Best known for the 1974 hit single “Please Come to Boston,” singer and songwriter Dave Loggins was born November 10, 1947, in Mountain City, Tennessee. A second cousin to pop star Kenny Loggins, Dave Loggins launched his solo career with 1972’s Personal Belongings, establishing his country-tinged pop sound. His breakthrough came with 1974’s Apprentice (In a Musical Workshop), which climbed to number 53 on the album chart thanks to the single “Please Come to Boston,” a number 5 pop hit in the U.S. and Canada that topped the Easy Listening chart. He released three more albums during the decade that failed to make a splash, ending his career as a solo recording artist. However, he maintained a successful career as a songwriter, scoring hit songs for a variety of artists including Juice Newton (“You Make Me Want to Make You Mine”), Kenny Rogers (“Morning Desire”), and Three Dog Night (“Pieces of April”). He scored a number 1 on the country chart in 1984 with “Nobody Loves Me Like You Do,” a duet with Anne Murray. He wrote and sang on a piece that would be the theme of The Masters golf tournament for many years. In 1995, he was honored with induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Dave Loggins died at the age of 76 in Nashville, Tennessee on July 10, 2024.
