Kenny Rankin
Kenny Rankin (b. February 10) is an American pop and jazz singer and songwriter from the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City, New York.
Rankin appeared on The Tonight Show more than twenty times. Host Johnny Carson was so impressed by him that he wrote the liner notes to Rankin's 1967 debut album Mind Dusters, which featured the single "Peaceful," a cover of which Helen Reddy would reach #12 in 1973.
When Paul McCartney and John Lennon were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987, McCartney asked Rankin to represent them at the ceremony based on the strength of his 1975 versions of McCartney's songs Blackbird and Penny Lane.
Selected Discography
- Mind-Dusters (1967)
- Family (1970)
- Like a Seed (1972)
- Silver Morning (1974)
- Inside (1975) [1]
- Kenny Rankin Album (1977)
- After the Roses (1980)
- Hiding in Myself (1988)
- Because of You (1991)
- Professional Dreamer (1994)
- Peaceful: The Best of Kenny Rankin (1996) [2]
- Here in My Heart (1997)
- Haven't We Met? (2001)
- A Song for You (2002)