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England Dan
Danny Wayland Seals (February 8, 1948 – March 25, 2009), also known as England Dan, was an American musician. The younger brother of Seals and Crofts member Jim Seals, he first gained fame as one half of the soft rock duo England Dan & John Ford Coley, who charted nine singles between 1976 and 1980, including the No. 2 ''Billboard'' Hot 100 hit " I'd Really Love to See You Tonight". After the duo disbanded, Seals began a solo career, starting in soft rock before shifting to country music. Throughout the 1980s and into the early 1990s, he released 16 studio albums and charted more than 20 singles on the country charts. Eleven of his singles reached number one: " Meet Me in Montana" (with Marie Osmond), " Bop" (also a No. 42 pop hit), " Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)", " You Still Move Me", " I Will Be There", " Three Time Loser", " One Friend", " Addicted", " Big Wheels in the Moonlight", " Love on Arrival", and " Good Times". Five more of his singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McCamey, Texas
McCamey is a city in Upton County, Texas, Upton County, Texas, United States. Its population was 1,831 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Texas legislature has declared McCamey "the Wind Energy Capital of Texas" because of the many wind farms that have been built in the area. Its history, however, is primarily that of an oil boomtown. History McCamey is named for George B. McCamey, whose 1925 wildcat well brought about the oil boom in the region. He brought in a real estate developer from Corpus Christi, Texas, Corpus Christi, to lay out a townsite near the oil field and along the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway capable of housing 10,000 people. The town was initially a jumble of tents and frame shacks; order came slowly, replacing the lawlessness of the early boomtown environment. A post office was built in 1926, and the town was incorporated near the end of that year. In 1927, the McCamey Independent School District was formed, and an enterprising news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bop (Dan Seals Song)
"Bop" is a song written by Paul Davis and Jennifer Kimball and recorded by American country music artist Dan Seals. It was released in October 1985 as the second single from his fifth studio album, '' Won't Be Blue Anymore''. It reached number one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles chart in early 1986, becoming his second number-one hit on that chart and his first as a solo artist. It was a major crossover hit as well, peaking at number 42 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and at number 10 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In Canada, it topped the ''RPM'' Top Singles and Country Singles charts. Music video The music video, directed by George Bloom, shows an older couple preparing to travel to an armory. It concurrently shows flashbacks of the couple 30 years earlier. One of the highlights in the video is the 30-year flashback of the couple in a 1955 Ford Thunderbird that transforms 30 years later into the 1985 Ford Thunderbird. Towards the end of the video, it shows the couple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southwest F
The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, Radius, radially arrayed compass directions (or Azimuth#In navigation, azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A ''compass rose'' is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each separated by 90 degree (angle), degrees, and secondarily divided by four ordinal (intercardinal) directions—northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest—each located halfway between two cardinal directions. Some disciplines such as meteorology and navigation further divide the compass with additional azimuths. Within European tradition, a fully defined compass has 32 "points" (and any finer subdivisions are described in fractions of points). Compass points or compass directions are valuable in that they allow a user to refer to a specific azimuth in a Colloquialism, colloquial fashion, without having to compute or remember degrees. Designations The names of the compass point directions follow these r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ford Coley
John Ford Coley (born John Edward Colley; October 13, 1948) is an American singer, classically trained pianist, guitarist, actor, and author most known for his partnership in the musical duo England Dan & John Ford Coley. Early life Coley was born in Dallas, Texas. He grew up listening to the Grand Ole Opry, early rock and roll, singing church hymns and was trained as a classical pianist. At 16, while at W. W. Samuell High School in Dallas, Coley, along with schoolmate Dan Seals, joined the group Theze Few, which later became Southwest F.O.B. and toured the Texas music scene where they had one hit, "The Smell of Incense", which in 1969 rose to number 43 on the charts. This band played on the bill with Led Zeppelin and other acts. While in the band, Seals and Coley began their own acoustic act, Coley and Wayland. The act was renamed England Dan & John Ford Coley, and the duo was signed by A&M Records. In 1971, the two moved to Los Angeles where they opened for numerous bands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British English
British English is the set of Variety (linguistics), varieties of the English language native to the United Kingdom, especially Great Britain. More narrowly, it can refer specifically to the English language in England, or, more broadly, to the collective dialects of English throughout the United Kingdom taken as a single umbrella variety, for instance additionally incorporating Scottish English, Welsh English, and Northern Irish English. Tom McArthur (linguist), Tom McArthur in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford Guide to World English acknowledges that British English shares "all the ambiguities and tensions [with] the word 'British' and as a result can be used and interpreted in two ways, more broadly or more narrowly, within a range of blurring and ambiguity". Variations exist in formal (both written and spoken) English in the United Kingdom. For example, the adjective ''wee'' is almost exclusively used in parts of Scotland, north-east England, Northern Ireland, Ireland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The core lineup of the band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are widely regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatles, most influential band in Western popular music and were integral to the development of Counterculture of the 1960s, 1960s counterculture and the recognition of popular music as an art form. Rooted in skiffle, beat music, beat and 1950s rock and roll, rock 'n' roll, their sound incorporated elements of classical music and traditional pop in innovative ways. The band also explored music styles ranging from Folk music, folk and Music of India, Indian music to Psychedelic music, psychedelia and hard rock. As Recording practices of the Beatles, pioneers in recording, songwriting and artistic presentation, the Beatles revolutionised many aspects of the music industry and were often publicised as leaders of the Baby boomers, era's youth and soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Times (Sam Cooke Song)
"Good Times" is a song written and recorded by Sam Cooke, released as single in 1964. Critical reception In a retrospective review in 1971, music critic Dave Marsh wrote that "at his very best, Cooke utilized a perfect lyrical sentimentality... listen to 'Good Times' – ''It might be one o'clock and it might be three/Time don't mean that much to me/Ain't felt this good since I don't know when/And I might not feel this good again/So come on baby, let the good times roll/We gonna stay here til we soothe our soul''. That summed up perfectly what rock and roll was about, and still is, in so many ways." Personnel Featured musicians are John Ewing (trombone), Edward Hall (drums and percussion), John Pisano (guitar), Clifton White (guitar) and Johnnie Taylor (back-up vocals). Chart positions Sam Cooke The Sam Cooke version of the song hit number one on the ''Cash Box'' R&B chart and number eleven on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Dan Seals version Dan Seals' version was a Number One ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love On Arrival
"Love on Arrival" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Dan Seals. It was released in January 1990 as the lead-off single from his album ''On Arrival''. The song spent three weeks at No. 1 on ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart that April, making it the longest-running chart-topper of his career. Content A 1950s-style rock 'n' roll tune with a prominent saxophone, the singer and his girlfriend communicate using common abbreviations, such as PDQ, TGIF (although here, it means "Thank God I found" you) and TLC. The other abbreviation is "LOA," which is short for the title lyric ("love on arrival"), which the girlfriend promises to her long-absent beau once he arrives home. Chart positions Year-end charts Cover Versions Bluegrass group Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Doyle Wayne Lawson (born April 20, 1944) is an American traditional bluegrass and Southern gospel musician. He is best known as a mandolin player, vocalist, producer, and lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Wheels In The Moonlight
"Big Wheels in the Moonlight" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Dan Seals. It was released in September 1988 as the second single from Seals' album ''Rage On''. It peaked at number one, his ninth to do so. The song was written by Seals and Bob McDill. Content The song—one of many in country music to pay salute to the American truck driver A truck driver (commonly referred to as a trucker, teamster or driver in the United States and Canada; a truckie in Australia and New Zealand; an HGV driver in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the European Union, a lorry driver, or driver in ...—is about a young man's childhood memories of watching semitrailer trucks travel along a nearby highway, listening at night to the roar of the trucks' diesel engines in the distance and dreaming one day of being a truck driver. The dream never comes to pass, as he begins a family and is working at other jobs, but still finds peace in envisioning the trucks in h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addicted (Dan Seals Song)
"Addicted" is a song written by Cheryl Wheeler, first recorded in 1986. It was later recorded by American country music artist Dan Seals and released as the lead single for his 1988 album ''Rage On''. It peaked at number one, and was his eighth consecutive number-one single. Blake Shelton covered the song as a bonus track on his 2011 album ''Red River Blue ''Red River Blue'' is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Blake Shelton. It was released on July 12, 2011, via Warner Bros. Records, and is Shelton's inaugural No. 1 album on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, debuting at the top s ...''. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts References 1988 singles Dan Seals songs Blake Shelton songs Song recordings produced by Kyle Lehning Capitol Records Nashville singles 1986 songs Songs written by Cheryl Wheeler {{1986-country-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Friend
"One Friend" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dan Seals for his 1984 album '' San Antone'', and this version was the B-side to that album's single " (You Bring Out) The Wild Side of Me". In 1987, Seals re-recorded the song and, in September 1987, released it as the first and only single from his compilation album ''The Best''. It peaked at number one on the country charts, becoming his seventh straight number-one single. Music video Seals re-recorded "One Friend" again for his 1995 acoustic album, ''In a Quiet Room ''In a Quiet Room'' is the eleventh album released by country music artist Dan Seals and his only album on the Intersound label. This album consists mostly of acoustic versions of songs featured on earlier albums, as well as two songs — " I'd R ...'', and a music video was filmed for that version the following year. It was directed by Tom Bevins, and it shows Seals singing and performing the song on his guitar while sitting by a bonfire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Time Loser
"Three Time Loser" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dan Seals. It was released in May 1987 as the third single from the album '' On the Front Line''. It was his sixth straight number-one single on the ''Billboard A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertis ...'' country charts. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts References 1987 singles 1986 songs Dan Seals songs Songs written by Dan Seals Song recordings produced by Kyle Lehning EMI Records singles {{1986-country-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
