Dan Seals who emerged as a country music star after performing as one half England Dan & John Ford Coley, died this evening from complications of lymphoma.
Seals, 61, was born in West Texas but moved to Dallas as a teenager. He and John Ford Coley became the toast of 1976 when their single, I'd really Love to See You Tonight and their Album, Nights are Forever, became gold records selling more than 500,000 copies. The duo also recorded an album titled Dowdy Ferry Road that was named after a thoroughfare in their neighbourhood of Pleasant Grove.
Dan's brother Jim was part of the multi-platinum-selling duo, Seals and Crofts.
As a solo artist, dan Seals recorded 16 studio albums with more than 20 singles in the country charts. They included Everything that Glitters(is not Gold), Bop and Meet me in Montana (with Marie Osmond.
Dan Seals was a Baha'i. His manager since 1979, Tony Gottlieb has said that if we want to honour Dan we should oppose bigotry, intolerance and prejudice.
Reference: Michael Granberry, The Dallas Morning News
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