MTV's first and, probably, only edition of "Rock The Cradle" has come and gone with the one and only rightful winner winning. That would be Crosby Loggins.

For those of you who did not watch, the show featured a handful of singers, all sons or daughters of famous musicians. Long story short, the competition came down to Loggins, Jesse Blaze Snider and Chloe Lattanzi.

Most critics panned the show, and others referred to it as hideous, a nightmare, etc. However, I have to say: Kenny Loggins' kid is good in his own right. Vocally, he sounds like the lead singer from America and his vibe is heavily acoustic.

Crosby's road to victory here was in his willingness to loosen up. Look, I empathize with that completely. I'm going to play my first solo gig in more than a decade in three weeks, and I'm as tight as ... uh, well, let's not go there.

On the other hand, he did have a formidable challenger in Snider, the offspring of Twister Sister frontman Dee Snider, who believes his son "kicks ass," as he said 567 times during the course of the six-week or so show.

But to me, Snider's potential, his upside isn't so much in music. I think the guy should get into television. He's got the look. He's charismatic. He's well-spoken.

The third person to make it to the final week was Olivia Newton-John's daughter, Chloe. You're going to laugh, scoff and think me a complete moron, but I think the chick has something. No, not a disease ... I mean some talent.

She has a very funky, dark, sexy Amy Winehouse meets Evanescence type of vibe. Chloe is heavy on the vibrato, and the show made her seem like an emotional mess. However, she's clearly a singer whose sense of style, purpose and identity is unique. Lattanzi also clearly wants no part of being a teenybopper.

She's not quite there yet, but I am not disinterested. I'm very curious to see what she does from here.

Bottom line: Loggins deserved this. And by this, I mean the win and the $100,000 and the recording deal. Mind you, the kid comes from a millionaire family and already has a touring band. However, the music biz is mega tight right now, so even celebrity kids need exposure.

However, I'd be lying if I didn't acknowledge that part of the reason I rooted for Crosby was because of his dad. Kenny Loggins is one of those musicians whose great work was truly superior but whose bad music was truly terrible.

Personally, I can listen to "Footloose," but it rather makes me cringe. I'm still not sure what "Heart-a-light" is, although I know the song's title is "Heartlight." And, all that Pooh Corner adult-hippie music makes me crazy.

But 96.9299364 percent of everything Kenny's done musically is wonderful. If you're ever in Oklahoma and need a pianist, I know your songs. Look me up.

Anyway, I thought I'd rank Kenny's Top 5 tracks of all time, just the stuff he performed, not counting songs he wrote for others, such as "What A Fool Believes."

5. "Keep The Fire"

There is not one video on YouTube for this song. However, the 1979 minor hit had that quintessential Loggins groove to it.

4. "The Real Thing"

As this video shows, Loggins was also the perpetrator of several terrible hairdos back in the day. This is truly shiteous. However, it's a great song. By the way, for Idol fans, did you know that the loser's song this year, "Celebrate Me Home," done by Ruben Studdard is actually a Kenny Loggins song?

3. "This Is It"

Also from the "Keep The Fire" album, "This Is It" is the first Loggins song I remember. It was the inspirational track for the 1981 Tulsa Golden Hurricane, who won the NIT, beating Syracuse.

A little trivia for those who didn't know, but Loggins apparently wrote this song for his sick father. However, this has evolved into one of the great "sports" songs of my generation. Believe me, this might get played right before "Eye of the Tiger" next time OU is in a national title game.

2. "Danny's Song"

Done originally with music partner Jim Messina, this is simply a classic.

1. "Heart To Heart"

I throw around some hyperbole, and I sometimes declare songs among my favorites when maybe they're borderline. However, Loggins' 1982 hit -- which peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard chart (remember it like it was yesterday) -- is truly my favorite pop song of all time.

If I made a list of all the pop music in the history of the world, this song would win out as being my all-time favorite. It's soulful, beautiful, funky. The lyrics are romantically urgent, sort of the "This is It" of sappy songs. And it came from a brief era of what I'd call deep blue-eyed soul, from roughly 1981 to about 1983, where pop music inspired me directly.

Heavy keyboard. Heavy soul. Still very pop.