Troy Seals

Troy Harold Seals (born November 16, 1938, in Bighill, Madison County, Kentucky, United States)[1] is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.[2]

He is a member of the prominent Seals family of musicians that includes Jim Seals (of Seals and Crofts), Dan Seals (of England Dan & John Ford Coley), Brady Seals (Little Texas and Hot Apple Pie), and Johnny Duncan.[2] During the 1970s, Seals recorded with Lonnie Mack and Doug Kershaw and although he made two albums of his own, he is best known as a songwriter.[2] His compositions have been recorded by artists such as Eric Clapton, Nancy Sinatra, Randy Travis, Conway Twitty, Hank Williams Jr., Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Levon Helm, and Jerry Lee Lewis, George Jones "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes," that Troy co-wrote with Max D. Barnes.[2]

Seals has played guitar on numerous sessions for recording stars and has collaborated on compositions with Waylon Jennings, Vince Gill, 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 New Riders of the Purple Sage, along with Will Jennings and Donald Clint Goodman.

In recognition of his successful career, Seals was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country[1]
1973 "I Got a Thing About You Baby" 93
1974 "Star of the Bar" 78
"You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover"A 96
"Honky Tonkin'" 81
1975 "Easy" 76
1976 "Sweet Dreams" 88
1977 "Grand Ole Blues" 93
1980 "One Night Honeymoon" 85
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References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 373. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 1064/5. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
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