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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".
Seals and Crofts were instrumental in both England Dan Seals and John Ford Coley becoming adherents of the Baha'i Faith, [13] although Coley became a Christian some 28 years later. [14] Dan Seals died of cancer in 2009. At the time of his death, Dan and Jim Seals had been working on songs together. [15] The status of those recordings is unknown.
Seals was the younger brother of Jim Seals of the 1970s soft rock duo Seals and Crofts. [3] Dan's childhood nickname, given to him by his brother Jim, was "England Dan" because he was a fan of English rock band The Beatles, and he occasionally adopted an affected English accent. John Colley's last name was re-spelled "Coley" for ease of ...
Jim Seals, who as part of the duo Seals and Crofts crafted memorably wistful 1970s hits like “Summer Breeze” and “Diamond Girl,” died Monday at age 80. No cause of death was immediately given.
Dan Seals died on March 25, 2009. He and classmate John Colley, who later changed the spelling of his last name to Coley, formed a group with three other Samuell students called the Playboys Five. That became Theze Few, which morphed into Dallas high school band Southwest F.O.B. "We were very popular in the late 1960s", Coley said.
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Musician Jim Seals, half of the famed soft-rock duo Seals & Crofts, has died. He was 80.Seals died on Monday and it was confirmed by several family members and friends on social media. His cousin ...
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 ...