Famous for singing about a storied mountain chain, he also sang about a less well-known range with mightier peaks. What is his stage name, his birth name, and the names of the mountain ranges?

BRY2K

Could you be referring to Henry John Deutschendorf, aka John Denver? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Denver His most well known tune is "Rocky Mountain High" - here is Denver performing the classic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWU8XWksg_0 Also, Denver's catalogue includes the "not-so-famous" Wrangle Mountain: http://www.metrolyrics.com/wrangle-mountain-song-lyrics-john-denver.html Sep 26 09, 12:27 PM

queproblema

Exactly! The official spelling is "Wrangell," although the Russian German for whom it is named, Фердина́нд Петро́вич Вра́нгель, is known in English as Baron Ferdinand Petrovich von Wrangel, with one "l". "In English texts, Wrangel is sometimes spelled Vrangel, a transliteration from Russian, which more closely represents its pronunciation in German, or Wrangell." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Petrovich_Wrangel One of the 16,000+ (a "sixteener") peaks is visible from my living room window, and another if we step outside. Sep 26 09, 12:57 PM

Arpeggionist

He also sang of "West Virginia, Mountain Mama", and the appalachians. Sep 26 09, 6:24 PM