[1] McGlohon was an accompanist to many well-known singers including Judy Garland, Mabel Mercer and Eileen Farrell.
He was co-host of the Peabody Award-winning NPR radio series American Popular Song with his friend and collaborator, Alec Wilder.
In 1980, Frank Sinatra recorded two of his songs with Alec Wilder - "South to a Warmer Place" and "A Long Night" - on the album She Shot Me Down.
The result was North Carolina Is My Home, a symphonic work with narration and vocals which became a recording, public TV broadcast, live presentation and coffee table book.
NationsBank Performance Place in Charlotte's Spirit Square was named Loonis McGlohon Theatre in a January 9, 1998 event.