Kenny Loggins
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Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Kenny Loggins has enjoyed more than three decades of success in the music business, as a songwriter and performer, mostly in a soft rock vein. He was born Kenneth Clarke Loggins in Everett, WA in early 1948, and the family later moved to Detroit, and finally to Alhambra, CA when he was in his teens. He initially turned to music as a way of compensating for his extreme shyness, and found that he was, indeed, a talented guitarist and had a voice. For a time in the late ‘60s he was based in Pasadena, studying at Pasadena City College. At the end of the decade, Loggins passed through the lineup of a band called Gator Creek, who were good enough to get signed to Mercury Records. The group recorded one self-titled album, which was issued in 1970 and included an early version of “Danny’s Song,” a track that he later recorded again as part of Loggins & Messina. He also spent time with a short-lived group called Second Helping, and was a member of the stage incarnation of the Loggins maîtrisait la guitare et le piano, mais c'est son talent d'auteur-compositeur qui lui a permis de faire sa première impression durable sur l'industrie de la musique. Il a accepté un emploi de rédacteur pour Wingate Music, pour 100 dollars par semaine, et plus tard dans l'année, quatre de ses chansons se sont retrouvées sur l'album Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy du Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Cet événement était particulièrement fortuit, car cet album était la première sortie de la version nouvellement reconstituée du groupe, et comprenait ce qui s'est avéré être leur plus grand succès, "Mr. Bojangles". La présence de ce dernier a contribué à faire d'Uncle Charlie l'un des plus gros vendeurs de long-players du groupe ; et l'exposition a généré un deuxième succès sous la forme de "House at Pooh Corner" de Loggins. Le succès des enregistrements du Nitty Gritty Dirt Band a attiré l'attention de Jim Messina, ancien membre de Poco, qui travaillait comme producteur chez CBS. Messina avait l'intention de produire le premier album de Loggins, mais il a fini par jouer et chanter sur le disque, et cela a tellement bien fonctionné que les deux ont fini par former un duo. Loggins et Messina ont été parmi les groupes de soft rock folk les plus populaires de la première moitié des années 70 et ont connu une série d'albums à succès pendant quatre ans. Loggins & Messina broke up in 1976, and Loggins retained a strong following in the years immediately after. He went on to solo stardom with such million-selling albums as Celebrate Me Home, Nightwatch (which included the hit “Whenever I Call You Friend”), and Keep the Fire, all in the cheerful, sensitive style he had displayed in Loggins & Messina. Loggins also became known as the king of the movie soundtrack song, scoring Top Ten hits with “I’m Alright” (from Caddyshack), “Footloose” (from Footloose), “Danger Zone” (from Top Gun), and “Nobody’s Fool” (from Caddyshack II). During this period, he was also one of the participants in USA for Africa on the benefit recording “We Are the World.” His own albums sold less well (and came less frequently) throughout the '80s, with later efforts like 1991’s Leap of Faith, 1997’s The Unimaginable Life, and 1998’s December finding favor primarily in adult contemporary circles; in 1994, he also issued a children’s album, Return to Pooh C (Récupéré le 21/12/15 sur http://www.billboard.com/artist/305726/kenny-loggins/biography)

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