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Dave Loggins Birth name David Allen Loggins Born November 10, 1947
Mountain City, Tennessee, U.S.Genres pop, country Occupations Singer-songwriter, musician Instruments Vocals Labels Wounded Bird Records, Vanguard Records David Allen "Dave" Loggins (born November 10, 1947 in Mountain City, Tennessee) is a singer, songwriter and musician. He is widely remembered for his 1974 composition "Please Come to Boston", which was a top-10 hit in the U.S. for him, and was subsequently covered by numerous other artists. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1995. Besides being a musician, Loggins was previously employed as a draftsman at Bristol Metals, and as an insurance salesman. He is a cousin of singer/songwriter Kenny Loggins.
In addition to his recording of "Please Come to Boston" reaching #5 on the U.S. pop chart in 1974, the song also topped the Billboard Easy Listening survey.
Loggins also wrote "Pieces of April" for Three Dog Night, which became a top-20 hit in 1973. He has written material for Restless Heart, Wynonna Judd, Reba McEntire, Gary Morris, Alabama, Toby Keith, Don Williams, and the #1 hit "Morning Desire" by Kenny Rogers. He recorded a #1 country song with Anne Murray in 1984 called "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" which won a CMA Award.
Loggins also composed the theme music "Augusta" that is used on broadcasts of the The Masters Golf Tournament. "Augusta" was later released as part of a collection of songs about golf called The New Course Record. On this recording, Loggins shared the vocal duties with Birmingham-based singer and pianist Ray Reach. The arranging duties were shared by Don Hays and Ray Reach. Hays shared the producer's role with Mike Geselbracht and noted Nashville musician and producer Mike Chapman.
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Discography
Studio albums
Year Album details Peak chart
positionsUS CAN 1972 Personal Belongings - Release date: February 1972
- Label: Vanguard
— — 1974 Apprentice (In a Musical Workshop) - Release date: October 1974
- Label: Wounded Bird
53 74 1976 Country Suite - Release date: 1976
- Label: Wounded Bird
— — 1977 David Loggins - Release date: 1977
- Label: Wounded Bird
— — 1977 One Way Ticket to Paradise - Release date: October 1977
- Label: Wounded Bird
— — "—" denotes releases that did not chart Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions Album US US AC CAN CAN AC 1972 "Claudia" — — — — Personal Belongings 1973 "Think'n of You" — — — — 1974 "Please Come to Boston" 5 1 4 2 Apprentice (In a Musical Workshop) "Someday" 57 — 83 — "Girl From Knoxville" — — — — 1976 "Movin' to the Country" — — — — Country Suite "Savior of My Natural Life" — — — — 1977 "Ship in a Bottle" — — — — One Way Ticket to Paradise 1978 "So Much For Our Dreams" — — — — Our Winning Season (soundtrack) 1979 "The Fool in Me" — — — — David Loggins "Pieces of April" — 22 — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart Guest singles
Year Single Artist Peak chart positions Album US US AC US Country CAN CAN AC CAN Country 1984 "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" Anne Murray 103 10 1 79 1 1 Heart Over Mind 1985 "Just as Long as I Have You" Gus Hardin — — 72 — — 52 Single only "—" denotes releases that did not chart External links
Categories:- 1947 births
- Living people
- American country songwriters
- East Tennessee State University alumni
- People from Johnson County, Tennessee
- Epic Records artists
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