# Henry Gross | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/henry-gross
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/henry-gross/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-18 02:02 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/henry-gross
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/henry-gross/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/henry-gross/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Henry Gross
- Visible lyric pages: 1

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `henry-gross`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-18 02:02 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-409fd659c6a72a53
- Visible lyric pages: 1
- Pages with stored lyric text: 1
- Video-backed song pages: 1
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 878
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 16
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 3
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Shannon
- Current-month titles with activity: Shannon
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Henry Gross is best known for his 1977 single "Shannon," a ballad that reached the top of the charts. The song's success came from its straightforward emotional pull rather than any grand artistic statement. He followed it with an album of the same name the next year. He was born in Germany in 1951 and grew up listening to folk and blues artists like Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. That...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Shannon — https://lyroverse.com/henry-gross/shannon