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Originally Posted by vermicious knid
I think Kenny Loggins is a tool for using Stevie on "Whenever I Call You Friend". Melissa Manchester wrote the song with him, and it would have been natural for her to be the duet partner. But he gave her the shaft and chose someone more commercially potent. Stevie had a greater fame and allure that he could cash in on.
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Loggins & Messina toured with Fleetwood Mac for a while there, and I've read that Kenny chose to record the song with Stevie because they had become friends. I don't think it was as calculated as you made it sound.
Besides, even though Stevie was pretty popular at the time, there were certainly bigger "names" that he could have chosen as his duet partner.
Not to mention the fact that "Midnight Blue," "Just Too Many People" and "Don't Cry Out Loud" were all huge hits for Melissa at the time... so Loggins could have just as easily picked her, if it was solely commercial appeal he was after.