Dave Loggins, the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter most powerful regarded for his 1974 strike ?Please Come to Boston,? died Wednesday (July 10) at Alive Hospice in Nashville. He was 76 yrs preceding.
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No trigger of demise was disclosed.
Loggins, born in Shady Valley, Tenn., and lifted in Bristol, Tenn., moved to Nashville the location he became 1 unique of the most prolific songwriters of his generation.
He crafted 5 decades? worth of strike tracks for a comprehensive record of artists, which contain Three Pet dog Night, Joan Baez, Toby Keith, Johnny Funds, Wynonna Judd, Smokey Robinson, Ray Charles, Reba McEntire, Tanya Tucker, Kenny Rogers, and Willie Nelson.
Loggins, a cousin of pop star Kenny Loggins, attained fame with ?Please Come to Boston,? which topped the Uncomplicated Listening chart and accomplished No. 5 on the Billboard Very hot 100 in 1974. The tune earned him a Grammy nomination for ideal pop male vocal functionality, marking the pretty initial of his 4 Grammy nods.
In 1986, Loggins created record by prosperous a CMA Award for vocal duo of the yr with Anne Murray for their duet ?Nobody Loves Me Like You Do,? producing him the only artist to get the award without the need of obtaining remaining signed to a key label.
Just 1 of Loggins? most enduring contributions to new music is ?Augusta?, the notion tune for the Augusta Masters Golf Match. Considering that 1982, the Tennessean hailed it as ?the longest-operating sports theme in historical past.?
Reflecting on the inspiration for ?Augusta? in a 2019 job interview with the Linked Push, Loggins explained, ?That system was just a piece of art. I appeared more than at some dogwoods and, male, I just began creating the music in my head which is what I do when I get encouraged. I experienced the to start with verse prior to I even got off the system.?
Loggins talked more than his occupation on the All Issues Vocal podcast in 2021, with Judy Rodman calling him ?a reclusive genius.?
He shared how he was influenced by the finger-getting style of artists like Donovan and recounted how he landed his initial publishing supply at age 22 with Jerry Crutchfield at Capitol Information. In recognition of his contributions, Loggins was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Corridor of Fame in 1995.
Loggins is survived by his 3 sons, Quinn, Kyle, and Dylan, and his grandson, Braxton. In accordance with his wishes, there will be no funeral.
Donations in his memory can be constructed to Alive Hospice in Nashville.
