Lobo
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Biography
Roland Kent LaVoie, known professionally as Lobo, was born on July 31, 1943, in Tallahassee, Florida. He is an American singer-songwriter who began his musical career in 1961 as a member of the local band The Rumours. In 1971, LaVoie adopted the stage name Lobo and released his first single "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" under Big Tree Records, which reached number 5 in the US and number 4 in the UK by May. His debut album Introducing Lobo followed in the same year. Subsequent albums included Of a Simple Man (1972), featuring the hit "I'd Love You to Want Me", and Calumet (1973). Lobo's success continued with hits like "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend" and "Where Were You When I Was Falling in Love". In 1977, he signed with Curb Records and released several singles, including "Afterglow" and "You Are All I'll Ever Need". Lobo moved to Nashville in 1981 and started his own label, Lobo Records. His popularity grew significantly in Asia during the late 1980s and early 1990s, leading to the release of albums like Am I Going Crazy (1989) and Asian Moon (1994). Notable achievements include four chart-toppers on the Easy Listening/Hot Adult Contemporary chart with "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo", "I'd Love You to Want Me", "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend" and "Where Were You When I Was Falling in Love".
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Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- I'd Love You to Want Me
- Where Were You When I Was Falling In Love
- Me and You and a Dog Named Boo
- Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend
- Diosa de los Corazones featuring Zion
- Between The Waters (Reprise-From Puerto Vallarta Squeeze) featuring Willie Love
- Salome featuring Willie Love
- Refrus featuring Willie Love
- El Nino featuring Willie Love
- Sometimes
- You Are My Need
- Different Drum
- We'll Make It....I Know We Will
- A Little Different
- The Albatross
- We'll Be One By Two Today
- Little Joe (They're Out To Get Ya)
- Intro
- I'm The Only One
- There Ain't No Way
- Back Bay
- Reaching Out For Someone
- A Big Red Kite
- It Doesn't Matter Anymore
