Kenny Loggins

Kenneth Clark "Kenny" Loggins is an American singer and songwriter. His Disney roles include guest appearances in the TV movies Sandy in Disneyland, Disneyland's Summer Vacation Party, and Disneyland 2000: 45 Years of Magic and montage singer in Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero. He also wrote and composed the lyrics for songs, such as "Two Different Worlds" from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (US release only), "Your Heart Will Lead You Home" from The Tigger Movie (which appeared in the documentary The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story), and "Underneath the Same Sky" from the My Friends Tigger & Pooh direct-to-video movie Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too. He is heard singing the title song of the Phineas and Ferb spin-off special "O.W.C.A. Files".
Loggins was born in Everett, Washington; his family lived in Detroit and Seattle before settling in Alhambra, California. Loggins attended San Gabriel Mission High School, graduating in 1966. He formed a band called "The Second Helping" that released three singles during 1968 and 1969 on Viva Records. He also 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. He continued to collaborate with other artists as a musician and songwriter before beginning a solo career.
He collaborated with Michael McDonald of The Doobie Brothers by co-writing the song "What a Fool Believes", which they recorded, reaching No. 1 on the pop chart and earning Loggins and McDonald the 1980 Grammy for Song of the Year. Later, McDonald co-wrote and contributed background vocals to Loggins' song "This Is It", which reached to No. 11 on the charts in 1979.
During the 1980s, Loggins recorded many successful songs for film soundtracks that he became known as the King of the Movie Soundtrack. It began with "I'm Alright" (Caddyshack), "Footloose" and "I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man)" from Footloose, "Meet Me Half Way" from Over the Top, "Danger Zone" and "Playing with the Boys" (Top Gun) and "Nobody's Fool" (Caddyshack II). During the 1990s, Loggins continued his album career, including the popular 1994 children's album Return to Pooh Corner, which included the title single, a reworking of "House at Pooh Corner", written for his newborn son, Luke.
==Trivia==
*Loggins is also known for his song "House at Pooh Corner", originally released in 1971 and referential of A.A. Milne's The House at Pooh Corner. While the song was not originally connected with Disney, an instrumental was included on the album Disney's Lullaby Album: Gentle Instrumental Favorites for Baby and the song's creation was likely a factor in Loggins performing songs for The Tigger Movie and Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too.
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