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Daniel Grayling "Dan" Fogelberg was an American singer-songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist, whose music was inspired by sources as diverse as folk, pop, rock, classical, jazz, and bluegrass music.

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He is perhaps best known for his 1980 hit "Longer" and his 1981 hit "Leader of the Band".

As one of countless singer/songwriters to emerge from the conciousness-raising years of the early 1970s, Fogelberg became a success with his melodic, "light" rock songs that usually explored the bittersweet aspects of love and relationships.

He was by no means a great critical success, but his sound was pleasing to a generation of rock fans whose musical tastes had tempered since the dissonant, heavily electric, acid rock days of the late 1960s.

Fogelberg's smooth sound was the result of a tried-and-true approach that helped launch the careers of such similar artists as James Taylor, Paul Simon, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, and Carole King.

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