices
- 2005: Greatest Hits
- 2005: The Essential Judy Collins
- 2005: An American Girl in Concert: Greatest Hits of Judy Collins
- 2006: Fifth Album & In My Life
- 2006: Wildflowers & Who Knows Where the Time Goes
- 2006: Golden Legends: Judy Collins
- 2006: Introducing ... Judy Collins
- 2008: 20 classic songs
- 2009: Original Album Series (box with 5 CDs)
- 2012: Send in the Clowns: The Collection
- 2012: Christ Child Lullaby
- 2013: Bob Dylan and the New Folk Movement (Bob Dylan feat. Judy Collins, Joan Baez , Bob Gibson , Dave Van Ronk )
- 2013: Golden Apples of the Sun: 24 of Her Finest Recordings
- 2013: Christmas with Judy Collins
- 2014: The Essential Judy Collins
- 2014: Voices & Shameless
Singles
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1967 | Hard Lovin 'Loser In My Life |
- | - |
US97 (2 weeks) US |
Author: Richard Fariña
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| 1968 | Both Sides Now Wildflowers |
- |
UK14 (11 weeks) UK |
US8 (11 weeks) US |
Author: Joni Mitchell
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| 1969 | Someday Soon Who Knows Where the Time Goes |
- | - |
US55 (6 weeks) US |
Author: Ian Tyson
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| Chelsea Morning Living |
- | - |
US78 (4 weeks) US |
Author: Joni Mitchell
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| Turn! Turn! Turn! To Everything There Is a Season Recollections |
- | - |
US69 (7 weeks) US |
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| 1970 |
Amazing Grace Whales and Nightingales |
DE22 (9 weeks) DE |
UK5 (67 weeks) UK |
US15 (15 weeks) US |
Text: John Newton , 1772
Original: The Original Sacred Harp Choir, 1922 |
| 1971 | Open the Door (Song for Judith) Living |
- | - |
US90 (7 weeks) US |
Author: Judy Collins
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| 1973 | Cook with Honey True Stories and Other Dreams |
- | - |
US32 (11 weeks) US |
Author: Valerie Carter
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| 1975 | Send in the clowns Judith |
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UK6 (8 weeks) UK |
US19 (27 weeks) US |
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| 1979 | Hard Times for Lovers Hard Times for Lovers |
- | - |
US66 (6 weeks) US |
Authors: Neil Diamond , Hugh Prestwood
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More singles
- 1964: Turn! Turn! Turn! To Everything There Is a Season
- 1965: I'll Keep It with Mine
- 1970: Pack Up Your Sorrows
- 1970: Time Passes Slowly (Promo)
- 1972: In My Life
- 1973: Secret Gardens
- 1973: The Hostage (Promo)
- 1975: Angel, Spread Your Wings
- 1975: I'll Be Seeing You
- 1975: Salt of the Earth
- 1976: Bread and Roses (Promo)
- 1976: Everything Must Change
- 1977: Special Delivery
- 1979: Where or When
- 1980: Almost Free
- 1980: The Rainbow Connection
- 1981: Memory (Promo)
- 1982: Drink a Round to Ireland (Promo)
- 1984: Home Again (with TG Sheppard)
- 1984: Only You (Promo)
- 1999: Why Don't U ... (Renegades feat. JayCee)
- 2011: When Your Eyes Close (Puressence feat. Judy Collins; mp3 single)
Videos
- 1992: Baby's Bedtime
- 1992: Baby's Morningtime
- 1998: Christmas at the Biltmore Estate
- 1999: The Best of Judy Collins
- 2000: Intimate Portrait: Judy Collins
- 2001: Judy Collins Live at Wolf Trap
- 2003: Wildflower Festival (DVD with guest appearances by Eric Andersen , Arlo Guthrie and Tom Rush )
- 2005: Pop Legends Live
- 2005: Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest
bibliography
- 1987: Trust Your Heart
- 1991: Amazing Grace
- 1998: Singing Lessons: A Memoir of Love, Loss, Hope and Healing
- 2003: Sanity and Grace: A Journey of Suicide, Survival and Strength
- 2012: Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: My Life in Music
Individual evidence
- ↑ The show has not yet been published, there is a recording at www.youtube.com
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: Singles Albums UK US US
- ↑ a b The Billboard album by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7
- ↑ a b c gold / platinum database US
Web links
- Literature by and about Judy Collins in the catalog of the German National Library
- Judy Collins in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Judy Collins website
- Judy Collins at Allmusic (English)
- Judy Collins at Discogs (English)
- Full portrait of Judy Collins
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Collins, Judy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Collins, Judith Marjorie (real name); JayCee (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American folk singer and songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seattle , Washington , USA |