David Allen "Dave" Loggins (born November 101947 in Mountain City, Tennessee) is a singer, songwriter and musician. He is arguably most famous for his 1974 composition "Please Come to Boston", which was a top-ten hit in the U.S. for him, and was subsequently covered by numerous other artists. He was inducted to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1995. Besides his being a musician Loggins was previously employed as a draftsman at Bristol Metals, and as an insurance salesman.
In addition to his recording of "Please Come to Boston"'s reaching #5 on the U.S. pop charts in 1974, the song also topped the Billboard Easy Listening survey. Loggins also wrote "Pieces of April" for Three Dog Night, which became a top-twenty hit in 1973. He has written material for Restless Heart, Wynonna Judd, Reba McEntire, Gary Morris, Alabama, Toby Keith, Don Williams, and the #1 hit "Morning Desire" by Kenny Rogers. He recorded a #1 country song with Anne Murray in 1984 called "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" which won a CMA award. He also composed the theme music "Augusta" that is used on broadcasts of the The Masters Golf Tournament.
The Masters theme song was later released as part of a collection of songs about golf called "The New Course Record". On this recording, Dave shared the vocal duties with Birmingham-based singer and pianist Ray Reach. The arranging duties were shared by Don Hays and Ray Reach. Hays shared the producer's role with noted Nashville musician and producer Mike Chapman.
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