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ADVISORY/Kenny Loggins Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony; A Celebration of the Singer/Songwriter's Career.


Entertainment Editors & Music Writers

ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Aug. 23)

--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)

WHAT:   Buena Vista Home Entertainment and the Hollywood Chamber of
        Commerce host Kenny Loggins' Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
        Ceremony, a tribute to three decades of the
        singer/songwriter's musical accomplishments.

WHO:    Kenny Loggins, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Johnny Grant
        (Honorary Mayor of Hollywood)

WHEN:   Wednesday, Aug. 23
        Ceremony begins at 11:30 a.m.

WHERE:  7021 Hollywood Blvd. (in front of Tower Records)

                       YOUR COVERAGE IS INVITED


Kenny Loggins' all-new music video, "Your Heart Will Lead You Home," is found exclusively on the video and DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc.
DVD
 in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc

Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.
 of "The Tigger Movie," available from Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966)
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 Home Video on Aug. 22, 2000.

For almost three decades, Kenny Loggins has been one of America's premier musicians and songwriters. In 1970, he and Jim Messina Jim Messina (born James Messina, December 5 1947, in Maywood, California) was a member of Buffalo Springfield, then an original member of the country rock band Poco, before he joined with Kenny Loggins to form the soft rock duo, Loggins and Messina.  formed their own band, Loggins and Messina Loggins and Messina are an American rock music duo consisting of Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina. They are noted for popularizing the subgenre of Yacht rock, which soon became prominent in the 1970s. , and achieved worldwide superstardom with such classic hits as "Danny's Song," "Love Song," "Your Mama Don't Dance" and "Vahevala," among many others.

After Loggins and Messina disbanded in 1976, Kenny's career has continued with such memorable hits as "Celebrate Me Home", "Whenever I Call You Friend," "This Is It," "I'm Alright Alright is an alternative spelling of "all right". It is usually used to indicate that something is good but not great (so-so): "The play was alright." It is also used as an expression of great pleasure: "We won the championship! Alright!" " and "Forever," to name a few. Kenny's film credits include an Academy Award(R) nomination for co-writing the song "Footloose foot·loose  
adj.
Having no attachments or ties; free to do as one pleases.


footloose
Adjective

free to go or do as one wishes

Adj. 1.
" (Best Song, "Footloose" 1985), writing songs from "Caddyshack" including "I'm Alright" and performing the hit song "Danger Zone" from "Top Gun."

Kenny has won two Emmy Awards Emmy award

Annual presentation for outstanding achievement in U.S. television. Its name is taken from the nickname “immy” for the image orthicon, a television camera tube.
 for his TV special "This Island Earth." Over the course of his career, Kenny has sold more than 20 million albums to date. After writing the platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated album "House on Pooh Corner," Kenny is now working on a new "More Songs From Pooh Corner" album for future release.
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