1974

Nick Drake was born Nicholas (Nick) Rodney Drake (June 19, 1948 – November 25, 1974) and was an English singer-songwriter and musician, best known for his acoustic guitar-based songs. His father, Rodney Shuttleworth Drake (1908–1988), moved to Rangoon, Burma, in the early 1930s to work as an engineer with the Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation. In 1934, he met the daughter of a senior member of the Indian Civil Service, Mary Lloyd (1916–1993), known to her family as “Molly”. Both of Nick’s parents were musical and each wrote pieces of music. Recordings of some of his mother, Molly’s songs, which have…
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