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Ben Rogerson

“Kenny came over to me, holding his guitar, and said, ‘I think you should let Mike play the keyboard’”: Charlie Puth on making “yacht rock in 2026” with Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins

Kenny Loggins, Charlie Puth, Michael McDonald.

Having previously tapped-up smooth jazz legend Kenny G for a guest appearance on recent single, Cry, Charlie Puth has now gone full yacht rock and released a song with two of the genre’s (if indeed it is a genre) most iconic figures.

We’re talking, of course, about Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins, the two men who wrote what is perhaps the most quintessentially yacht rock song of them all: What a Fool Believes. This was recorded both by the Doobie Brothers (with McDonald on lead vocals) and Loggins himself.

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