Never gonna work.' I was wrong."įolk legend interview: Why '60s folk music still brings people together, according to Peter, Paul and Mary singer Talking 'Danger Zone' with 'Top Gun' star Tom Cruise "He said, 'This part here is where the gopher is gonna come out of the golf hole,'" Loggins says. Peters showed him a rough cut, which did not include the famous gopher scene. Next thing I know, Jon and Barbra had broken up, he's producing his first movie and it's called 'Caddyshack.' Because I was a friend of his, he called me up and said, 'Would you be interested in writing a song or two for the movie?' I said, 'Absolutely.'" "I had done 'A Star Is Born' with Barbra, and her boyfriend was Jon Peters," Loggins says. In 1980, Loggins had his second Top 10 solo hit with "I'm Alright" from "Caddyshack." It was the first of several soundtrack hits, from the chart-topping "Footloose" to "Danger Zone" from "Top Gun" that earned him the nickname the King of Movie Soundtracks. Ultimate playlist: Stevie Nicks' 20 greatest songs of all time, ranked How Kenny Loggins became the king of movie soundtracks But Stevie was the up-and-coming young, cool, hip thing." Cher was still being Cher, so I don't know if that counts. "And Stevie had become what looked to be the biggest female artist in the world. "So when I evolved through the folk or country-rock that was Loggins and Messina, I naturally evolved into my R&B roots and moved more into a Stevie Wonder kind of vibe," Loggins says. The other turned him on to early R&B and rock 'n' roll, from Dion and the Belmonts to Fats Domino and Little Richard. Loggins had grown up with two older brothers. So I would work with keyboard players because they could make chords that I couldn't do on guitar. "That whole melody was in my head," Loggins says. He found himself collaborating on the title track to "Celebrate Me Home" with Bob James, a jazz legend brought in to serve as Loggins' musical director for the album by producer Phil Ramone. I was writing with chords I'd never played before, tonal things I'd never done before." "And my writing was changing dramatically. "By that time, we had been together six years, which is what we'd promised Clive Davis," Loggins says.
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