Troy Harold Seals (born November 16, 1938, in Bighill, Madison County,

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, United States) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is a member of the prominent Seals family of musicians that includes

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(of

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), Dan Seals (of England Dan & John Ford Coley),

Brady Seals Brady Seals (born March 29, 1969) is an American country music artist. He is the cousin of Jim Seals (of Seals & Crofts) and Dan Seals, Johnny Duncan, the nephew of Troy Seals. Seals made his debut in 1988 as co-lead vocalist and keyboardis ...

( Little Texas and

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), and Johnny Duncan. During the 1970s, Seals recorded with Lonnie Mack and

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and although he made two albums of his own, he is best known as a songwriter. His compositions have been recorded by artists such as

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, Nancy Sinatra, Randy Travis, Conway Twitty, Hank Williams Jr.,

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, Roy Orbison, Levon Helm, and

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. George Jones' " Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes," was co-written with Max D. Barnes. Seals has played guitar on numerous sessions for recording stars and has collaborated on compositions with

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, Will Jennings and others. He has had three co-written compositions nominated for the Country Music Association "Song of the Year" award: " Seven Spanish Angels" (1985), " Lost in the Fifties Tonight" (1986), and "If You Ever Have Forever In Mind" (1999). He also co-wrote "L.A. Lady" for the

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, along with Will Jennings and Donald Clint Goodman. "L.A. Lady" was also recorded by Dobie Gray. In recognition of his successful career, Seals was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Singles

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to "Star of the Bar."

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