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- Birth nameDavid Allen Loggins
- Dave Loggins was born on November 10, 1947 in Shady Valley, Tennessee, USA. He was a composer, known for Christine (2016), Our Winning Season (1978) and Maybe This Time (2014). He was married to Kathy Ann Craig, Sondra Gay Williams and Patricia Alice Taylor. He died on July 10, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
- SpousesKathy Ann Craig(1992 - 2017) (divorced, 1 child)Sondra Gay Williams(1982 - 1990) (divorced, 1 child)Patricia Alice Taylor(May 8, 1976 - 1980) (1 child)
- ChildrenBrinton Kyle LogginsDylan LogginsQuinn Taylor Loggins
- ParentsMyrtle Pauline SluderEugene Argus Loggins
- His second cousin, Kenny Loggins, was also a successful singer-songwriter.
- Loggins is best known for his 1974 song composition "Please Come to Boston", which was a No. 5 popular music success (No. 1 Easy Listening) in the U.S. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1995.
- He achieved fame with "Please Come to Boston," which topped the Easy Listening chart and reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1974. The song earned him a Grammy nomination for best pop male vocal performance, marking the first of his four Grammy nods.
- Dave Loggins, born and raised in Tennessee, was inspired to write "Please Come to Boston" by a 1972 tour with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band which included stops in Boston, Denver and Los Angeles, cities which were new to Loggins.
- Holds the record for being the only unsigned artist to ever win a CMA award for his performance with Anne Murray in 1986 for their duet, "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do.".
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