Nightwatch (album) explained

Nightwatch
Type:	Album
Artist:	Kenny Loggins
Cover:	Nightwatch (Cover).jpg
Caption:	Vinyl edition
Released:	July 12, 1978
Recorded:	1977–1978
Genre:	Rock, soft rock
Length:	41:20
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Bob James
Prev Title:	Celebrate Me Home
Prev Year:	1977
Next Title:	Keep the Fire
Next Year:	1979

Nightwatch is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins, released in 1978.^[1] The album is Loggins' highest charting album on the Billboard 200 to date, reaching number 7.

The lead single, "Whenever I Call You 'Friend'" featuring Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks (co-written with Melissa Manchester), reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. The second and final single, "Easy Driver", peaked at number 60 in early 1979. This album also featured the first released version of the Doobie Brothers' "What a Fool Believes", which Loggins co-wrote with the Doobies' Michael McDonald.^[2]

Most of the artists on this album represent Loggins' original band from 1977 to 1980.

Charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[3]	70
US Billboard 200	7

Personnel

• Kenny Loggins listed as "Ken Loggins" – lead and backing vocals, guitars
• Mike Hamilton – guitars, backing vocals
• Brian Mann – keyboards
• George Hawkins – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Tris Imboden – drums, harmonica
• Jon Clarke – horns, woodwinds
• Vince Denham – horns
• Bob James – string arrangements
• Stevie Nicks – lead and backing vocals on "Whenever I Call You Friend"

Production

• Producer – Bob James
• Engineers – Joe Jorgensen and John Pace
• Recorded at Sound Mixers (New York City, NY)
• Cover concept – David Alexander and Kenny Loggins
• Photography – David Alexander
• Design – Merrilyn Romen

Cover versions

• Al Jarreau covered "Wait a Little While" on his 1978 album All Fly Home.
• The Doobie Brothers recorded "What a Fool Believes" on their 1978 album Minute by Minute.
• Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz covered "Whenever I Call You Friend" for Glees fifth season episode "Frenemies".

Notes and References

1. News: Kenny Loggins . Orlando Sentinel . 21 July 1985 . Calendar . 10.
2. News: 'I was ready to throw the tape away': how we made What a Fool Believes by the Doobie Brothers. Ben . Gilbert. October 17, 2022 . The Guardian .
3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 179.