Kenny Loggins

Released: April 13, 1977

Songwriter: John Townsend Kenny Loggins

Producer: Bob James Phil Ramone

[Refrain]
Seven-eleven he rolled
And all his life was a golden gamble
You'd see him reeling it in when the odds were high
Something supernatural, a charlatan, a mastermind
Or some lucky lady's design

[Verse 1]
Oh, what the devil, it's fun
His lady luck was his one companion
And by the silver and gold
His heart had been bought and bound
But he chanced to fall in new love
He kissed her and he cut the tie
And kissed his lucky lady goodbye

[Chorus]
Oh, spin your wheel of fortune
Shuffle the cards, blow on the dice
Are you with me in love
Like you've been with me in life?
If I leave you for a lover
Would you leave me far behind?

[Verse 2]
You should've known from the start
She'd take no part in a love triangle
You have to be her's alone
And go it on your own
'Cause if you've found a new love
Lady Luck is gonna step aside
So kiss your lucky lady goodbye

[Chorus]
Spin your wheel of fortune
Shuffle the cards, blow on the dice
Are you with me in love
Like you've been with me in life?
If I leave you for an hour
Would you leave me far behind?

[Refrain]
Seven-eleven he rolled
And all his life was a golden gamble
You'd see him reeling it in when the odds were high
Something supernatural, a charlatan, was a mastermind
Or some lucky lady's
Or some jealous lady
Kiss your lucky lady goodbye
Don't pass this way again, goodbye
Don't pass this way again, goodbye

Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Kenny Loggins has enjoyed more than three decades of success in the music business, as a songwriter and performer, mostly in a soft rock vein. He was born Kenneth Clarke Loggins in Everett, WA in early 1948, and the family later moved to Detroit, and finally to Alhambra, CA when he was in his teens. He initially turned to music as a way of compensating for his extreme shyness, and found that he was, indeed, a talented guitarist and had a voice. For a time in the late ‘60s he was based in Pasadena, studying at Pasadena City College. At the end of the decade, Loggins passed through the lineup of a band called Gator Creek, who were good enough to get signed to Mercury Records. The group recorded one self-titled album, which was issued in 1970 and included an early version of “Danny’s Song,” a track that he later recorded again as part of Loggins & Messina. He also spent time with a short-lived group called Second Helping, and was a member of the stage incarnation of the Electric Prunes during a later phase of that group’s history.

Loggins was proficient on the guitar and piano, but it was his songwriting that allowed him to make his first lasting impression on the music industry. He took a job as a staff writer for Wingate Music, for $100.00 a week, and later that year four of his songs ended up on the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy. This event was particularly fortuitous, as that album was the first release by the newly reconstituted version of the group, and included what proved to be their biggest hit, “Mr. Bojangles.” The presence of the latter helped make Uncle Charlie one of the group’s biggest selling long-players; and the exposure generated a second hit in the form of Loggins’ own “House at Pooh Corner.”

The success of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s recordings brought Loggins to the attention of former Poco member Jim Messina, who was working as a staff producer at CBS. It was Messina’s intention to produce Loggins' debut album, but he also ended up playing and singing on the record, and it worked out so well that the two ended up in a duo. Loggins & Messina were among the most popular folk-based soft rock acts of the first half of the ‘70s and enjoyed a four-year string of successful albums.

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