Stevie Nicks and Kenny Loggins Story of Whenever I Call You Friend | DOS | Professor of Rock
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2020
- In 1978 one of the greatest duets of the era was released, the top 5 hit Whenever I call you friend between two of the greatest voices of any era, Kenny Loggins and Stevie Nicks. Hey Music Junkies, the Professor of Rock, always here to celebrate the greatest artists and songs of all time with our latest edition of Pop Fix. Kenny and Stevie’s voices together are smoother than silk. Which is why this song is not only one of the great duets of the time, it’s also a yacht rock classic and though Stevie is credited on the album track, she was strangely not credited on the actual single, which makes Whenever I Call You "Friend", Loggins' first major solo hit.. "Whenever I Call You Friend" was written by Kenny and another multi-platinum artist from the time Melissa Manchester. I was able to get the lowdown from both artists on the origin of this song. Here is Kenny Loggins and Melissa Manchester with the story.
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I was 19 and traveling during summer beak in Vancouver, BC when this tune came across the radio. Instant love. Still love it after all these decades.
Stevies voice makes the song. Period. It’s vocal perfection.
Naw bro
Nothing without Kenny
Stevie makes it Golden
Their chemistry was great. They seemed to love & like each other when they sang together! Women tend to like Kenny a lot. Kenny L has a lot of charisma. Kenny Roger even said that she really love to hear Kenny L at his concerts. In a lot of Kenny's concert, Kenny has a lot of Soul in his R&B in his Live concerts!
I just read how Kenny cracked the whip on Stevie for two days to get that vocal. She almost quit, but in the end she realized that he wanted an energetic vocal and he was a great producer.
I was 5 years old when I first heard this song. It was around Christmas time and we were spending the holiday with my aunt, uncle and cousins. We had just come in from the cold after a long drive and I was just glad to be out of the car. We walked into the living room where my aunt had this huge black stereo-turn table with an eight track and radio. RCA Top of the line back then. After hugging everyone hello, I turned around and saw the glowing lights of the Christmas tree. I stared in awe of it as I always did. This song started at that exact moment. It was amazing. From that moment on, that song always reminded me of Christmas. It's a cool, magical piece of art.
The way you're describing it is so vivid that I can see it in my mind.
Beautiful memory! I love how vivid it is, and the details you can recount. Thanks for sharing!
You just made me smile! Thank you for sharing your awesome story!
Thanks for making me tear up! Beautiful memory…thanks for sharing ❤️
When Stevie sings that solo line, "forever and ever", with that last sung note, always gives me goosebumps. It did even when I was 10 years old back then and still does at 52. I always thought of it as a bird singing. One of my Top 10 favorite Stevie vocals and the first to make me take notice of Stevie Nicks.
I turn 52 next month and absolutely agree
“Ohhhhhh. Everything I do brings me back to you...”
I turned 52 in April and I agree as well 😁
This song certainly gives me goose bumps too, I recall kissing Claire with this song as part of a 10 song maximum auto play. 45rpm. fun night!!
Everything Stevie has a part in she makes her own matter how small or large her roll is. It wouldn't have been a hit without her.
definitely wouldnt be as popular, but dont discredit kenny
I think it would have been a hit with Melissa singing it. She is one of the all time great voices!
Stevie brought warmth especially the intro. Stevie had the gut to make everyone lonely guy believe that she was singing to them. I think Melissa understood that.
Met Kenny in Late 80s...such an approachable, kind man. He doesn't wear his 'celebrity'. He just is.
My wedding song!! My husband and I are old souls and Kenny Loggins fans, so we chose to dance to this. It started off sweet and pretty, and devolved into this whole silliness. One of my favorite memories! ❤ We have been married a little over a year.
Congratulations!
Kenny and Melissa recently did a joyous and brilliant version of this song and while not as iconic as with Stevie I think it stands on it's own. Had no idea they co wrote it together. Both in their 70's now, better late than never.
Holy crap when Kenny Loggins comes in with, "Day by day. We can see." Can't help but to smile.
I was the ring bearer in a wedding in the early 80s and the bride and groom ended the wedding singing this to each other and the bridesmaids and groomsman were the background singers. I was only 4-5 years old at the time but this song is still one of my favorites.
I admit, when I've felt down, 'Whenever I Call You Friend' perks me up. It always has.
Me too😊 every single time absolutely Love this song 💞🙏🏼
Kenny Loggins is an underrated star. He's a phenomenal writer and even better singer. I hope people don't lose his music in history.
I agree and I've always felt like Kenny didn't get the recognition for his voice that he should have.
Aww... it would've been great if Stevie Nicks would have been interviewed as well.
You called it, these two Loggins/Nicks singing this song is like silk. Perfection.
This song hits me as much as Stevie and Lindsay singing Beautiful Child. How could ANYONE think this wasn't a hit.
Beautiful Child was my favorite song off of that album.
I love that song! Kenny has a fabulous voice. Stevie, I saw her back in the mid 80s. Her voice pairs well with Kenny, Tom and Lindsey.
She also did a duet with Don Henley "Leather and Lace". That was a good one, too.
On both songs mentioned she takes the lower harmony, I've always thought that was cool.
3:22 OMG this top 10!! Holy schnitzel so good!!🎶🎵📣😍
Melissa Manchester is nothing but class - no hard feelings whatsoever and yet, you look carefully enough and you find her fingerprint on so many gems of the era. Great work like always.
The transition from the 70s to the 80s didn't register with me being in the 3rd grade. But I remember this song and how special it was as did the Xanadu soundtrack.
When Stevie sang, "What I seem to touch these days has turned to gold" she was not being arrogant, it was the truth. Back then, if Stevie touched it, it was gold.
Repeatedly over & over. Even today she still has that gift
I love Kenny Logins !
Why oh why isn't there a live performance of this around? My memories of this song...I was 16 when it came out and it was one of those songs which caused me to drop whatever I was doing when it came on the radio and just listen, dance and sing!
Love this song. An absolute classic. On my playlist.
Can't forget the duet she did with John Stewart 'Gold'.
Melissa Manchester is absolutely amazing! I have been a fan since day 1 and have seen her in concert several times, including just a few years ago.
She is truly a class act, inspired songwriter, and fantastic vocalist. Her versions of the song (album cut and live) have been just as riveting.
Kenny L: has a great voice at his concerts. I went to a his concert and his voice was beautiful, in his range and he knows how to sing R&B music well. Kenny has a lot of soul too and he was a good friend of the Late Michael Jackson!
Beautiful~been a favorite since I was a kid in 70s
Both this and Leather & Lace have Stevie Nicks in singing the lower part in the chorus and it really works.
Most people would've had the woman take the high note but when you have world class tenors and an iconic alto you can really mix things up.
Knocked me on my ass the first time I heard it on the radio in 1979 and it still does. Amazing song
This song reminds me of when I was about 5yrs old & playing with my Presto Magic Spiderman, while that song was on the radio. The part that always stood out to me was Stevie Nicks (there's a reason to carry on)into the chorus.
I was in high school and loved Loggins and Messina. I always said Kenny has the best voice of that era and he just sang from his soul. Stevie Nicks also had the ability to make people stop and listen, together they were perfection.
Thank you! Amazing song.
ski trip, 9th grade,, tamenent in the Pocono Mountains. There was a cover band at the resort and they did this song and sounded so much lilke Stevie and Kenny, and I already loved this song. So now that is my memory of this song.
I don’t think a week has gone by that I haven’t listened to or played this gtimeless song since it was released decades ago. Such a great song with a sublime intro and no one could better it vocally than Kenny and Stevie.😙👌
Kenny Loggins and Stevie Nicks are two of my favorite singers. I am reading Kenny Loggins book,"Still Allright". An excellent read.
Kenny Loggins reminds me of a human with a huge heart. His music is in a class of it's own and he and Stevie singing this song will pass the test of time as it already has. What an amazing gift you have gotten to be able to interview these greats! I don't mean to be morbid, but this is going to be a decade when we will be losing many of our greats. Let's be sure to enjoy them while they are still on this earth! Keep these interviews coming! I'm new here, but am enjoying this so much! Thank you and Peace!
Loved hearing the surprise of Stevie singing on this song when this song came out...she has a beautiful voice, and these two sound great together!! Like who can't Stevie harmonize with...also has amazing duets with Walter Egan ( magnet and steel) & ( Gold)....and although this song was never produced as a song with the two of them, I always loved Stevie singing with Bob Welch Ebony Eyes...listen to his alone and one with her, her voice adds so much more to all these duets!!! Wish she had done more over the years!!
This was my favorite song when it came out....I was 10 years old. It's still my favorite. Those voices move me....
I'd love to hear him record this with Melissa Manchester, she's great too.
Melissa is a great singer too! You should hear how she talks about you is a great single
That's one of the great songs Melissa did, especially when you find that her record company didn't want her to do an up-tempo song because she had such a niche going on with the adult contemporary sound. That song is truly great.
@@ldolphin34 Actually it was the other way around. Melissa considered herself a balladeer and Clive Davis with the production of Arif Mardin offered a great record that haunted her for years later. She would not perform it in the 90’s and was surprised it win her a Grammy. With an up and down recording career at Arista, Melissa expanded her musical direction and fared well.
Omg that is the best song, when times were so good!!
Such a great interview! So great how this awesomely iconic song came together! Thanks!!
What a clinic on song writing that song is.
Stevie has relatability to the audiences particular to the lonely guy. She exudes the warmth especially the intro. But I thought Melissa’s unrelatability was part of her charm that would work. Because of the song and her talent.
she can do duet's with anyone and they sound like gold!
I just recently discovered this song and it knocked me off my socks. It made me feel like a teenager listening to the song on repeat. Just Amazing! I got so much value from learning the story behind this awesome track. Thanks and you got a new subscriber❤❤❤
Great interview regarding several of my favorite artists and the fabulous song of Kenny Loggins!
LOVED this song... Great memories!!! ❤️🎶
Do more Stevie things!!!! I’m obsessed with her !!!
Melissa Manchester......what a class act.......
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🎶 And every moment there’s a reason to carry on…. 🎶
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Always appreciated kenny loggins as a musician he seemed like a nice guy, I was wrong he’s a great guy you can see he loves doing the interview I’m sure you could talk to him for days, anything Stevie nicks sings I’m sold on, she has an amazing voice “landslide” what a tune she deserves a mention on your platform
Have you seen him on "Live From Daryl's House"?
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_The Summer of '78, I was just 20 years old. Having recently gone through a break-up, this song saved my soul. I was already a ' Rumors' junkie, and loving my hometown girl Stevie Nicks, so when 'Whenever I Call You Friend' hit the airwaves in July 1978, I knew it was something special. (And yes the song gave light to a new love)._
Melissa Manchester such a huuuge talent. Imagine having all those casually writing songs together.... Now you know why 80s music has such stayi ng power
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I haven’t seen anywhere Kenny and Stevie singing this live together they should even now
I know, I'm shocked to see that there doesn't seem to be a single recorded instance of them doing this live.
so great to see Melissa Manchester... Professor of Rock RULES!!
Thanks for acknowledging this phenomenal duet of an incredibly beautiful song. Kenny always struck me as being the rare incredibly talented musician/writer/ singer , whose talent and good looks never went to his head nor did he ever lose his warmth and charm. His arrangement of his and Stevie's vocals are flawless.i wonder which take it was that we all know and love: but it sounds so fresh and spontaneous: credit to both for their performances. Does anyone know of the existence of a live version with Kenny and Stevie,or even other takes floating around?
Every thing She Touches is GOLD❣❣❣❣
I grew up to 70's music in Southern California. It was a great time to be alive. Much simpler. My wife wasn't born until 1980. She grew up in Florida and somehow had NEVER heard this song before until I played it for her a few months ago. Now it's one of her favorite songs!
Kenny and Nicolett is a great duo.
Another good Stevie duet: Leather And Lace.
In the 80's Stevie Nicks was the undisputed Queen of duets: Stop Draggin My Heart Around with Tom Petty and Leather And Lace with Don Henley. All great classic songs.
Don't forget about John stewart and Stevie's song Gold.
let's face it-- there are probably no bad Stevie duets :)
My favorite collaboration, especially considering they were romantically involved at that time.
@@kurtsaxton9665 I was listening to it yesterday! What a fantastic song that will last into infinity!
Of course, there are a lot of amazing duets out there, but these two voices simply were meant to sing together. Still just an amazingly uplifting tour de force of vocal talent.
I love this song everytime I hear it it gets me rockin love Kenny's and Stevie's voice on this song.
Thank you for doing that; I like to know the backstory about songs and they way they come about.
This is the song that I use to mark the change from 70s to 80s rock, Stevie's move to solo performances.
My favorite concert I’ve ever been to? City Park in New Orleans:
Kenny Loggins
Foreigner
Bob Seger andThe Silver Bullet Band
Fleetwood Mac
Crazy awesome...
Cool! For me it was the Dog and Butterfly tour...the last REAL Heart album. Got to see them live in Birmingham when they swung through.
Complete song... Unique intro, slow, melodic build, memorable sax solo, powerful combined vocal finish... that's what makes it a classic. Excellent work, Professor, in bridging Brian Wilson's genius and getting Melissa Manchester's take on it!
LOVING IT!
I love Stevie and also Kenny logins they are great together and they have good voices. This song is a lovely song and make me dance. Xx
I thought they were perfect 💞
The intro seemed to be more influenced by "Good Vibrations" than "Wouldn't It Be Nice". I have to admit that when the song came out in '78 I had the same reaction as Michael McDonald & Clive Davis. It was okay but nothing special. It has grown on me over the years but there is another song Stevie sang on that I liked much more: "Gold" by John Stewart in 1979 (also peaked at #5). She also helped John with his follow-up top 40 single called "Midnight Wind", which was pretty good. Stevie also appears on a great song called "Smiling Islands" by Robbie Patton in 1983.
Wow! Has no idea! Will have to check these out! Along with the others mentioned in several comments!
That was satisfying to watch. Thank you!
I did not know of this, Stevie has extraordinary vocal range.
Yes - and I think this song demonstrates that better than almost any other song she does! Even her own stuff.
I love Melissa's version of this song she did with Floyd and The Muppets.
That 2nd bridge...💯🚀
I was a 19 year old Waikiki Army lifeguard in the Summer of 1978 when this song hit the radio. For at least 5+ years whenever Stevie hit that long sustained note ...”carry onnnnnnnnnnnnnn”, I would get a shivering physical chill right up my spine. I don’t get that chill anymore during the sustain but I get a little chill in anticipation of that note when she begins that passage “in every moment there’s........”. I just heard the song before watching your great video and it happened again.
I always say that I think this might be Stevie's finest vocal ever recorded.
Been mine and my husband's song for many years. Gives me chills to this day! I listen to it ,still, several times a week. What a great contribution this song is!! "This Is It" and "Heart To Heart" are both equally as great!
Great job getting all those interviews with Kenny and Melissa. Can't believe it's already been 42 years. Kenny looks great, like Kevin Costner if Kevin Costner hadn't aged so much.
I recall hearing a DJ mentioned the names -- and I wasn't sure which was the woman -- Kenny or Stevie, but knew it was a great song. I knew Fleetwood Mac's hits, but wasn't really aware of Stevie as an entity yet. They both blew up in the 80s, but this was my first real introduction to the two. I've long though this is Stevie's best duet -- even though her two with Tom Petty and Don Henley are also phenomenal.
Melissa Manchester was my first concert ever.
I enjoyed learning about the Beach Boys influence on Kenny in creating the song's intro. Stuff like that makes episodes valuable!
loved this song
I adored Kenny Loggin's music every since I was a little girl. This one always gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling in my heart center.
Wonderful story ❤️
Other great (but lesser known) Stevie duets/backups “Magnet and Steel”, Walter Eagen and Stevie; and a personal favorite “Midnight Wind” with John Stewart and “Gold”; and another favorite, “Mohammed's Radio” with Warren Zevon and Stevie; Tom Petty and Stevie in “I Will Run to You” “Needles and Pins” and “Insider”. Every Stevie fan needs to have downloads of these songs!
Another Timeless hit . Thanks
I have always loved this song!
Great episode on this song. I get the feeling though there is more to the story from Melissa Manchester's side than what is presented here! Stevie Nicks is so sweet and harmonious on the duet with Kenny. Melissa would have tried to out sign Kenny on any duet they did together and it would have been a lessor song. Melissa's own version of the song isn't very good. Too formal.
Glad he didn't give up on it. It is now a classic song that everyone knows and it was magical
I love the harmony of the beginning of the song when Kenny Loggins is singing with his background singers. Kenny Loggins is a excellent harmonizer. That's why it's awesome that he does songs with groups like Take 6.
Love this "behind the song"
A friend told me that Sara Evans had recorded a covers album and this was one of the songs. It's a duet with Phillip Sweet of Little Big Town. Great song.
I liked Loggins & Messina allot so when this song came out it was great. Stevie was in my favorite band & I absolutely loved her voice. I couldn’t imagine anyone else singing this with Kenny. I was 15 when this came out & it was always on fm radio but you never got tired of it. Kenny & Stevie are both at the top of their game on this one. I do wish there was a video of it.
Did they (Kenny and Stevie) ever perform it live or make a video?
I would have thought by 1978 a video was a marketing essential...
It is so fitting and makes total sense that my favorite artists are inspired by my other favorite artists! Ha ha!
Great song
This is more of an accompaniment than a duet if that makes sense. Love Stevie and I like the way she isn’t over used in this song.
I like the way you think.
Kurt Saxton haha thanks!
Agree. Sometimes she has a tendency to take over a song when singing with others. Not her fault - it's just that her voice & her sound can dominate because it's so distinctive.
She sings half the song and has her own lines. It's definitely a duet.
@@TheFadingMan I agree she's not a accompanant, this is a true duet.
One of my favorite songs from the 1970's. Evokes memories of orange evening skies over the Ohio River from my youth. The perfect soundtrack to our lives.