PART  439



             NEIL YOUNG  -  The Loner  (1969)
             CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG   - Ohio  (1970)
             NEIL YOUNG  - Birds  (1970)



           "The Loner" is a song by Neil Young, his first solo single. It was released on his solo debut album in November 1968, and then an edited version as his debut solo single three months later on Reprise Records. It missed the Billboard Hot 100 chart completely, but over time has become a staple of his performance repertoire. 
           "Ohio" is a protest song written and composed by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970 by the Ohio National Guard ( The guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis.)  and performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. It was released as a single, backed with Stephen Stills's "Find the Cost of Freedom", peaking at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Although a live version of the song was included on the group's 1971 double album Four Way Street, the studio versions of both songs did not appear on an LP until the group's compilation So Far was released in 1974. The song also appeared on the Neil Young compilation album Decade, released in 1977.
         "Birds" is a song by Neil Young from his album "After the Gold Rush". The album was released in 1970.It was one of the four high-profile albums released by each member of folk rock collective Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the wake of their chart-topping 1970 album Déjà Vu. Gold Rush consisted mainly of country folk music.