Timeline Jackson Browne: Late for the Sky

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• 1948 Jackson Browne born in Heidelberg, Germany Clyde Jackson Browne Born to an American serviceman, raised in Los Angeles.
• 1966 Jackson Browne joins the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Brief stint A teenage spell in the jug band.
• 1967 Jackson Browne's These Days recorded by Nico Chelsea Girl A song he wrote at 16 appears on Nico's first album.
• 1972 Jackson Browne releases his debut album Doctor My Eyes His first album on David Geffen's Asylum label.
• 1972 Jackson Browne's Take It Easy a hit for the Eagles Co-written with Glenn Frey The Eagles' first single.
• 1973 Jackson Browne releases For Everyman Second album With his own version of Take It Easy.
• 1974 Jackson Browne releases Late for the Sky Masterpiece A song cycle about love's endings, used in Taxi Driver.
• 1976 Jackson Browne releases The Pretender Grief and resolve His first top-five album.
• 1977 Jackson Browne releases Running on Empty Recorded on the road A live album recorded on stage, in hotel rooms and on the bus.
• 1979 Jackson Browne co-organises the No Nukes concerts Madison Square Garden Anti-nuclear benefit concerts with Springsteen and others.
• 1980 Jackson Browne releases Hold Out Only number one album His only album to top the US charts.
• 1982 Jackson Browne releases Somebody's Baby Fast Times at Ridgemont High His last top-ten single.
• 1986 Jackson Browne releases Lives in the Balance Political turn An album against US policy in Central America.
• 2004 Jackson Browne inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inducted by Bruce Springsteen.
• 2007 Jackson Browne inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame Songwriters Honoured as a songwriter.