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.: Leader Of The Band :. The Singing Mike Date Submitted:  2014-01-31 [Archive Date: 2014-05-01] Genre:  Oldies Original Artist:  Dan Fogelberg Additional Info:  Disc Mfg:    Disc #:   Description:  Fogelberg once said at one of his concerts that if he were allowed to write only one song in his lifetime it would have been this one. "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. 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 in March 1982. It became Fogelberg's second #1 song on the Billboard adult contemporary chart, following his 1980 hit "Longer". Lucie Arnaz performs a version of the song as a tribute to her late father, Desi Arnaz. It was used in a montage at the end of the 1985 CART season, in tribute to the Unser racing family. Thanks for listening... ~ Michael Ray ~ Dedication to: My Father Overall Rank:  Rank Unavailable Total Comments:  0 Listen:    Sorry, this submission has been archived.

The Singing Mike performs Leader Of The Band on Karaoke Showcase of Karaoke Scene Magazine Online: The Singing Mike performs Leader Of The Band on Karaoke Showcase - Fogelberg once said at one of his concerts that if he were allowed to write only one song in his lifetime it would have been this one. "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. 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 in March 1982. It became Fogelberg's second #1 song on the Billboard adult contemporary chart, following his 1980 hit "Longer". Lucie Arnaz performs a version of the song as a tribute to her late father, Desi Arnaz. It was used in a montage at the end of the 1985 CART season, in tribute to the Unser racing family. Thanks for listening... ~ Michael Ray ~
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