"Please Come to Boston" by Dave Loggins.

OK, boys and girls, more 70s one-hit wonders: This Tennessee-born (hint, hint!) singer/songwriter was touring with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band when they visited three cities where he had not been before. They inspired him to write and perform his only solo hit, an easy-listening 1974 soft-rock ballad which defined his career. A plea to a woman to join him in those three cities. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts. Grammy-nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. Artist? Song? Answer: "Please Come to Boston" by Dave Loggins. In 1984, he topped the Country charts with "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do", a duet with Anne Murray, but "Please Come to Boston" was his only solo hit. Curiously, the song is "almost" autobiographic in the sense that there was no woman - he "made her up" to intensify the feeling of longing. Fond memories of listening to it during my sophomore year of med school in Philly. Covered by, among many others, Reba, Joan Baez, Garth Brooks, Willie, Glen and Jimmy Buffett. He left us in 2024 at age 76 and he was Kenny Loggins' second cousin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDRLZFgEoGw&list=RDUDRLZFgEoGw&start_radio=1

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