nicolette larson sang with neil young on four strong winds.
nicolette larson sang with neil young on four strong winds.
who sings with neil young on four strong winds?
nicolette larson
despite the release of her album so late in the year, larson was acclaimed female vocalist of 1978 by "rolling stone" who opined no one else could sound as if she were having so much fun on an album. "nicolette" reached no. 15 on billboard's album chart aided by the hit single "lotta love", a neil young composition. larson's "lotta love" hit #1 on the easy listening/adult contemporary chart and went top 10 pop in february 1979, the same week the single off "comes a time": "four strong winds" a duet with an unbilled (on the single) larson, debuted on the hot 100 on its way to a no. 61 peak. (a track from "comes a time", featuring larson, "sail away", was included on the otherwise live neil young album "rust never sleeps" released in 1979.)
nicolette larson
in 2005, cbc radio one listeners chose his song "four strong winds" as the greatest canadian song of all time on the series "". there was strong momentum for him to be nominated the greatest canadian, but he fell short. he has been a strong influence on many canadian artists, including neil young, who recorded "four strong winds" for "comes a time" (1978). johnny cash would also record the same song for "" (2006). judy collins recorded a version of his song "someday soon" in 1968.
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