England Dan John Ford Coley Album Cover Art
| England Dan & John Ford Coley | |
|---|---|
 England Dan (left) and John Ford Coley, 1976 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Genres | Pop rock, soft rock, country stone |
| Years active | 1970–1980 |
| Labels | A&Yard Records, Big Tree Records |
| Associated acts | Parker McGee, Seals and Crofts |
| Past members | Dan Seals John Ford Coley |
England Dan & John Ford Coley were an American soft rock duo composed of Danny Wayland "England Dan" Seals and John Edward "John Ford" Coley, active throughout the 1970s. Native Texans, they are best known for their 1976 single "I'd Really Love to Meet You This night", a No. 2 hitting on the Billboard Hot 100[1] and a No. 1 Adult Contemporary hit. After they disbanded, Seals began performing as Dan Seals and launched a country music career through the 1980s which produced 11 No. 1 country hits.[2]
Career [edit]
Early years [edit]
The duo began while they were friends and classmates at West. W. Samuell High School in Dallas, Texas, United States. Seals and Coley performed beginning as role of local embrace bands, including Playboys Five and Theze Few. They recorded a serial of demos in Nashville as The Shimmerers, but their prospects ended with the death of their producer, earlier he could secure a recording deal for them. Their next group was Dallas pop/psych group Southwest F.O.B. ("Freight on Board"),[iii] whose material has been re-released on CD by the Sundazed label.
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" considering he was a fan of English language rock band The Beatles, and he occasionally adopted an affected English emphasis. John Colley's final proper name was re-spelled "Coley" for ease of pronunciation; "Ford" was added as his eye name for flow purposes, thus England Dan and John Ford Coley.[iv]
Both toured the Texas music scene where Southwest F.O.B. had i charting song, "The Odour of Incense", which rose to No. 56[5] on the pop chart in 1968. This band played on the beak with such acts as Led Zeppelin. While in the group, Seals and Coley began their own acoustic human activity, Colley and Wayland. The human action was renamed England Dan & John Ford Coley, and the duo signed with A&M Records in 1970.[three] In 1971 they moved to Los Angeles where they opened for numerous bands. Their showtime break came in 1972, with the song "Simone". It became a No. 1 hit in Japan and also charted in France, but non in the U.s.a..
Big Tree and peak success [edit]
The duo was released in 1972 from its contract with A&M after two albums. Undaunted, the pair connected to press on, stumbling upon the vocal "I'd Really Love to See Y'all Tonight", written by a young Mississippi-based songwriter, Parker McGee. They recorded a demo and played it in the office of Bob Greenberg, a senior VP at Atlantic Records. Atlantic had a subsidiary characterization named Big Tree in the aforementioned office and Large Tree'south founder, Doug Morris, had heard the song through the wall and came into the room. When Greenberg decided confronting it, Morris said "We want information technology," and offered them a bargain.[6]
Dan and John were paired with producer Kyle Lehning, who had also produced McGee's demo. The effect was a US #two hit single in September 1976, which ultimately sold two million copies. July 1976 saw the release of England Dan & John Ford Coley'south debut album for Large Tree, Nights Are Forever, also produced by Lehning.[3] Their second Big Tree single, "Nights Are Forever Without You", also written by Parker McGee, also fabricated the Billboard Superlative 10.[3] Afterward seeing the duo score a huge hit, A&Thou capitalized on the success by releasing a compilation album in 1976, I Hear Music, using songs recorded years earlier.
Both Seals and Coley embraced the Baháʼí Faith after Seals tried to "talk some sense" with his brother Jim, circa 1972.[7] Years later, Coley returned to Christianity,[eight] but Seals remained Baháʼí until his death.
Their 2nd Big Tree LP, Dowdy Ferry Road, followed in March 1977, yielding the hit singles, "It's Sad To Vest (To Someone Else)" (#21) (written by Randy Goodrum) and Coley'due south "Gone Too Far" (#23).[3] The pair are also credited with writing and performing "It'southward All Up To You", the theme song to the 1977 NBC teen drama series James at 15.
Some Things Don't Come Easy (March 1978) provided "We'll Never Take to Say Goodbye Again", which peaked at No. 9 and Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive (March 1979) brought along "Love Is the Respond" (written past Todd Rundgren), which was their last Top 10 hit and their final time in the Acme xl altogether, as follow-upwards "What Can I Do With This Broken Heart" stalled at No. 50 in late 1979.
During their early years on the road, the two performers played as an audio-visual duo, merely during their "hit years" on Big Tree they toured with a backup band that included Danny Gorman (drums, percussion), Bubba Keith (guitar, backing vocals), John Leland (bass), Ovid Stevens (guitar) and Michael Vernacchio (keyboards, synthesizers).
In March 1980, "In It For Love", ane of two new recordings added to The Best of England Dan and John Ford Coley (Dec 1979), only managed #53 and subsequently contributing songs to the film Just Tell Me Yous Love Me in 1980, the pair went their divide ways.
Backwash [edit]
The duo split in 1980 when Seals decided to pursue a career in land music, where he found success throughout the 1980s,[iii] scoring hits such as "Meet Me in Montana" (with Marie Osmond) and "Bop". Seals died on March 25, 2009 following handling for pall cell lymphoma.
Coley formed another group that released an anthology on A&K Records: Leslie, Kelly and John Ford Coley (featuring sisters Leslie and Kelly Bulkin),[three] then went on to do television and film appearances in the 1980s. He returned to an agile touring schedule in the 1990s and 2000s and was as well co-producer for acts such as Eddie Money (with Vince Gill) and Tom Wurth.
Discography [edit]
Albums [edit]
| Yr | Album | Chart Positions | RIAA | Label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | AUS [9] | CAN | ||||
| 1971 | England Dan & John Ford Coley | — | — | — | — | A&M |
| 1972 | Fables | — | — | — | — | |
| 1976 | I Hear Music | 202 | — | — | — | |
| Nights Are Forever | 17 | 68 | 11 | Gold | Big Tree | |
| 1977 | Dowdy Ferry Road | 80 | — | — | — | |
| 1978 | Some Things Don't Come Easy | 61 | — | 73 | — | |
| 1979 | Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive | 106 | 69 | — | — | |
| The Best of England Dan and John Ford Coley | 194 | — | — | — | ||
| 1980 | Just Tell Me You Love Me (soundtrack) [10] | — | — | — | — | |
| 1981 | The Best of England Dan and John Ford Coley Vol. ii | — | — | — | — | |
| 1996 | The Very Best of England Dan and John Ford Coley | — | — | — | — | Rhino |
| 2015 | The Atlantic Albums + | — | — | — | — | Edsel |
Singles [edit]
| Year | Single | Acme chart positions | RIAA | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US AC | CA | CA Air conditioning | AUS [nine] | ||||
| 1972 | "New Jersey" | 103 | — | — | — | — | — | Fables |
| "Simone" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976 | "I'd Really Love to Come across You Tonight" | 2 | 1 | v | one | 25 | Gold | Nights Are Forever |
| "Nights Are Forever Without You" | 10 | half-dozen | 10 | 4 | 92 | — | ||
| 1977 | "It'due south Sad to Vest" | 21 | one | 9 | 1 | 90 | — | Dowdy Ferry Road |
| "Gone Also Far" | 23 | 8 | fifteen | 11 | 71 | — | ||
| 1978 | "We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again" | 9 | 1 | 11 | 2 | — | — | Some Things Don't Come Easy |
| "You Can't Trip the light fantastic toe" | 49 | 22 | 62 | 34 | — | — | ||
| "If the World Ran Out of Love This evening" | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Westward Wind" | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | Nights Are Forever | |
| 1979 | "Beloved Is the Answer" | ten | 1 | 33 | eighteen | 79 | — | Dr. Heckle & Mr. Jive |
| "What Can I Practice with This Broken Center" | 50 | 12 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980 | "In It for Love" | 75 | 45 | — | — | — | — | The Best of England Dan and John Ford Coley |
| 1981 | "Part of Me Function of You lot" | — | 42 | — | — | — | — | Just Tell Me Yous Honey Me (soundtrack) |
References [edit]
- ^ "England Dan & John Ford Coley : Chart history". Billboard.com . Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ "England Dan & John Ford Coley : Biography". AllMusic . Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Pop Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 431. ISBNone-85227-745-9.
- ^ "ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY". Bluedesert.dk . Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1997). Joel Whitburn's Acme Pop Singles 1955-1996. Record Research Inc. p. 572. ISBN0-89820-123-3.
- ^ Barry Alfonso, essay in the booklet for The Very Best of England Dan & John Ford Coley, Rhino Records, 1996, p. 5
- ^ Casey Kasem, American Top twoscore, 30 July 1977
- ^ "John Ford Coley Comes Full Circumvolve to Play What Got Him Started But with Lessons on the Manner". Kool 101.vii. Retrieved 2018-07-28 .
- ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Nautical chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 103. ISBN0-646-11917-half dozen.
- ^ "England Dan & John Ford Coley : Original Move Picture show Soundtrack". Varesesarabande.com . Retrieved October 12, 2019.
Other sources [edit]
- Nite, Norm N. and Newman, Ralph M.: Rock ON: The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Rock Northward' Curlicue; Volume 2: Thomas Y. Crowell: 1978, p. 152. ISBN 9780690011968
External links [edit]
- Official website of John Ford Coley
- England Dan and John Ford Coley biography at ClassicBands.com
- Official YouTube channel
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_Dan_%26_John_Ford_Coley
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