Everything That Glitters Is Not Gold - Music

Dan Wayland Seals Born February 8 1948 In McCamey Texas - Died March 25 2009 Was An American Musician. From A Very Music Oriented Family His Older Brother Jim Seals Sang With A 1950s Musical Group Called The Champs Who Had A 1958 Hit Single With The Song "Tequila" And Who Then Teamed Up With Dash Crofts In The Mid-1960's To Perform As Seals & Crofts. Dan's Other Brother Is Country Musician Eddie Seals. He Is A Cousin Of Singers Johnny Duncan Troy Seals Chuck Seals And Brady Seals Of Little Texas And Hot Apple Pie Fame . Taught By His Father To Play The Upright Bass In High School Dan Joined With Piano-Playing Friend John Ford Coley To Perform First As Part Of Dallas Pop/psych Group "Southwest F.O.B." Freight On Board Whose Material Has Been Re-Released On CD By The Sundazed Label. When The Group Disbanded He Continued Performing With Coley As England Dan & John Ford Coley. The Two Would Eventually Have Several Hits Performing Singing Pop Rock Harmonies Such As I'd Really Love To See You Tonight. After 7 Albums They Disbanded In 1980 And Since Then Dan Has Been Performing As A Solo Artist. Between 1985 And 1990 Seals Scored 10 #1 Hits 7 Of Them Consecutively On The Country Charts. His First #1 Was "Meet Me In Montana" A 1985 Duet With Marie Osmond. His First #1 As A Solo Artist "Bop" Won The Country Music Association Award For Best Single In 1986 And Had Some Crossover Success As Well The Song Reached #10 On The Adult Contemporary Charts And #42 In The Billboard Hot 100. Seals And Osmond Also Won A CMA Award As Vocal Duo Of The Year In 1986. Dan His Brother Jim And Dash Crofts Are Members Of The Bahá'í Faith And Say That They Derive A Lot Of Their Inspiration From The Faith's Teachings. Although Dan Was A Touring Artist For The Rest Of The 1990s He Did Release A Few More Albums On Smaller Labels Throughout The Decade Such As Fired Up In 1994 His Final Album For Warner Bros. He Signed To Intersound And Released In A Quiet Room Comprising Acoustic Versions Of His Earlier Hits In 1995. He Then Switched To TDC And Released In A Quiet Room II In 1998 Followed By Make It Home In 2002. 7 In 2008 Seals Completed Radiation Treatments For Mantle Cell Lymphoma At Vanderbilt In Nashville And M.D. Anderson Cancer Center In Houston And Received A Stem Cell Transplant In December Of That Year At NIH In Maryland. Seals Died At The Age Of 61 On March 25 2009 At His Daughter's Home Following Those Treatments. 8 read less