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Dan Fogelberg

Recording Artist · Also a musician
Singer-Songwriter Rock

Dan Fogelberg (1951–2007) was an American singer-songwriter from Peoria, Illinois, whose folk-leaning soft-rock records of the 1970s and 1980s produced some of the era's most durable radio ballads, among them "Longer," "Same Old Lang Syne" and "Leader of the Band."

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  • Born Daniel Grayling Fogelberg on August 13, 1951; his father Lawrence was a high-school and Bradley University band director and his mother Margaret a classically trained pianist.
  • Debuted with Home Free (Columbia, 1972); the follow-up Souvenirs (1974), produced by Joe Walsh, reached the top twenty and went double platinum, and carries "Morning Sky."
  • Made an explicit turn toward bluegrass with High Country Snows (1985), recorded with Ricky Skaggs, Doc Watson, Jerry Douglas and Chris Hillman among the players.
  • Died December 16, 2007, at his home on Deer Isle, Maine, of prostate cancer.
  • Souvenirs
    1974 · Full Moon / Epic KE 33137

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