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My Take
Sandy Denny, the English singer-songwriter who lived from 1947 to 1978, is a voice I genuinely consider one of British folk-rock's finest. As lead vocalist of Fairport Convention she helped define the genre, and her own songs, like Who Knows Where the Time Goes, are quietly devastating. There's a clear, sorrowful purity to her singing you don't forget. The legend that she's the only guest vocalist on a Led Zeppelin track, The Battle of Evermore, says everything about her standing among peers. She died at just 31, which still feels like a cruelty. To leave a mark this deep in so few years is staggering.
Overview
Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny (6 January 1947 – 21 April 1978) was an English musician who was lead vocalist of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described as "arguably the pre-eminent British folk-rock singer/songwriter of her time". After briefly working with the Strawbs, Denny joined Fairport Convention in 1968, remaining with them until 1969.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Sandy Denny
- Name (Japanese)
- サンディ・デニー
- Reading
- さんでぃ・でにー
- Born
- January 6, 1947 – April 21, 1978
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Boar
- Origin
- London, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter / singer / songwriter / recording artist / musician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Kingston College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.sandydenny.co.uk/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.