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Nanci Griffith
12+ albums
countryfolkfemale vocalistssinger-songwriteramericana
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Nanci Griffith (born Nanci Caroline Griffith in Seguin, TX, on 6 July 1953; died 13 August 2021) was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter who was raised in Austin, TX, and later resided in Nashville, TN. Her career spanned a variety of musical genres, predominantly country and folk, and what she terms "folkabilly." She won a 1994 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album for Other Voices, Other Rooms, an album of Griffith covering the songs of artists who influenced her. She is best-remembered for From a Distance, by Julie Gold, although the version that achieved greater commercial success was not Griffith's but Bette Midler's (From a Distance). Similarly, other artists have occasionally achieved greater success with Griffith's songs than did Griffith herself: for example, Kathy Mattea, who had a country music top five hit with a 1986 cover (Love at the Five and Dime) of Love at the Five and Dime. ADDITIONALLY In 1994, Griffith teamed up with Jimmy Webb to contribute the song "If These Old Walls Could Speak" to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Country produced by the Red Hot Organization. Griffith is a survivor of breast cancer which was diagnosed in 1996, and thyroid cancer in 1998.[2] Singer-songwriter Christine Lavin remembers the first time she saw Griffith perform: I was struck by how perfect everything was about her singing, her playing, her talking. I realized from the get-go that this was someone who was a complete professional. Obviously she had
top songs
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Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness
40,5212Boots of Spanish Leather
30,4623From A Distance
26,6604Late Night Grande Hotel
19,7145Trouble In The Fields
17,8926Love At The Five And Dime
17,7387Listen To The Radio
17,7018I Wish It Would Rain
15,7309Once In A Very Blue Moon
15,52610It's A Hard Life Wherever You Go
15,331
