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David Crosby Biography

Birth Name:
David Van Cortlandt Crosby
Birth Place:
Los Angeles, California, United States
Profession
Singer-songwriter, actor

Fast Facts

  • Studied drama at Santa Barbara City College, but dropped out to pursue music
  • In 1969, performed at both Woodstock and the Altamont Speedway Free Festival with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
  • Released his first solo album, If I Could Only Remember My Name, in 1971
  • Appeared in several major movies in the early '90s, including Hook and Backdraft
  • Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1997
  • Lent his voice to The Simpsons episodes "Marge in Chains" and "Homer's Barbershop Quartet
  • " Has collaborated with singer-songwriter Graham Nash numerous times, including as a duo and in Crosby, Stills & Nash and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
  • Is the biological father of Melissa Etheridge and Julie Cypher's daughter, Bailey, and son, Beckett

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