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Kristoffer Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is an American actor and singer-songwriter. Among his songwriting credits are the songs "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night", all of which were hits for other artists. Kristofferson composed his own songs and collaborated with Nashville songwriters such as Shel Silverstein.[1] In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash in forming the country music supergroup The Highwaymen, and formed a key creative force in the Outlaw country music movement that eschewed the Nashville music machine in favor of independent songwriting and producing. In 2004, Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He is also known for his starring roles in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Heaven's Gate, Blade and A Star Is Born, the latter of which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
Military service
Kristofferson, under pressure from his family, ultimately joined the U.S. Army, was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and attained the rank of captain. He became a helicopter pilot after receiving flight training at Fort Rucker, Alabama. He also completed Ranger School. During the early 1960s, he was stationed in West Germany as a member of the 8th Infantry Division.[12] During this time, he resumed his music career and formed a band. In 1965, when his tour of duty ended, Kristofferson was given an assignment to teach English literature at West Point.[13] Instead, he decided to leave the Army and pursue songwriting. His family disowned him because of his career decision, and sources are unclear on whether or not they reconciled.[14][15][16] They saw it as a rejection of everything they stood for, in spite of the fact that Kristofferson has said he is proud of his time in the military, and received the Veteran of the Year Award at the 2003 American Veterans Awards ceremony.[17][18]
Military service
Kristofferson, under pressure from his family, ultimately joined the U.S. Army, was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and attained the rank of captain. He became a helicopter pilot after receiving flight training at Fort Rucker, Alabama. He also completed Ranger School. During the early 1960s, he was stationed in West Germany as a member of the 8th Infantry Division.[12] During this time, he resumed his music career and formed a band. In 1965, when his tour of duty ended, Kristofferson was given an assignment to teach English literature at West Point.[13] Instead, he decided to leave the Army and pursue songwriting. His family disowned him because of his career decision, and sources are unclear on whether or not they reconciled.[14][15][16] They saw it as a rejection of everything they stood for, in spite of the fact that Kristofferson has said he is proud of his time in the military, and received the Veteran of the Year Award at the 2003 American Veterans Awards ceremony.[17][18]
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Thank you, my friend Maj Marty Hogan for making us aware that June 22 is the anniversary of the birth of son of U.S. Air Force Major General, Rhodes Scholar, U.S. soldier rising to the rank of Captain, American actor and singer-songwriter Kristoffer Kristofferson
Happy 83rd birthday Kristoffer Kristofferson and hopefully your memory has not faded away completely.
Kris Kristofferson - Biography
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1. Kris Kristofferson-Army-Captain-helicopter pilot, Ranger school-turned down teacher assignment at West Point (Musician)
2. Kris Kristofferson with daughters, Tracey and Casey
3. Lisa Meyers and Kris Kristofferson have been married for 36 years
4. August, 1971 Me and Bobby McGee - Kris Kristofferson.
Background from countrymusichalloffame.org/artist/kris-kristofferson/
"Born in 1936 in Brownsville, Texas, he was the son of an Air Force major general, and served as a captain in the U.S. Army during his own stint in the service. As a Rhodes Scholar, he studied literature at Oxford University after finishing his undergraduate degree at Pomona College in California.
Two weeks before Kristofferson was to begin teaching English literature at West Point, however, he resigned his commission and headed for Nashville, where he pursued his dream of becoming a professional songwriter. Early on, he found encouragement from publisher Marijohn Wilkin at Buckhorn Music, and later from Fred Foster and Bob Beckham at Combine. Like most Nashville tunesmiths, he paid his dues working part-time jobs, including that of janitor for Columbia Studios. While Bob Dylan was recording his famous Blonde on Blonde album there, a then-unknown Kristofferson was sweeping floors and emptying ashtrays.
All the while, Kristofferson was crafting a songwriting style that drew inspiration from the Romantic poets, from the folksingers and poets of New York’s Greenwich Village, and from Mickey Newbury, a fellow Texan and close friend, who also was a Nashville-based songwriter. Kristofferson’s songs began to embody not only the alienation that many Americans felt in a turbulent era of social change, but also the high value they placed upon personal freedom, emotional honesty, and sexual frankness. As a result, his songs helped country artists speak to the times and win new fans among youth and adults alike.
Roger Miller, for instance, recorded Kristofferson’s “Me and Bobby McGee,” gaining a #12 country hit in 1969. The following year, Ray Price took Kristofferson’s “For the Good Times” to the top of the country charts and crossed over to the pop charts, peaking at #11. Also in 1970, Bobby Bare cracked the country Top Ten with Kristofferson’s “Come Sundown.”
One of Kristofferson’s musical heroes was Johnny Cash, who inspired Kristofferson’s “The Pilgrim.” After several unsuccessful attempts to pitch Cash the song “Sunday Morning Coming Down,” Kristofferson finally got his attention by piloting a helicopter and landing it in Cash’s yard. The song became a #1 country hit for Cash and the Country Music Association’s 1970 Song of the Year.
Nineteen seventy-one proved even more successful for Kristofferson. Sammi Smith’s rendition of his “Help Me Make It Through the Night,” in which the narrator openly encourages a one-night stand, topped the charts that year, winning Kristofferson a Grammy for Best Country Song. Additionally, Smith’s recording won a Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female, and a CMA Award for Single of the Year. Also in 1971, a recording of “Me and Bobby McGee” by rock star Janis Joplin became a #1 pop hit.
Inspired by Kristofferson’s literary, sensual approach, other writers followed in his footsteps. Guy Clark, renowned for songs including “L. A. Freeway” and “Heartbroke,” had this to say about his 1971 move from Los Angeles to Nashville: “Hearing Kristofferson’s ‘Me and Bobby McGee’ on the radio and knowing it came out of Nashville made Nashville seem a lot more accessible to me.”
As the decade progressed, Kristofferson continued to find the mark with songs such as “Please Don’t Tell Me How the Story Ends,” a #1 hit for Ronnie Milsap in 1974. Moreover, Kristofferson began to make his own hit recordings of his original material, including the #29 pop record “Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again)” and the gospel-influenced “Why Me,” a crossover hit of 1973 that was Kristofferson’s only country chart-topper as a recording artist.
With Rita Coolidge, to whom he was married from 1973–80, Kristofferson made several duet albums and won two Grammy Awards for Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group. The first came in 1973, for their recording of “From the Bottle to the Bottom,” and the second in 1975, for their rendition of the 1962 Clyde McPhatter R&B hit “Lover Please.”
Long a popular stage performer, Kristofferson hit again on disc with “Highwayman,” (1985). This remarkable song was penned by Jimmy Webb and recorded by the superstar group the Highwaymen, which included Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Willie Nelson.
In addition to his many songs and recordings, Kristofferson has acted in dozens of films and made-for-television movies, including Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973), Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974), and Songwriter (1984), in which he teamed with fellow legend Willie Nelson. For the latter film, he received an Oscar nomination for Original Song Score. In 1976, he starred in a remake of A Star is Born alongside Barbra Streisand; his performance won him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
Now one of American music’s most respected artists, Kristofferson continues to act, write songs, record, and make occasional tours. He is an activist who speaks out on social justice and human rights issues, and the American Veteran Awards named him Veteran of the Year in 2002."
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Happy 83rd birthday Kristoffer Kristofferson and hopefully your memory has not faded away completely.
Kris Kristofferson - Biography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRS5YlRiA6o
Images:
1. Kris Kristofferson-Army-Captain-helicopter pilot, Ranger school-turned down teacher assignment at West Point (Musician)
2. Kris Kristofferson with daughters, Tracey and Casey
3. Lisa Meyers and Kris Kristofferson have been married for 36 years
4. August, 1971 Me and Bobby McGee - Kris Kristofferson.
Background from countrymusichalloffame.org/artist/kris-kristofferson/
"Born in 1936 in Brownsville, Texas, he was the son of an Air Force major general, and served as a captain in the U.S. Army during his own stint in the service. As a Rhodes Scholar, he studied literature at Oxford University after finishing his undergraduate degree at Pomona College in California.
Two weeks before Kristofferson was to begin teaching English literature at West Point, however, he resigned his commission and headed for Nashville, where he pursued his dream of becoming a professional songwriter. Early on, he found encouragement from publisher Marijohn Wilkin at Buckhorn Music, and later from Fred Foster and Bob Beckham at Combine. Like most Nashville tunesmiths, he paid his dues working part-time jobs, including that of janitor for Columbia Studios. While Bob Dylan was recording his famous Blonde on Blonde album there, a then-unknown Kristofferson was sweeping floors and emptying ashtrays.
All the while, Kristofferson was crafting a songwriting style that drew inspiration from the Romantic poets, from the folksingers and poets of New York’s Greenwich Village, and from Mickey Newbury, a fellow Texan and close friend, who also was a Nashville-based songwriter. Kristofferson’s songs began to embody not only the alienation that many Americans felt in a turbulent era of social change, but also the high value they placed upon personal freedom, emotional honesty, and sexual frankness. As a result, his songs helped country artists speak to the times and win new fans among youth and adults alike.
Roger Miller, for instance, recorded Kristofferson’s “Me and Bobby McGee,” gaining a #12 country hit in 1969. The following year, Ray Price took Kristofferson’s “For the Good Times” to the top of the country charts and crossed over to the pop charts, peaking at #11. Also in 1970, Bobby Bare cracked the country Top Ten with Kristofferson’s “Come Sundown.”
One of Kristofferson’s musical heroes was Johnny Cash, who inspired Kristofferson’s “The Pilgrim.” After several unsuccessful attempts to pitch Cash the song “Sunday Morning Coming Down,” Kristofferson finally got his attention by piloting a helicopter and landing it in Cash’s yard. The song became a #1 country hit for Cash and the Country Music Association’s 1970 Song of the Year.
Nineteen seventy-one proved even more successful for Kristofferson. Sammi Smith’s rendition of his “Help Me Make It Through the Night,” in which the narrator openly encourages a one-night stand, topped the charts that year, winning Kristofferson a Grammy for Best Country Song. Additionally, Smith’s recording won a Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female, and a CMA Award for Single of the Year. Also in 1971, a recording of “Me and Bobby McGee” by rock star Janis Joplin became a #1 pop hit.
Inspired by Kristofferson’s literary, sensual approach, other writers followed in his footsteps. Guy Clark, renowned for songs including “L. A. Freeway” and “Heartbroke,” had this to say about his 1971 move from Los Angeles to Nashville: “Hearing Kristofferson’s ‘Me and Bobby McGee’ on the radio and knowing it came out of Nashville made Nashville seem a lot more accessible to me.”
As the decade progressed, Kristofferson continued to find the mark with songs such as “Please Don’t Tell Me How the Story Ends,” a #1 hit for Ronnie Milsap in 1974. Moreover, Kristofferson began to make his own hit recordings of his original material, including the #29 pop record “Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again)” and the gospel-influenced “Why Me,” a crossover hit of 1973 that was Kristofferson’s only country chart-topper as a recording artist.
With Rita Coolidge, to whom he was married from 1973–80, Kristofferson made several duet albums and won two Grammy Awards for Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group. The first came in 1973, for their recording of “From the Bottle to the Bottom,” and the second in 1975, for their rendition of the 1962 Clyde McPhatter R&B hit “Lover Please.”
Long a popular stage performer, Kristofferson hit again on disc with “Highwayman,” (1985). This remarkable song was penned by Jimmy Webb and recorded by the superstar group the Highwaymen, which included Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Willie Nelson.
In addition to his many songs and recordings, Kristofferson has acted in dozens of films and made-for-television movies, including Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973), Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974), and Songwriter (1984), in which he teamed with fellow legend Willie Nelson. For the latter film, he received an Oscar nomination for Original Song Score. In 1976, he starred in a remake of A Star is Born alongside Barbra Streisand; his performance won him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
Now one of American music’s most respected artists, Kristofferson continues to act, write songs, record, and make occasional tours. He is an activist who speaks out on social justice and human rights issues, and the American Veteran Awards named him Veteran of the Year in 2002."
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