Jackson Browne - Standing in the Breach [New CD] • EUR 14,52 (2024)

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Browne has been married twice and has two children. His first wife was actress and model Phyllis Major.

Rolling Stone magazine called it “one of Browne's finest love songs.” Browne, who tragically lost his first wife, Phyllis Major, to a drug overdose in 1976 at the age of 30, confirmed that “In the Shape of a Heart” is, indeed, a story about their tempestuous relationship.

Hannah had long-term relationships with John F. Kennedy Jr. and musician Jackson Browne. She and Browne began dating in 1983 and broke up in 1992 amid unsubstantiated rumors that Browne had been physically abusive to her.

Taylor's global album sales now top 100 million, while Browne's tally is closer to 20 million. Together, they helped fuel the “sensitive singer-songwriter” boom of the early 1970s with which both their names have been inextricably linked ever since.

Wrote Eagles "Take It Easy" with Glenn Frey.

His wife, model Phyllis Major, had committed suicide, leaving Browne to raise their toddler son alone. The grief of her death permeated his fourth album, The Pretender (1976), most notably on songs like hit single, "Here Come Those Tears Again," co-written by Major's mother, Nancy Farnsworth.

Jackson has two sons, Ethan Zane Browne, born November 2, 1973 to his first wife, Phyllis Major, and Ryan Daniel Browne, born January 28, 1982 to his second wife, Lynne Sweeney.

In January 1986, Enid filed for divorce for the final time. She received a restraining order against Jackson after alleging that he was physically abusive. Enid died from a brain aneurysm in 1997.

"Take It Easy" is the debut single by the American rock band Eagles, written by Jackson Browne and Eagles band member Glenn Frey, who also provides lead vocals. It was released on May 1, 1972, and peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on July 22, 1972.