The Essential Kenny Loggins

~ Release by Kenny Loggins (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▼ CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Footloose
producer:
Lee DeCarlo and Kenny Loggins
bass guitar:
Nathan East
bass synthesizer:
Michael Boddicker
drums (drum set):
Tris Imboden
guitar:
Buzz Feiten
instruments:
Michael Boddicker
keyboard:
Neil Larsen and Steven Wood (US soundtrack composer, member of Honk)
percussion:
Michael Boddicker and Paulinho da Costa (Brazilian percussionist)
background vocals:
Marilyn Dorman, Richey Washington and Steven Wood (US soundtrack composer, member of Honk)
lead vocals:
Kenny Loggins
remixer:
Humberto Gatica
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1984) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1984)
recording of:
Footloose
lyricist:
Dean Pitchford
composer:
Kenny Loggins
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Ensign Music Corporation, Famous Music (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Milk Money Music, Sony/ATV Harmony, Sony/ATV Melody and Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd.
Kenny Loggins4.13:48
2No Lookin’ Back
producer:
Kenny Loggins and Michael Omartian
mixer:
John Guess
guitar:
Michael Landau
keyboard and synthesizer:
Michael Omartian
solo guitar:
Tim Pierce (US session guitarist)
vocals:
Kenny Loggins
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1985)
recording of:
No Lookin’ Back
writer:
Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald (R&B & soul singer) and Ed Sanford
publisher:
Edspose Songs, Genevieve Music, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK), Milk Money Music, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
Kenny Loggins with Michael McDonald4:52
3Forever
producer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) and Kenny Loggins
assistant mixer:
David Warren Bowers (engineer) and Stephen Shelton (Engineer, late '80s)
mixer:
Humberto Gatica
bass guitar:
Nathan East
drums (drum set):
Tris Imboden
guitar:
Buzzy Feiten
keyboard:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) and Steven Wood (US soundtrack composer, member of Honk)
solo guitar:
Steve Lukather
vocals:
Kenny Loggins
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1985)
recording of:
Forever
lyricist:
Eva Ein Loggins and Kenny Loggins
composer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) and Kenny Loggins
publisher:
Foster Frees Music Inc., Milk Money Music, Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
Kenny Loggins4:26
4Danger Zone
engineer:
Dave Concors and Tom Whitlock
executive producer:
Michael Dilbeck
producer:
Giorgio Moroder
mixer:
Giorgio Moroder and Brian Reeves
drums (drum set):
John Robinson (session drummer)
guitar:
Dann Huff and Kenny Loggins
keyboard:
Giorgio Moroder
saxophone:
Tom Scott (saxophonist, Blues Brothers, LA Express, Starsky & Hutch)
synthesizer:
Tom Whitlock
lead vocals:
Kenny Loggins
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1986)
recorded at:
Oasis Recording Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Danger Zone (Top Gun)
lyricist:
Thomas Whitlock
composer:
Giorgio Moroder
publisher:
Budde Music Inc. (US publisher), Sony/ATV Harmony, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, Famous Music (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) (in 1986) and GMPC (in 1986)
Kenny Loggins4.353:37
5Vox Humana
producer:
Kenny Loggins
mixer:
Terry Nelson (recording engineer)
acoustic guitar and solo guitar:
Kenny Loggins
bass guitar [bass]:
Nathan East
synthesizer:
Steven Wood (US soundtrack composer, member of Honk)
vocals:
Kenny Loggins
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1985)
recording of:
Vox Humana
lyricist:
Eva Ein Loggins
composer:
Kenny Loggins
publisher:
Milk Money Music, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
Kenny Loggins4:14
6Meet Me Half Way
producer:
Giorgio Moroder
guitar:
Dan Huff, Dave Darling (record producer, recording engineer), Terry Wilson (bassist) and Richie Zito
piano:
Robbie Buchanan and Greg Phillinganes
saxophone:
David Woodford
synthesizer:
Brian Banks (American keyboardist), Stu Goldberg, Anthony Marinelli (Soundtrack composer), Giorgio Moroder, Peter Schless (keyboardist and composer) and Terry Wilson (bassist)
background vocals:
Bobbie Eakes, Gary Falcone and Joe Pizzulo
lead vocals:
Kenny Loggins
recording of:
Meet Me Half Way (Over the Top)
lyricist:
Tom Whitlock
composer:
Giorgio Moroder
publisher:
GMPC, Go-Glo Music, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
Kenny Loggins3:42
7Nobody’s Fool
recording of:
Nobody’s Fool (Caddyshack II)
writer:
Kenny Loggins and Michael Towers
publisher:
Milk Money Music, Warner Olive Music LLC, Warner-Barham Music LLC, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
Kenny Loggins4:20
8All the Pretty Little Ponies
recording of:
All the Pretty Little Ponies
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Kenny Loggins and David Pack
publisher:
Art Street Music, EMI Longitude Music, Gnossos Music, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK), Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), ヤマハミュージックEH(CM), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部, イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
version of:
All the Pretty Little Horses
Kenny Loggins4:01
9Leap of Faith
recording of:
Leap of Faith
writer:
Kenny Loggins and Guy Thomas (songwriter, composer, singer, multi-instrumentalist musician)
publisher:
BMG Sapphire Songs, Gnossos Music, Southshore Music, フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
Kenny Loggins7:35
10The Real Thing
producer:
Kenny Loggins and Terry Nelson (producer/backing vocalist on “Conviction of the Heart” by Kenny Loggins)
acoustic guitar:
Paul Jackson, Jr. and Dean Parks (American session guitarist)
drums (drum set):
Michael Baird (drummer)
fretless bass [Peavey fretless bass]:
Freddie Washington (US session bassist)
piano:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
synthesizer:
Steven Wood (US soundtrack composer, member of Honk)
strings arranger:
Paul Buckmaster
recording of:
The Real Thing
writer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) and Kenny Loggins
publisher:
Air Bear Music, Milk Money Music, Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), Peermusic Ltd. (BMI), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
Kenny Loggins5:39
11For the First Time
recording engineer:
Nathaniel Kunkel
producer:
Peter Asher
mixer:
George Massenburg
bass guitar:
Jimmy Johnson (US session bassist)
drums (drum set):
Carlos Vega
guitar and mandolin:
Bob Mann (US session guitarist)
keyboard and piano:
Robbie Buchanan
percussion:
Peter Asher
strings arranger:
Robbie Buchanan and Marc Mann (keyboardist, arranger, orchestrator and conductor)
recorded at and mixed at:
Conway Recording Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
For the First Time (One Fine Day)
writer:
Allan Dennis Rich, James Newton Howard (American score composer), Jud J. Friedman and Ronald W. Shelton
publisher:
Big Fig Music, Famous Music Publishing, Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI-affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Nelana Music, Newton House Music, Peermusic Ltd. (BMI), Schmoogie Tunes, Spirit One Music, TCF Music Publishing, Inc. (Twentieth Century Fox Music Publishing, Inc.; ASCAP), ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion), フジパシフィックミュージック, フジパシフィックミュージック 第2事業部 and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
Kenny Loggins4:29
12Conviction of the Heart
producer:
Kenny Loggins and Terry Nelson (producer/backing vocalist on “Conviction of the Heart” by Kenny Loggins)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Kenny Loggins
bass guitar:
Freddie Washington (US session bassist)
Batá drum, caxixi, djembe, dunun [djun-djun], other instruments [gunga-degun] and shekere:
Munyungo Jackson and Bill Summers
drums (drum set):
Tris Imboden
electric guitar:
Guy Thomas (songwriter, composer, singer, multi-instrumentalist musician)
keyboard:
Steven Wood (US soundtrack composer, member of Honk)
slide guitar [electric slide guitar]:
David Lindley
snare drum [field snare]:
Michael Baird (drummer)
background vocals:
Terry Nelson (producer/backing vocalist on “Conviction of the Heart” by Kenny Loggins) and Kate Price
choir vocals:
Adult Choir (appears on “Conviction of the Heart” by Kenny Loggins) and Colors of Love Children’s Choir
chorus master:
Nyna Shannon Anderson and Arnold McCuller
recording of:
Conviction of the Heart
writer:
Kenny Loggins and Guy Thomas (songwriter, composer, singer, multi-instrumentalist musician)
publisher:
BMG Sapphire Songs, Gnossos Music, Southshore Music, フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
Kenny Loggins6:53
13Your Heart Will Lead You Home
recording of:
Your Heart Will Lead You Home (The Tigger Movie)
writer:
Kenny Loggins, Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (American songwriter)
publisher:
Walt Disney Music Company (music publisher, do not use as release label), Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (a division of Disney Music Publishing), ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) and 日音 Synch事業部
part of:
The Tigger Movie (2000 film soundtrack)
Kenny Loggins5:00
14Return to Pooh Corner
producer:
Kenny Loggins and David Pack
accordion:
Brian Mann (keyboardist, accordionist, composer)
bass guitar:
Nathan East
keyboard:
Steven Wood (US soundtrack composer, member of Honk)
solo guitar:
David Pack
background vocals:
Steve George (US keyboardist for Mr. Mister & Pages)
guest vocals:
Gary Chapman (singer-songwriter & tv presenter) and Amy Grant
lead vocals:
Kenny Loggins
recording of:
Return to Pooh Corner
lyricist and composer:
Kenny Loggins
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), Songs of Universal, Inc., Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
Kenny Loggins54:18
15The Unimaginable Life
recording of:
The Unimaginable Life
writer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) and Kenny Loggins
publisher:
Gnossos Music, One Four Three Music, Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
Kenny Loggins6:05
16What a Fool Believes (live)
live recording of:
What a Fool Believes
writer:
Ken Loggins and Mike McDonald (R&B & soul singer)
publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部, 日音 Synch事業部, Milk Money Music (in 1978) and Snug Music (in 1978)
Kenny Loggins with Michael McDonald4:19

Credits

Release

producer:Jeff Magid
manufactured by:Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding)
copyrighted (©) by:Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 2002)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/4307763 [info]
ASIN:US: B0000787EV [info]

Release Group

part of:The Essential (Sony/Legacy compilations) (order: 6)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/924356 [info]
Wikidata:Q16954571 [info]