DAN FOGELBERG
The Illinois born singer/songwriter’s catalog contains four multi-platinum, three platinum, and two gold releases, and his Greatest Hits is 3X platinum. He also had then Top 40 hits including “Longer,” Leader Of The Band,” and “Same Old Lang Syne.” Discovered by Irving Azoff, Fogelberg moved to Nashville to become a session musician and recording artist. Early in his career, Fogelberg toured with artists including Van Morrison and Eagles. In tribute to Dan and his father Lawrence Fogelberg, Peoria, IL renamed Abington Street in the city’s East Bluff neighborhood “Fogelberg Parkway.” The street runs along the northeast side of Woodruff High School, Fogelberg’s alma mater and where his father was a teacher and bandleader.
