The Essential Kenny Loggins (SMEA press)

~ Release by Kenny Loggins (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Annotation

The catalogue number on the spine is '52025002000', while the cat number on the disc artwork is '5202502000'.
Release date: August 15th 2005 (ARIA Report Issue #807).

Annotation last modified on 2026-04-08 08:00 UTC.

Tracklist

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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), Columbia Records (EMI‐owned 1931–1990, worldwide except US, CA, MX, ES, & JP; largely defunct since Jan 1973) (in 1984), Sony BMG Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1984) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1984)
recording of:
Footloose
lyricist:
Dean Pitchford
composer:
Kenny Loggins
publisher:
BMG Music Ltd., BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Ensign Music Corporation, Ensign Music LLC, Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Island Music (Island Music Ltd.), Milk Money Music, Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995), Sony/ATV Harmony, Sony/ATV Melody, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd. and Universal Music Publishers MGB Australia Pty Ltd
part of:
The 57th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1984 nominee)
4.13:48
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 (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music 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 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
4:52
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 (guitarist, vocalist, composer, producer and arranger)
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 (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, 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 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
4:26
4Danger Zone (from “Top Gun”)
synthesizer [synth] programming:
Hans Zimmer (German score composer)
engineer:
Dave Concors, Dave Connors and Tom Whitlock
executive producer:
Michael Dilbeck
producer:
Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock
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), Columbia Records (EMI‐owned 1931–1990, worldwide except US, CA, MX, ES, & JP; largely defunct since Jan 1973) (in 1986), Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1986) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1986)
recorded at:
Oasis Recording Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
a cappella versions:
Danger Zone by Tufts Beelzebubs (Tufts University all-male a cappella group)
recording of:
Danger Zone (Top Gun)
lyricist:
Thomas Whitlock
composer:
Giorgio Moroder
publisher:
Budde Music Inc. (US publisher), Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH (2017 – present), Sony/ATV Harmony, Sony/ATV Harmony UK, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Germany) GmbH (1998–2002), Warner Chappell Overseas Holdings Ltd., Warner/Chappell North America, 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 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division), 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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) (in 1986) and GMPC (in 1986)
4.33:37
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 (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
4:14
6Meet Me Half Way
producer:
Giorgio Moroder
guitar:
Dan Huff, Dave Darling (record producer, recording engineer), Terry Wilson (US bassist/songwriter) and Richie Zito
piano:
Robbie Buchanan (Canadian producer) 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 (US bassist/songwriter)
background vocals:
Bobbie Eakes, Gary Falcone and Joe Pizzulo
lead vocals:
Kenny Loggins
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1987)
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 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division), 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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., 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 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
3:42
7Nobody’s Fool (theme from “Caddyshack II”)
recording of:
Nobody’s Fool (Caddyshack II)
writer:
Kenny Loggins and Michael Towers (singer, composer, and engineer)
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 (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), 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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., 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 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
4:20
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) (Yamaha Music 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 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division), イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (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 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
version of:
All the Pretty Little Horses
4:01
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 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
7:35
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. (fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist) 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 (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, 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 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
5:39
11For the First Time (from “One Fine Day”)
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 (Canadian producer)
percussion:
Peter Asher
strings arranger:
Robbie Buchanan (Canadian producer) 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, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Famous Music Publishing, Festival Music Pty, Ltd., 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 (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion), フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.), フジパシフィックミュージック 第2事業部 (Fujipacific Music, Inc. Division 2) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
The 69th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
4:29
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 (hammered dulcimer player and vocalist)
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 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
6:53
13Your Heart Will Lead You Home (from “The Tigger Movie”)
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) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)) and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
part of:
The Tigger Movie (2000 film soundtrack)
5:00
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. (BMI), 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 (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
54:18
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 (Peer Music Japan, 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 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
6:05
16What a Fool Believes (live)
live recording of:
What a Fool Believes
writer:
Ken Loggins and Mike McDonald (R&B & soul singer)
publisher:
Milk Money Music (in 1978) and Snug Music (in 1978)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
4:19

Credits

Release group

part of:The Essential (Sony/Legacy compilations) (order: 20)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/924356 [info]
Wikidata:Q16954571 [info]