Dave Loggins, composer of golf’s great anthem, has died.

Dave Logginsa singer-songwriter who achieved memorable chart success. please come to boston He died in 1974 on Wednesday at Alive Hospice in Nashville, it was reported Friday. King 76 years The cause of death has not yet been determined.

The news had an impact on the golf environment because he was famous for making it. Main theme of Augusta Mastersone of the four major championships on the men’s golf calendar and the first to be held annually since 1934.

The theme has been in use since 1982 and an obituary published in The Tennessean says the golf tune has an unimaginable track record: “It is the most enduring sporting theme” in the history of any discipline.

you are sad Please come to Boston. The film is about two lovers who can’t (or don’t want to) overcome the obstacles that might force them to live in the same city. For a long time it was an anthem for long-distance relationships.

In 1974, it reached number one on what was then known as the “easy listening” music chart, “easy listening.” It deserves Grammy Nomination For Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, his first of four nominations for the award.

In all, Loggins released five albums and 13 singles in the 1970s, mostly on Epic Records, but Boston… Recording remained his only influence.

However, he found success again in the 1980s by duetting with Anne Murray on the song Nobody loves me like you doIt was the theme that served as the curtain for the series. As a composer it was also recorded by a very young Whitney Houston.

The list of artists who have recorded his songs includes: Willie Nelson, Joan Baez, Ray CharlesTanya Tucker, Toby Keith, Reba McEntire, Alabama, Wynonna Judd, Johnny Cash and more.

Their theme for the Masters had a name, Augustaand also an unpublished lyric poem. He wrote it after playing golf there in 1981, and it was subsequently approved for exclusive use.

Augusta National Golf Club was founded by Bobby Jones, a famous golfer who wanted to build a golf course after he retired. After receiving some advice on how to approach the project, he found a plot of land in Augusta, Georgia, which he found ideal for his location.

“Excellent!” he said, “and to think that this land has been here all these years waiting for someone to come and build a golf course…” And so began the story that ended with the song.

“I stopped for a minute, looked out at the pine trees and the wind was different, everything,” Loggins told The Associated Press in 2019. “Spiritually it was different. It was a work of art. I looked out at the landscape and started writing the song in my head, which is what I do when I get inspired.” “I had the first verse before I even left the field.”