Troy Seals
Troy Harold Seals (born November 16, 1938, in Bighill, Madison County, Kentucky, United States) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. 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. 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. His compositions have been recorded by artists such as Joe Cocker, 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," was co-written with Max D. Barnes. 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. "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. |
Birth and Death Data: Born November 16, 1938 (Bighill)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1947 - 1972
Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, electric guitar
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | L 16241 | 10/30/1972 | Rockin' chair | Dobie Gray | instrumentalist, guitar, electric guitar | |||
Decca | L 16242 | 10/30/1972 | City stars-1 | Dobie Gray | instrumentalist, guitar, electric guitar | |||
Decca | L 16243 | 10/31/1972 | Now that I'm without you | Dobie Gray | instrumentalist, guitar, electric guitar | |||
Decca | L 16244 | 10/31/1972 | The time I love you the most | Dobie Gray | instrumentalist, guitar, electric guitar | |||
Decca | L 16245 | 10/31/1972 | Sweet lovin' woman | Dobie Gray | instrumentalist, guitar, electric guitar | |||
Decca | L 16246 | 11/1/1972 | Caddo queen | Dobie Gray | instrumentalist, guitar, electric guitar | |||
Decca | L 16247 | 11/1/1972 | L.A. lady-1 | Dobie Gray | instrumentalist, guitar, electric guitar | |||
Decca | L 16248 | 11/2/1972 | Lay back | Billy Gray | instrumentalist, guitar, electric guitar | |||
Decca | L 16249 | 11/2/1972 | We had it all-1 | Billy Gray | instrumentalist, guitar, electric guitar | |||
Decca | L 16250 | 11/2/1972 | Drift away-1 | Billy Gray | instrumentalist, guitar, electric guitar | |||
Decca | L 16266 | 11/3/1972 | Eddie's song | Dobie Gray | instrumentalist, guitar, electric guitar | |||
Decca | L 16267 | 11/3/1947 | Country livin' | Dobie Gray | instrumentalist, guitar, electric guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Seals, Troy," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/209232.
Seals, Troy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/209232.
"Seals, Troy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Seals, Troy - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91047809
Wikidata: Troy Seals - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7846947
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/13145971374532330076
MusicBrainz: Troy Seals - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/081db533-de7a-4c42-ace2-88e92b3e7e36
ISNI: 0000 0003 7232 8112 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000372328112
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