Sandy Denny

Sandy Denny also has uncredited vocals on the Led Zeppelin song "The Battle of Evermore". She's responsible for some of the alto vocals--namely the ones that made you wonder if something was wrong with Robert Plant. Specifically, she sings the choruses, including

Oh, dance in the dark of night
Sing to the mornin' light

In 1968 she joined Fairport Convention and made three albums with them; then she made one with the short-lived group Fotheringay; and after that she released four solo albums. She also appeared briefly in the musical Tommy and guested with Led Zeppelin; on a 1972-3 tour of America she opened for Genesis and for Randy Newman, but at Fotheringay's 1970 concert at the Albert Hall, Elton John opened for them.

Sandy Denny was one of the best-known, most appreciated, and most influential figures in folk music of that time. She was married to Trevor Lucas and they had a daughter Georgia in 1977: for him she rejoined Fairport, of which he was a member, in 1974-5. (He was Australian and later was producer for the groups Redgum, The Bushwackers, and Goanna.)

She fell down stairs on 18 April 1978 and died of a brain haemorrhage on 21 April.

Her discs include:

Solo album

with The Strawbs

with Fairport Convention

with Fotheringay

Solo albums

with Fairport Convention

Solo albums