DEF: Dan Fogelberg “Longer”

Peoria, Illinois-born musician Dan Fogelberg hit the Top 40 with his first 11 singles to reach Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, beginning with “Part Of The Plan” in 1975 and continuing through “The Language Of Love” in 1984. The biggest of those hits came in 1980, when “Longer” peaked at number 2.

Exactly 35 years ago, “Longer” hit that peak position, where it would spend two weeks. Today, “Dan Fogelberg’s “Longer” is the Daily Eighties Flashback.