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Phyllis Major was a popular European model who met singer Jackson Browne at the legendary Hollywood venue the Troubador, just after his split with singer Joni Mitchell. Legend has it Browne got into a fight with an unemployed actor who was also making a play for her.
- January 9, 1946
- March 25, 1976
Oct 3, 2023 · She died by suicide at the age of 30, leaving behind a young son and a grieving husband. What led to her tragic end? What impact did her death have on Browne’s music and life? This article will explore the life and death of Phyllis Major, and how she inspired some of Browne’s most poignant songs.
Apr 8, 2014 · After an ugly breakup with Mitchell, Browne met the beautiful but troubled model Phyllis Major. The two soon married, but in March 1976, two years after the birth of their son, Ethan, Major...
Phyllis Major. Actress: The Candy Snatchers. Phyllis Major was a popular European model who met singer Jackson Browne at the legendary Hollywood venue the Troubador, just after his split with singer Joni Mitchell.
- Actress
- January 9, 1946
- Phyllis Major
- March 25, 1976
Released as a single, it reached #23 one year to the week after the death of Browne's wife, Phyllis Major, spending nine weeks on the chart, after entering the Billboard Hot 100 on February 5, 1977, at position #64, the highest debut of the week.
Browne experienced the tragedy of his wife, Phyllis Major, taking her life in 1976. When the suicide happened, he was in the studio recording The Pretender. The singer-songwriter told Mojo magazine that "Sleep's Dark And Silent Gate" was the only song on the album to be directly influenced by the tragic event.
After Jackson Browne's wife, the model Phyllis Major, died in 1976, some songs he'd written before became mysteriously about the tragic event. After writing "For A Dancer" about a friend who died when he was living with Major, it gradually became about her.
