Judy Collins is an American singer/songwriter and musician with an impressive career spanning over seven decades. She is known primarily for her eclectic taste in music, her social activism and the unique clarity of her voice.

Judy Collins Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education

Judy Collins was born on May 1, 1939 (Judy Collins’s age: 84) in Seattle, Washington, where she was raised for the first ten years of her life. When her father, who was a blind singer, pianist, and record show host, landed a job in Denver, Colorado in 1949, he brought the entire family along for the ride.

Collins began playing the piano at the age of five, made her public debut at thirteen years old with Denver Symphony and began playing the guitar and singing folk music while enrolled in Denver East High School as a young teenager. She studied classical music with her instructor, Antonia Brico, and...