Musician. Best remembered as a member of the influential rock bands, The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash/Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Born David Van Cortlandt Crosby in Los Angeles, California, his father Floyd was an Oscar-winning cinematographer. His older brother Ethan influenced his interest-taste in jazz music with artists like: John Coltrane and Miles Davis. He attended numerous California schools in the Los Angeles-Santa Barbara area during the 1950s. Upon dropping out of Santa Barbara City College, he moved to New York City's Greenwich Village to pursue a career in music. While performing in the burgeoning folk music scene, he met Roger McGuinn and Gene Clark. In 1964, he co-founded "The Byrds" with McGuinn and Clark. The classic Byrds lineup consisted of McGuinn, Crosby, Clark, Chris Hillman & Michael Clarke. Achieving a No. 1 hit single with their cover of "Mr. Tambourine Man" (originally by Bob Dylan), their first four albums, "Mr. Tambourine Man" (1965), "Turn! Turn! Turn!" (1965), "Fifth Dimension" (1966) and "Younger Than Yesterday" (1967), The Byrds pioneered folk rock, psychedelic rock and raga rock with their jangly Rickenbacker guitars, Indian-influenced music and multi-part vocal harmonies at the height of the British Invasion and Motown Records era of pop music during the 1960s. Combining Beatlesque harmonies-melodies with folk music, The Byrds became one of the most influential bands of the 1960s. By 1967, Clark & Crosby left The Byrds, leaving McGuinn the sole constant member in every Byrds lineup subsequently. In 1968 with Stephen Stills (Buffalo Springfield) & Graham Nash (The Hollies), they formed the influential folk rock supergroup, "Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN)." A key part of the Laurel Canyon/California Sound music scene with their three-part vocal harmonies and socially, politically conscious songs, they signed with Atlantic Records and released their self-titled debut album, "Crosby, Stills & Nash" in 1969 which had tunes like: "Marrakesh Express," "Helplessly Hoping" and "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes." Neil Young (Buffalo Springfield/Crazy Horse) would occasionally join the group for albums and concerts throughout the group's history, which would be billed as: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY), starting in 1970 with the seminal album, "Déjà Vu" which featured classic songs like: "Woodstock," "Carry On," Teach Your Children" and "Our House." In response to the 1970 Kent State shootings, the quartet released the protest song, "Ohio." Other albums they released during this time include: "4 Way Street" (1971), "So Far" (1974) and "CSN" (1977). The band temporarily disbanded in 1974 but reformed in 1976. In 1978, Crosby, Stills & Nash received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for their contributions to music, located at 6666 Hollywood Blvd. By the early 1980s, the group regained mainstream popularity with the album, "Daylight Again" (1982) and the hit singles, "Southern Cross" and "Wasted on the Way" among the MTV Generation. Band reunions and tours would continue for the next three decades. Outside of music with The Byrds and CSN/CSNY, he collaborated with Graham Nash as Crosby and Nash, released eight solo albums, starting in 1971 and acted in films, most notably as part of Captain Hook's crew in Steven Spielberg's "Hook" (1991). Artists and bands influenced by his work include: Eagles, R.E.M., Big Star, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, The Bangles, The Smiths, Gin Blossoms and many more. A counterculture figure of the 1960s and 1970s, he was inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: first in 1991 as a member of The Byrds and in 1997 with Crosby, Stills & Nash. Additionally, Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Byrds were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998 and 2006, respectively. In 2009, Crosby was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He died at his home in Santa Ynez, California. He was 81.