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About Nick Drake
Hometown
Rangoon, Burma
Born
June 19, 1948
Genre
Singer/Songwriter
Nick Drake was a meditative British singer-songwriter who experienced major posthumous success after his music was featured in movies and advertising.
∙ Released in 1971, his dusky folk-rock LP Bryter Layter, featured contributions from then-Fairport Convention guitarist Richard Thompson and The Velvet Underground’s John Cale.
∙ Drake’s third and final LP, the intimate and uncompromising 1972 masterpiece Pink Moon, was named by Rolling Stone on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
∙ His album sales increased significantly after the whimsical, melancholy folk song “Pink Moon” was used in a 1999 national automotive ad campaign.
∙ Lucinda Williams and Beck covered his stripped-down song “Which Will,” while Norah Jones has put a jazz-influenced spin on his “Day Is Done.”
∙ Reissues of 1971’s Bryter Layter and 1972’s Pink Moon both entered Billboard’s Vinyl Albums chart in 2013.
∙ In 2017, Q magazine included his first album, 1969’s Five Leaves Left, on their list of Debut Albums That Changed Music.
Musical InfluencesNick Drake's musical influences include Fred Neil, James Taylor, Martin Carthy and more.
Influenced by Nick DrakeNick Drake has influenced the music of Keane, Keith James, José González and more.
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