Photo: Dave Loggins | By August Brown, LA Times | Dave Loggins, the singer-songwriter behind the 1974 smash “Please Come to Boston” and the theme for the Masters golf tournament, has died. He was 76.
According to an obituary notice placed in the Tennessean newspaper, Loggins died Wednesday at Alive Hospice in Nashville. No cause of death was given.
Loggins, a Tennessee native, was a second cousin of rocker Kenny Loggins. But his songwriting career took him in a more traditional country direction, writing songs for Johnny Cash, Wynonna Judd, Alabama, Reba McEntire, Tanya Tucker, Kenny Rogers and Willie Nelson. He also wrote for soul artists like Smokey Robinson and Ray Charles.
Two of his songs, Rogers’ “Morning Desire” and Juice Newton’s “You Make Me Want to Make You Mine,” topped Bilboard’s country charts.
“Please Come to Boston,” Loggins’ best-known single under this own name, was a tearjerker about a long-distance couple unable to conquer the distance between them. The song hit No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped what’s now the adult contemporary chart.
In the ‘80s, Loggins dueted with Anne Murray on “Nobody Loves Me Like You Do,” a song popularized on the CBS soap opera “As the World Turns.” The single topped Billboard’s country chart, and the two shared a CMA Award for vocal duo of the year in 1985. (Whitney Houston later recorded a version of “Nobody” as well.) Loggins went on to earn four Grammy nominations in his career.
Yet his best-known song among sports fans is likely “Augusta,” the theme song for the Augusta Masters Golf Tournament, which has soundtracked the event since 1982.
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According to his obituary notice, Loggins is survived by his three sons, Quinn, Kyle and Dylan Loggins, and a grandson, Braxton Loggins.
Read the full obituary here:
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2024-07-12/dave-loggins-please-come-to-boston-singer-dies-at-76
August Brown covers pop music, the music industry and nightlife policy at the Los Angeles Times.
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OTHER NOTABLE MUSICIANS’ DEATHS
From Erica Brown on Facebook: Today we remember our friend Dennis. He will be so missed!! (Rusty Bucket, Lincoln’s Roadhouse, Lakewood Grill) |
Dennis A. Hurley 11/01/44 to 6/14/24 | You can find out more about Dennis here:
https://www.denverpost.com/obituaries/dennis-hurley-lakewood-co/
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/centennial-co/dennis-hurley-11862569
If you want to know more about any of the musicians we lost, please check them out at http://www.wikipedia.com
Not known as a musician but he gave us plenty of laughs, Bob Newhart passed away today at the age of 94. RIP, Bob. We loved you and your sense of humor.
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July 2024
17: Giancarlo Guardabassi, 86, Italian disc jockey, singer and radio host; Pinche Peach, 57, American death metal vocalist (Brujeria), heart failure.
16: Ulf Dageby, 80, Swedish rock musician and songwriter (Nationalteatern); Benoît Duteurtre, 64, French novelist and music critic; Irène Schweizer, 83, Swiss jazz and free improvising pianist; Jack White, 70, drummer for Rick Springfield, Ike & Tina Turner, cancer.
15: Édith Lejet, 82, French composer; Sergei Rudnitsky, 69, Russian composer, arranger and keyboardist; Tomcraft, 49, German DJ and producer.
14: R.P.S. Lanrue, 74, German musician, co-founder and guitarist of Ton Steine Scherben, cancer.
13: Ruth Hesse, 87, German dramatic mezzo-soprano (Deutsche Oper Berlin 1962–1995); Claudio Reyes, 64, Chilean singer, actor (Cesante) and politician, heart attack.
12: Philippe McKenzie, 70, Canadian singer and poet; Gogo Theodorou, 77, Greek singer.
11: Stanislas Deriemaeker, 92, Belgian organist and composer; Tommy Drennan, 82–83, Irish singer.
10: Dave Loggins, 76, American singer and songwriter (“Please Come to Boston”, “Pieces of April”, “If I Had My Wish Tonight”).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2024
Photo: Dave Loggins record cover
Dave Loggins, ‘Please Come to Boston’ Singer, Dies at 76 // Other Notable Musicians’ Deaths
