In addition to providing rehearsal space, equipment and amps, Messina worked long hours with Loggins and encouraged him to buy an electric guitar to play on his debut album. When Columbia signed Loggins (with Messina's help) to a six-album contract, recording began in earnest for Loggins's debut album, with Messina as producer. The two recorded a number of Loggins's compositions in Messina's home living room. Jim Messina, formerly of Poco and Buffalo Springfield, was working as an independent record producer for Columbia Records in 1970 when he was introduced to Loggins, then a little-known singer-songwriter who was signed to ABC-Dunhill. 7 Hot 100 hit for Anne Murray in 1973) was included on their only album, released on Mercury Records. The first recorded version of " Danny's Song" (later recorded by Loggins and Messina and a No. During his early 20s, he was in the band Gator Creek with Mike Deasy. 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. 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. He formed a band, The Second Helping, that released three singles during 19 on Viva Records. Loggins attended San Gabriel Mission High School, graduating in 1966. They lived in Detroit and Seattle before settling in Alhambra, California. His father, Robert George Loggins, was a salesman of English and Irish ancestry, while his mother, Lina (née Massie), was a homemaker of Italian descent, from Avezzano. Loggins was born in Everett, Washington, the youngest of three brothers. He won a Daytime Emmy Award, two Grammy Awards and was nominated for an Academy Award, a Tony Award and a Golden Globe Award. Finally Home was released in 2013, shortly after Loggins formed the group Blue Sky Riders with Gary Burr and Georgia Middleman. As a solo artist, Loggins experienced a string of soundtrack successes, including an Academy Award nomination for " Footloose" in 1985.
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His early soundtrack contributions date back to A Star Is Born in 1976, and he is known as the King of the Movie Soundtrack. His early songs were recorded with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1970, which led to seven albums recorded with Jim Messina as Loggins and Messina from 1972 to 1977. Kenneth Clark Loggins (born January 7, 1948) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.
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