Essential: a masterpiece of country folk music
By the time Gordon Lightfoot released Summertime Dream in June of ’76, he was already being referred to as Canada’s greatest songwriter.

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music, and has been credited for helping define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s.He has been referred to as Canada's greatest songwriter and internationally as a folk-rock legend.

John Denver wasn't merely hot during the mid-'70s; he was omnipresent on radio, TV, and on-stage for anyone who'd have him. Certainly, few artists enjoyed more than one greatest-hits collection – even if critics derided him as a granola-munching, tree-hugging folky who perennially smiled through life's hardships.

Released in 1973, Greatest Hits only sums up a handful of years of hitmaking for John Denver, but what years those were.

This is my favorite John Denver's album, with memorable songs and certainly his best versions. This is the case of "Sunshine on my shoulders" with only his guitar and a bass, will come a later version that adds a string orchestra.