Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Dave Loggins, a singer-songwriter who had a memorable chart-topper with “Please Come to Boston” in 1974, died Wednesday at Alive Hospice in Nashville.
He was 76; no cause of death was given. With “Please Come to Boston” being the sole hit in his solo discography, Loggins — the second cousin of pop star Kenny Loggins — was sometimes branded a one-hit wonder.
But he also enjoyed a highly successful career as a songwriter, mostly for country artists. And in an unquantifiable sense, his biggest “hit” might actually be the theme song he wrote for golfing’s Augusta Masters Golf Tournament, which has been used since 1982.
An obituary placed in the Tennessean says the golfing theme is “the longest running sports theme in history.” He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1995.
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