Leader of the Band
| "Leader of the Band" | ||||
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| Single by Dan Fogelberg | ||||
| from the album The Innocent Age | ||||
| B-side | "Times Like These" | |||
| Released | 1981 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Genre | Folk pop | |||
| Length | 4:21 | |||
| Label | Full Moon/Epic | |||
| Writer(s) | Dan Fogelberg | |||
| Producer(s) | Dan Fogelberg, Marty Lewis | |||
| Dan Fogelberg singles chronology | ||||
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"Leader of the Band" is a song written by Dan Fogelberg from his 1981 album The Innocent Age. The song was written as a tribute to his father, Lawrence Fogelberg, a musician and the leader of a band, who was still alive at the time the song was released.[1] Lawrence died in August 1982.
Released as a single at the end of 1981, the tribute peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart[2] in March 1982.[3] It became Fogelberg's second #1 song on the Billboard adult contemporary chart, following his 1980 hit "Longer".[4]
Lucie Arnaz performs a version of the song as a tribute to her late father, Desi Arnaz.
Regine Velasquez recorded this song on 2008 as one of the tracks for her album Low Key and she also performed the song to her father, Gerardo Velasquez, when the latter was still alive.
It was used in a montage at the end of the 1985 CART season, in tribute to the Unser racing family.
See also
References
- ↑ "Dan Fogelberg Official Website Frequently Asked Questions (As answered in 2003)". 2003. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
"Leader of the Band" was written for my father Lawrence Fogelberg who was a musician, educator, and band leader. I was so gratified that I was able to give him that song before he passed on.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1996)
- ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=SCQEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#v=onepage&q&f=false The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)
- ↑ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
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