Smells like pooh!
My aunt was a HUGE Loggins fan, so therefore I kind of liked him too. He sounds like a cool guy.
Smells like pooh!
My aunt was a HUGE Loggins fan, so therefore I kind of liked him too. He sounds like a cool guy.
This was one of the first songs Kenny Loggins wrote, as a 17-year-old senior in high school, his first charting single as a songwriter. The song nearly didn't get recorded because of copyright issues. Loggins explained: "I was 17, and I didn't really have any awareness that I wasn't allowed to write a song about Winnie the Pooh, and that there were people who owned that copyright. In those days, as a songwriter, you'd go around to different parties, much like what's happening here in Nashville where you have writers in the round."
Loggins showed up at a party where a couple of members from an up-and-coming act called The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band were also in attendance. They heard the song and loved it and told the teenage songwriter they wanted the tune for their album. "I was really excited, and I'd never had a song recorded," Loggins recalled. "About a month later, I got a phone call from John McEuen, who at the time seemed to be the leader of the Dirt Band. He says, 'Kenny, I'm really sorry, but we won't be able to record that song. We've been inundated with phone calls from Disney lawyers for the last few weeks, telling us that we're not allowed to record a song about Winnie the Pooh.'" "I was going on a date that night, and I mentioned to my girlfriend, 'I'm kinda bummed tonight because I thought I had my first song recorded, and it's not gonna happen. The Disney lawyers put the kibosh on it,'" he continued. "She looked at me and says, 'Disney lawyers? Let me to talk to Daddy about that.' I did not know that I was dating the daughter of the CEO of the Disney corporation."
In 1994, Loggins (with an additional verse) under the title "Return to Pooh Corner", a duet with Amy Grant, featuring backing vocals from Grant's then-husband, Gary Chapman.
This was one of the first songs Kenny Loggins wrote, as a 17-year-old senior in high school, his first charting single as a songwriter. The song nearly didn't get recorded because of copyright issues. Loggins explained: "I was 17, and I didn't really have any awareness that I wasn't allowed to write a song about Winnie the Pooh, and that there were people who owned that copyright. In those days, as a songwriter, you'd go around to different parties, much like what's happening here in Nashville where you have writers in the round."
Loggins showed up at a party where a couple of members from an up-and-coming act called The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band were also in attendance. They heard the song and loved it and told the teenage songwriter they wanted the tune for their album. "I was really excited, and I'd never had a song recorded," Loggins recalled. "About a month later, I got a phone call from John McEuen, who at the time seemed to be the leader of the Dirt Band. He says, 'Kenny, I'm really sorry, but we won't be able to record that song. We've been inundated with phone calls from Disney lawyers for the last few weeks, telling us that we're not allowed to record a song about Winnie the Pooh.'" "I was going on a date that night, and I mentioned to my girlfriend, 'I'm kinda bummed tonight because I thought I had my first song recorded, and it's not gonna happen. The Disney lawyers put the kibosh on it,'" he continued. "She looked at me and says, 'Disney lawyers? Let me to talk to Daddy about that.' I did not know that I was dating the daughter of the CEO of the Disney corporation."
In 1994, Loggins [re-recorded the song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQhCNOV5Gnk) (with an additional verse) under the title "Return to Pooh Corner", a duet with Amy Grant, featuring backing vocals from Grant's then-husband, Gary Chapman.
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