Longer - Dan Fogelberg - Arranged by Kimmy Kwong

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   • LONGER - DAN FOGELBERG (1979)  

"Longer" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg and released in 1979 by Full Moon Records and Epic Records.

The song can be found on Fogelberg's 1979 album Phoenix.

"Longer" became Fogelberg's highest-charting hit song of his career, spending two weeks at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March 1980.

Like many of Fogelberg's songs, this is about everlasting love.

His muse at the time was Maggie Slaymaker, who he was living with at the time (they would get married in 1982 and split in 1985).

In a 1997 online chat, Fogelberg explained the inspiration: "I was laying in a hammock and looking up at the stars on Maui, Hawaii, on vacation, in 1978, with my then-wife.

All seemed right with the world. The song seemed to write itself."

In a radio interview to promote his 1981 album The Innocent Age, Fogelberg mentioned this as his most memorable song. "It's just a classic love song," he said.

"Every songwriter always dreams of writing a classic love song that will be up there with the Cole Porter songs and 'Yesterday' and that stuff.

That's the stuff that's gonna last. People are gonna sing them at weddings and really mean it, for a long time, and that's wonderful."

Lyrically, the song compares various events ("Longer than there've been stars up in the heavens") with his emotional attachment to the one he loves ("I've been in love with you").

Accompanying Fogelberg's vocals is an acoustic guitar (played by the singer) as well as a flugelhorn solo by Jerry Hey.

Dan Fogelberg
Daniel Grayling Fogelberg (August 13, 1951 – December 16, 2007) was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist widely known for his 1970s and 1980s soft rock hits, including "Longer" (1979), "Same Old Lang Syne" (1980), and "Leader of the Band" (1981).

Dan Fogelberg was born in Peoria, Illinois, on August 13, 1951.

He was the youngest of three sons born to Margaret (née Irvine, 1920–2015), a classically trained pianist, and Lawrence Peter Fogelberg (1911–1982), a band director at Woodruff High School in Peoria, at Pekin Community High School in Pekin, Illinois, and at Bradley University in Peoria.

Fogelberg's mother was a Scottish immigrant and his father was of Swedish descent.

Phoenix, from 1979, reached the top 10, with "Longer" becoming a #2 pop hit in 1980 and peaking at number 59 on the UK Singles Chart – his sole entry on that chart.

This LP eventually sold two million copies.
It was followed by a Top 20 hit "Heart Hotels".
The album also reached number 42 on the UK Albums Chart, likewise his only entry on that chart.

In 1980, Fogelberg appeared on the soundtrack to the film Urban Cowboy with his song "Times Like These".

He performed live on television for the first time.

The Innocent Age, released in October 1981, was Fogelberg's critical and commercial peak.

The double album included four of his biggest hits: "Same Old Lang Syne", "Hard to Say", "Leader of the Band", and "Run for the Roses".

Fogelberg was married three times: to Maggie Slaymaker from 1982 to 1985, to Anastasia Savage from 1991 to 1996 and to musician Jean Marie Mayer from 2002 until he died in 2007.

From the early 1980s until his cancer diagnosis, Fogelberg lived near Pagosa Springs, Colorado, on a working ranch, which housed a recording studio that he built.

He also owned a home in Maine on Deer Isle, overlooking Eggemoggin Reach.

GEAR USED :
Guitar : Fender FC-20 1982 Classical Guitar
Guitar String: D'addario XT normal tension nylon string (XTC45)
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T6i
Microphone: MOVO VXR10 Universal Cardioid Microphone
Microphone Stand: ATLAS IED Microphone Stand PB15EB
Guitar Stand: OnStage XCG4 Black Tripod Single Guitar Stand

Guitar Tuning: Standard Tuning

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