Judy Collins

Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939) is an American singer and songwriter known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records (which has included folk, show tunes, pop, rock and roll and standards) and for her social activism.

Collins' debut album A Maid of Constant Sorrow was released in 1961, but it was her cover of Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides, Now", the lead single from her 1967 album Wildflowers, that gave Collins international prominence. The single hit the Top 10 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart and won Collins her first Grammy Award for Best Folk Performance. She enjoyed further success with her covers of "Someday Soon", "Chelsea Morning", "Amazing Grace", and "Cook with Honey".

Collins experienced the biggest success of her career with her cover of Stephen Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns" from her best-selling 1975 album Judith. The single charted on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in 1975 and then again in 1977, spending 27 nonconsecutive weeks on the chart and earning Collins a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, as well as a Grammy Award for Sondheim for Song of the Year.

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Famous quotes by Judy Collins:

"Suffering is the price of being alive, and it is music and singing and art that has helped me live through some of the most difficult things that have happened to me"
"Irish Alzheimer's: you forget everything except the grudges"
"When inspiration does not come, I go for a walk, go to the movie, talk to a friend, let go . . . The muse is bound to return again, especially if I turn my back!"
"Writing is a voice that calls us from dreams, that peeks out of the corner of our eyes when we think no one is looking, the longing that breaks our hearts even when we think we should be happiest, and to which we cannot give a name."
"When inspiration does not come, I go for a walk, go to the movie, talk to a friend, let go... The muse is bound to return again, especially if I turn my back!"
"I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you get stronger."
"The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart. You just have to open up your heart and not be afraid to get them out."
"This is a crazy culture. Absolutely nutty. You see it reflected everywhere you look, the desperate search -- who are we, what are we, can we ever make if in the hip world? On the scene, on the go, in the know."
"A Girl Like You"
"A Little Night Music."
"I have tried, in all the ways I can, to make timeless music."
"I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The American way."

Judy Collins

ALBUMS

Christmas With Judy Collins

Released 2013

Live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art at the Temple of Dendur

Released 2012

Paradise

Released 2010

Sings Lennon and McCartney

Released 2007

Portrait of an American Girl

Released 2005

The Essentail Judy Collins

Released 2004

Judy Collins 3 & 4

Released 2004

Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy

Released 2004

The Very Best Of Judy Collins

Released 2001

A Maid of Constant Sorrow & Golden Apples of the Sun

Released 2001

The Very Best of...

Released 2001

All on a Wintry Night

Released 2000

Classic Broadway

Released 1999

Both Sides Now

Released 1998

Christmas at the Biltmore Estate

Released 1997

Forever: An Anthology

Released 1997

Shameless

Released 1995

Sanity & Grace

Released 1995

Voices

Released 1995

Live at Newport

Released 1994

Live at Newport, 1959-1966

Released 1994

Come Rejoice! A Judy Collins Christmas

Released 1994

Judy Collins Sings Dylan... Just Like a Woman

Released 1993

Wind Beneath My Wings

Released 1992

Fires of Eden

Released 1990

Sanity and Grace

Released 1989

Trust Your Heart

Released 1987

Amazing Grace

Released 1985

Home Again

Released 1984

Running For My Life

Released 1980

Times of Our Lives

Released 1980

Hard Times for Lovers

Released 1979

So Early in the Spring, the First 15 Years

Released 1977

Bread & Roses

Released 1976

Recollections

Released 1976

True Stories (and Other Dreams)

Released 1973

Colors of the Day: The Best of Judy Collins

Released 1972

Living

Released 1971

Whales and Nightingales

Released 1970

Who Knows Where the Time Goes

Released 1968

In My Life

Released 1966

Fifth Album

Released 1965

The Judy Collins Concert

Released 1964

#3

Released 1964

Golden Apples of the Sun

Released 1962

A Maid of Constant Sorrow

Released 1961

Wildflowers

Stories To Remember Presents Baby's Bedtime

Live at Wolf Trap

Classic Folk

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Judy Collins

by: Judy Collins

All my bags are packed,
I'm ready to go
I'm standing here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breaking,
It's early morn
The taxi's waiting,
He's blowing' his horn
Already I'm so lonesome
I could cry.
(Chorus)
So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go.
I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go.
There are so many times I've let you down
So many times I've played around
I tell you now, they don't mean a thing
Every place I go, I'll think of you
Every song I sing, I'll sing for you
When I come back, I'll wear your wedding ring.
(Chorus)
Now the time has come to leave you
One more time
Let me kiss you
Then close your eyes,
I'll be on my way.
Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave alone
About the times, I won't have to say,
(Chorus)
LEAVING ON A JET PLANE




Latest News for: Judy Collins

Concert pick: Amy Speace at Godfrey Daniels

The Morning Call 26 Mar 2025
Can you tell me a little bit about your early musical beginnings? What were those early days like when you arrived in NYC before signing to Judy Collins’ Wildflower Records? ... From there, Judy ...

We’ve Got A File On You: Judy Collins

Stereogum 24 Mar 2025
Judy Collins’ positively extraordinary American life began in Seattle, Washington in 1939, where she was the oldest of five siblings whose father was a renowned local singer, performer, and radio personality who happened to be blind.

Bantams best Hounds in league softball twinbill

The Lewiston Tribune 23 Mar 2025
PREP ROUNDUP ... Clarkston won 13-3 and 12-11, with Veyah Craven hitting an eighth-inning go-ahead single for the walkoff victory to close out Game 2 ... GAME 1. Pullman 000 21— 3 9 3. Clarkston 330 16—13 13 1. K ... Miller ... Collins ... Judy 2 (3B), A ... Collins ... Judy 2, R.

PREP ROUNDUP: Moscow grabs first softball win

Moscow-Pullman Daily News 23 Mar 2025
PREP ROUNDUP ... The Bears (2-3) enjoyed a total of four hits including three doubles on the day from Sammy Pfiffner ... Boise 18, Moscow 8. Boise 831 6—18 16 2. Moscow 511 1— 8 6 2. P. Mitchell-Burleson, K ... Fletcher; T ... E ... Collins ... Judy 2 (3B), A ... Collins ... Judy 2, R.

Judy Collins announced for Robins Theatre on July 18

The Vindicator 19 Mar 2025
WARREN — Judy Collins will perform July 18 at the Robins Theatre ... Tickets for the 8 p.m ... Friday. Newsletter ... Email(Required) ... Obituaries ... .

Montag to perform at the Warren Cultural Center

Atlantic News Telegraph 18 Mar 2025
Montag studied piano and flute while in school and learned to play the guitar by ear while listening to such folk music masters as Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez and Carole King ... She is currently working on her eighth album ... Carol Montag ... .

Grammy Award-winning Judy Collins performs new, old favorites at Brown County Music Center

Times-Mail - Bedford 17 Mar 2025
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Judy Collins said if she hadn't told Peter Taylor, her "starter husband," that she was having an affair, things might have gone more smoothly ... Judy Collins, American folk music icon.

Flying Cat Music Series opens March 29 at new home in Phoenicia

Daily Freeman 16 Mar 2025
PHOENICIA, N.Y ... The series previously took place at Phoenicia United Methodist Church ... Keelaghan will be joined by David Woodhead. Doors open at 6.30 p.m ... Tickets for the show are $20 ... She’s been praised by legends like Judy Collins and Tom Paxton.

Westmoreland H.S. baseball preview: New-look Penn-Trafford eyes another title run

Pittsburgh Tribune Review 14 Mar 2025
He has numerous key players returning led by left-hander pitcher Parker Lind (Kent State commit) and Lucas Judy (Pitt-Greensburg) ... Lind was 2-1 with 49 strikeouts, and Judy was 3-0 ... Lucas Judy, Sr., P, Belle Vernon ... Collin Barkley, Jr., INF, Derry Area.

Event Briefs for the week of Wednesday, March 12

Creston News Advertiser 13 Mar 2025
Legislative Coffees planned. State Rep ... • 10 a.m ... to 1 p.m ... Montag studied piano and flute while in school and learned to play the guitar by ear while listening to such folk music masters as Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez and Carole King ... ....

Things to do in Des Moines this weekend: St. Paddy’s 5K, ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’

Des Moines Register 12 Mar 2025
Showstopper Dance Competition. Friday night. Stop by the Bruce L ... Friday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m ... Judy Collins ... “Send in the Clowns.” Singer Judy Collins marks 50-plus years in the music industry with a show at Hoyt Sherman Place, 1501 Woodland Ave., Des Moines.

X Factor star Eoghan Quigg is MARRIED! Singer ties the knot with his long-term partner ...

The Daily Mail 10 Mar 2025
The newlyweds looked loved up as they happily posed and kissed in front of the iconic venue which has hosted the weddings of the likes of Dame Joan Collins, Judy Garland, Demi Moore and Britney Spears over the years ... Eoghan captioned the video ... .

“It gets me back to the kid I was before this madness started”: Stephen Stills ...

Guitar.com 05 Mar 2025
Only 27 artists have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, and Stephen Stills is one of them ... However, Stills has since cleaned up his act ... He’s set to perform at Judy Collins’ 85th birthday on 8th March at New York’s Town Hall ... ....
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