“Top” Ten Music Losses of 2024: Dave Loggins (#7)

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The weather is nicer!! The sun is out, it’s above freezing, and that ugly white stuff is melting. So why did I wait until NOW to plan an escape? I’m not leaving the faucets dripping while I’m on a trip. Anyway, I’ll take you with me (as usual) when I leave next week, but first we’ll continue to salute the people who left us in 2024. Here’s one that even @NJChicaa will know…by name, at least. #7: Dave Loggins If you’re wondering, yes, Dave Loggins was related to Kenny Loggins: second cousins. And if you’re wondering why NJ Chic will know his name, it’s because Dave Loggins co-wrote a Jimmy Buffett song. In fact, he co-wrote my personal favorite Jimmy Buffett song: “Island.” In addition to that, Loggins’ name also appeared on my 100 favorites list last year, as the writer of the Three Dog Night hit “Pieces of April.” His songwriting was extensive in pop, rock, and country…oh, and in sports, too: he wrote “Augusta,” the theme song for the Masters Golf Tournament on CBS. He did manage to be a “one-hit wonder” on his own, when “Please Come to Boston” became a top five hit in 1974. That gave him a Grammy nomination. Primarily known in country music, he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in the 1990s. Additionally, his duet with Anne Murray, “Nobody Loves Me Like You Do,” won them a CMA Vocal Duet award in 1984. I’m not a “#1 fan of the man from Tennessee” as he sang in “Please Come to Boston,” but he did write two of my favorites, and for that I have to say, “Thank you.” Dave Loggins Born David Allen Loggins, November 10, 1947, Mountain City, Tennessee Died July 10, 2024, Nashville, Tennessee (illness) (age 76) HALL OF FAME: Nashville Songwriters Here’s his version of “Pieces of April,” which later became a hit for Three Dog Night: