Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Month of Sonnets
- Songs of David Olney
- Another Month of Sonnets
- Sonnets
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1948-03-23
- Active to
- 2020-01-18
folksinger-songwriter
Discography
- Eye of the Storm1986
- Deeper Well1988
- Roses1991
- Top to Bottom1991
- Border Crossing1992
- Ache of Longing1994
- High, Wide and Lonesome1995
- Real Lies1997
- Through a Glass Darkly1999
- Omar's Blues2000
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 9,687
- Total plays
- 133,842
Tags
folkamericanasinger-songwritercountryfolk artist
David Olney (born David Charles Olney in Providence, Rhode Island on 23 March 1948 ; died 18 January 2020) was an American folk singer-songwriter. Olney moved to Nashville in 1973, attempted to sell his songs to record labels, and then formed the band "The X-Rays" who recorded two albums for Rounder Records, appeared on Austin City Limits, opened for Elvis Costello, and broke up in 1985. Subsequently, Olney performed as a solo singer-songwriter, and released more than 20 albums over four deca
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Providence
- Place of death
- Santa Rosa Beach
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Educated at
- Phillips Exeter Academy
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1948-03-23
- social media followers
- 2274
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
- date of death
- 2020-01-18
- end of work period
- 2020-00-00
- number of viewers/listeners
- 992051
Sources (8)
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