The
term "supergroup" was coined to define Crosby,
Stills & Nash. Before they came together in 1968,
David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash were all established
leaders of their own hightly respected and highly successful
rock and roll groups (The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield and
The Hollies respectively). That year they released their
debut album, CROSBY, STILLS & NASH that included
such hits as "Helplessly Hoping", "Marrakesh
Express" and "Judy Blue Eyes".
Making
history, they appeared together with Neil Young in the summer
of 1969 before more than 400,000 people at the Woodstock
Music Festival in Upstate New York. In 1970, the
foursome released the album DÉJÀ VU. Featuring
Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock", Nash's "Teach
Your Children" and "Our House", it was voted
Album of the Year. In 1997 the group (whose music has always
addressed such issues as love, the environment, social injustice
and the abuses of power) was inducted into the Rock
'N Roll Hall of Fame.
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