Introduction
David Allen Loggins (born November 10, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician.
Musical career
He is remembered best for his 1974 song composition "Please Come to Boston", which was a number 5 popular music success (number 1 Easy Listening) in the U.S. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1995. He is the second cousin of singer/songwriter Kenny Loggins.
Loggins also wrote the song "Pieces of April" for the band Three Dog Night, which was a Top 20 success during 1973. He has written material for Tanya Tucker, Restless Heart, Wynonna Judd, Reba McEntire, Gary Morris, Alabama, Toby Keith, Don Williams, and the number one hits "Morning Desire" by Kenny Rogers and "You Make Me Want To Make You Mine" by Juice Newton. During 1984, he recorded "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do," a duet with Anne Murray, which scored number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. Loggins and Murray were named Vocal Duo of the Year at the CMA Awards during 1985.
Loggins also composed the theme music "Augusta" that is used on broadcasts of The Masters Golf Tournament. "Augusta" was later released as part of a collection of songs about golf named 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 Dan Green and noted Nashville musician and producer Mike Chapman.
Before becoming a musician, Loggins was employed as a draftsman and as an insurance salesman.
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | CAN | |||
| 1972 | Personal Belongings
| — | — | |
| 1974 | Apprentice (In a Musical Workshop)
| 53 | 74 | |
| 1976 | Country Suite
| — | — | |
| 1977 | One Way Ticket to Paradise
| — | — | |
| 1979 | David Loggins
| — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Singles
12-inch Single: Ship in a Bottle/One Way Ticket to Paradise twin-sided whiteLabel Promo AS385 9:04| 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 | |||
| "One Way Ticket to Paradise" | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Three Little Words (I Love You)" | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1978 | "So Much for 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 Bubbling | US AC | US Country | CAN | CAN AC | CAN Country | ||||
| 1984 | "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" | Anne Murray | 3 | 10 | 1 | 79 | 1 | 1 | Heart Over Mind |
| 1985 | "Just as Long as I Have You" | Gus Hardin | — | — | 72 | — | — | 52 | DueTs RCA CPL1-7130 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||