Dave Loggins, “Please Come to Boston” Singer and Hit Country Songwriter, Dead at Age 76

Tennessee country-pop singer/songwriter Dave Loggins, who had a 1974 hit with “Please Come to Boston,” died Wednesday, July 10. According to The Tennessean, Loggins passed away at Alive Hospice in Nashville at age 76.

“Please Come to Boston” peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 1200 and also topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. In addition, the song scored him a 1975 Grammy nomination in the Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male category.

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Prior to his success of “Please Come to Boston,” Loggins’ song “Pieces of April” became a Top-20 Hot 100 hit for Three Dog Night in 1973.

“Please Come to Boston” was Loggins’ only major pop hit as an artist, although his 1984 duet with Anne Murray, “Nobody Loves Me Like You Do,” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs tally. Their performance was honored with a CMA Award for Vocal Duo of the Year in 1985.

Later Success as a Country Songwriter

Dave, who was a second cousin of pop star Kenny Loggins, also had a prolific and successful career penning songs for other artists. According to MusicRow.com, he wrote or co-wrote 14 No. 1 country hits.

Among them are Wynonna Judd’s “She Is His Only Need,” Lee Greenwood’s “Don’t Underestimate My Love for You,” The Oak Ridge Boys’ “Every Day,” Alabama’s “Forty Hour Week (For a Living)” and “Roll on Eighteen Wheeler,” Don Williams’ “Heartbeat in the Darkness,” Gary Morris’ “I’ll Never Stop Loving You,” Reba McEntire’s “Love Will Find Its Way to You” and “One Promise Too Late,” Kenny Rogers’ “Morning Desire,” and Restless Heart’s “Wheels.”

Loggins also wrote “Augusta,” the longtime theme song for the Masters golf tournament.

Loggins was honored by the performance-rights organization ASCAP as its 1987 Songwriter of the Year for 1987. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1995.

More About Loggins

Loggins is survived by three sons and a grandson. Per his request, there will be no funeral. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Alive Hospice.

Artists Pay Tribute to Loggins

Murray paid tribute to Loggins with a post on her Facebook page.

“RIP Dave Loggins,” she wrote. “I loved his voice and his ‘Please Come to Boston’ might just be my favorite song ever.”

Greenwood also posted a tribute to Loggins on his Facebook page.

“Dave was an incredible singer, guitar player, and a writer,” Greenwood wrote. “It was his music that drew me to Nashville, Tennessee in 1979. Dave was from Bristol, TN, but he made the world know who he was by the songs he wrote and sang. We will miss his great talent, but his songs will live forever. We send prayers of healing and comfort to the Loggins family. I’m the number one fan of the man from Tennessee.”