Nanci Griffith

Born: 1953-07-06

Griffith was born in Seguin, Texas, and her career has spanned a variety of musical genres, predominantly country, folk, and what she terms "folkabilly." Griffith won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1994 for her recording, Other Voices, Other Rooms. This album features Griffith covering the songs of artists who were her major influences. One of her better-known songs is "From a Distance," which was written and composed by Julie Gold, although Bette Midler's version achieved greater commercial success. Similarly, other artists have occasionally achieved greater success than Griffith herself with songs that she wrote or co-wrote. For example, Kathy Mattea had a country music top five hit with a 1986 cover of Griffith's "Love at the Five and Dime" and Suzy Bogguss had one of her largest hits with Griffith's and Tom Russell's "Outbound Plane". In 1994, Griffith teamed up with Jimmy Webb to contribute the song "If These Old Walls Could Speak" to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Country  produced by the Red Hot Organization. Griffith was a survivor of breast cancer which was diagnosed in 1996, and thyroid cancer in 1998.


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Annabelle's Wish

as Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1997-10-21

Annabelle - a calf who has a special wish for Christmas - wants to be a reindeer and help Santa...

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For the Sake of the Song: The Story of Anderson Fair

as Self
Released: 2010-03-17

A devoted community of artists, volunteers and patrons transform a politically subversive little...

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Nanci Griffith: Other Voices, Other Rooms

as Self
Released: 1993-12-31

Nanci Griffith performs her Grammy Award winning album "Other Voices, Other Rooms" live at...

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Other Voices, Too: An Evening With Nanci Griffith

as Self
Released: 1999-09-14

An Evening With Nanci Griffith and The Blue Moon Orchestra filmed at the Armadillo in Glasgow,...

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Nanci Griffith - Winter Marquee

as Self
Released: 2002-09-24

Recorded live in the spring of 2002, this concert video features 18 songs, including five that...

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Nanci Griffith: One Fair Summer Evening

as Self
Released: 1988-10-31

For her third MCA album, Nanci Griffith recorded a live set at Houston's Anderson Fair club in...

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Austin City Limits

as Self
First aired: 1975-01-01

Now the longest-running music series in American television history, ACL showcases popular music...

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Austin City Limits

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 1975-01-01

Now the longest-running music series in American television history, ACL showcases popular music...

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Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Musical Guest
First aired: 1993-09-13

Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that...

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