Kenneth Clark Loggins (born January 7, 1948) is an American
singer-songwriter and guitarist. His early songs were recorded with
the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1970, which led to seven albums recorded
as Loggins and Messina from 1972 to 1977. As a solo artist, Loggins
experienced a string of soundtrack successes, including an Academy
Award nomination for "Footloose" in 1984. His early soundtrack
contributions date back to A Star Is Born in 1976, and he is known as
the King of the Movie Soundtrack. Finally Home was released in 2013,
shortly after Loggins formed the group Blue Sky Riders with Gary Burr
and Georgia Middleman. He won a Daytime Emmy Award, two Grammy Awards,
and was nominated for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and a Golden
Globe Award.Loggins was born in Everett, Washington, the youngest of
three brothers. His mother was Lina (née Massie), a homemaker, and
his father, Robert George Loggins, was a salesman. Loggins is of
Italian descent on his mother's side. They lived in Detroit and
Seattle before settling in Alhambra, California. Loggins attended San
Gabriel Mission High School, graduating in 1966. He formed a band, The
Second Helping, that released three singles during 1968 and 1969 on
Viva Records. Greg Shaw described the efforts as "excellent punky
folk-pop records" that were written by Loggins who was likely to be
the bandleader and singer as well; Shaw included "Let Me In" on both
Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 2 and the Pebbles, Volume 9
CD.Loggins had a short gig playing guitar for the New Improved
Electric Prunes in 1969 before writing four songs for the Nitty Gritty
Dirt Band that were included on their album Uncle Charlie & His Dog
Teddy. During his early twenties, he was in the band Gator Creek with
Mike Deasy. The first recorded version of "Danny's Song" (later
recorded by Loggins and Messina and a No. 7 Hot 100 hit for Anne
Murray in 1973) was included on their only album, released on Mercury
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