''Celebrate Me Home'' is the debut

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by American singer-songwriter

Kenny Loggins Kenneth Clark "Kenny" Loggins (born January 7, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His early songs were recorded with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1970, which led to seven albums recorded with Jim Messina (musician), Jim Mess ...

. It was released on April 13, 1977, by

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. The album, Loggins' first since

Loggins and Messina Loggins and Messina was an American pop rock duo consisting of Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina, who achieved major chart success during the early-mid 1970s. Among their well-known songs are " Danny's Song", " House at Pooh Corner", and " Your M ...

ended in 1976, represents a slight move away from the folk-rock leanings of his previous recordings towards a more polished,

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sound. Featuring production by Phil Ramone and jazz keyboardist Bob James, ''Celebrate Me Home'' peaked at number 27 on the Billboard album charts, and was eventually certified

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by the

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. Loggins would experience even greater commercial and chart success with his next album release, '' Nightwatch''. Two singles were released from this album. The first was "I Believe In Love", reaching number 66 on the

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. The track was covered by

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a year earlier for '' A Star Is Born (1976 soundtrack)''. The second and final single, "Celebrate Me Home" (edited to 3:51), was released at the end of 1977, but did not chart.

Track listing

;Side One #"Lady Luck" (

, lyrics: John Townsend) – 4:40 #"If You Be Wise" (Loggins, lyrics:

Jimmy Webb Jimmy Layne Webb (born August 15, 1946) is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He achieved success at an early age, winning the Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the age of 21. During his career, he established himself as one of Am ...

) – 4:25 #" I Believe in Love" (Loggins, lyrics: Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) – 3:30 (#66 US) #"Set It Free" (Eva Ein, Loggins) – 5:56 #"Why Do People Lie" (Ein, Loggins) – 4:29 ;Side Two #"Enter My Dream" (Loggins) – 5:20 #"I've Got the Melody (Deep in My Heart)" ( Patti Austin) – 4:12 #" Celebrate Me Home" ( Bob James, Loggins) – 4:42 #"Daddy's Back" (Ein, David Foster, Loggins) – 3:32 #" You Don't Know Me" ( Eddy Arnold, Cindy Walker) – 4:11

Personnel

* Kenny Loggins – lead vocals, backing vocals (1–8) * Bob James – keyboards (1–9),

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(10), horn and string arrangements, musical direction * Richard Tee – organ (8) *

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– electric guitar solo (1) *

Lee Ritenour Lee Mack Ritenour ( ; born January 11, 1952) is an American jazz guitarist who has been active since the late 1960s. Biography Ritenour was born in 1952, in Los Angeles, California. At the age of eight he started playing guitar and four years l ...

– acoustic guitar (1), electric guitar (1, 3, 4, 8),

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(1),

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(1) * Tommy Tedesco – bouzouki (1),

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(1), mandolin (1) *

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– electric guitar (2, 7–10) *

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– acoustic guitar (2), electric guitar (7) * Robben Ford – acoustic guitar (3), electric guitar (4, 5, 6, 9) *

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– acoustic guitar (3, 6) * Dean Parks – acoustic guitar (4, 5), electric guitar (4, 5) * George Hawkins – bass guitar (1–9), backing vocals (1–8) *

Harvey Mason Harvey William Mason (born February 22, 1947) is an American jazz drummer, record producer, and member of the band Fourplay. He was the original drummer for Herbie Hancock's band The Headhunters. Life and career Mason was born and grew ...

– drums (1, 3–6, 8, 9) *

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– drums (2, 7) * Steve Forman – percussion (1, 4, 5, 6, 9) *

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– percussion (1),

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(3, 7, 8),

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(5),

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s (5, 7), cowbell (7) * Laudir de Oliveira – percussion (4, 5, 6, 9) * Jon Clarke – sopranino recorder solo (3), saxophones (5, 9), woodwinds (5, 9), flute (6), alto flute (6), bass flute (6), clarinet (6), bass clarinet (6),

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(6),

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(6), recorder (6), horn arrangements * Vince Denham – alto sax solo (5), woodwinds (5, 9), flute (6), alto flute (6), clarinet (6), bass clarinet (6), saxophones (9), horn arrangements * Patti Austin – backing vocals (2, 4, 6), harmony vocals (7) * Lani Groves – backing vocals (2, 4, 6) * Gwen Guthrie – backing vocals (2, 4, 6) * Bill Eaton – choral arrangement (8)

Production

* Producers – Bob James and Phil Ramone * Engineer – Phil Ramone * Assistant Engineers – Jim Boyer, Frank Jones and Andy MacDonald. * Recorded at Warner Bros. Recording Studios (Burbank, CA) and A&R Recording (New York City, NY). * Design – Tom Steele * Photography – Ed Caraeff * Lettering – Martin Donald

Notes

External links

* {{Authority control 1977 debut albums Kenny Loggins albums Albums produced by Bob James (musician) Albums produced by Phil Ramone Columbia Records albums