Dan Fogelberg

Daniel Grayling Fogelberg was born in Peoria, Illinois on August 13, 1951
to a high school band director and a mother trained as a classical
vocalist and pianist. As a teenager he taught himself to play piano and
guitar. After graduating from high school he began performing while attending
the University of Illinois where he was discovered by Irving Azoff who
would guide Dan’s career with a string of successful albums and singles.

Entering the Hit Parade first in 1975 with “Part Of The Plan,” Dan
Fogelberg topped the charts in 1980 with “Longer” followed by “Same Old
Lang Syne.” The following year with gold singles, “Hard To Say” and a tribute
song to his father, “Leader Of The Band.”

Among his other hits were, “The Power of Gold,” “Heart Hotels,” a song
about the Kentucky Derby, “Run For The Roses,” “Missing You,”
“Make Love Stay,” “The Language Of Love” and “Believe In Me.”

Inspired by folk, pop, classical, jazz and bluegrass music, songwriter
Dan Fogelberg was also a session musician, playing on albums by
Jackson Browne, Joe Walsh, Randy Newman and others.

With a major following, Dan Fogelberg performances included the
famed New York Carnegie Hall in 1979.

Cancer claimed Dan Fogelberg’s life December 16, 2007.

Visit his official website here