England Dan & John Ford Coley

The Dallas soft rock duo of Dan Seals and John Ford Coley, whose "It's Sad to Belong" topped the adult contemporary chart for five weeks in 1977.

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England Dan & John Ford Coley were an American soft rock and pop rock duo from Dallas, Texas, active from 1970 to 1980. Dan Seals, born Danny Wayland Seals on February 8, 1948 in McCamey, Texas, was nicknamed England Dan; his older brother Jim Seals was half of Seals and Crofts. The duo recorded for Big Tree Records.

Their 1976 album, produced and engineered by Kyle Lehning at Studio By The Pond in Hendersonville, Tennessee, reached 17 in the US and 11 in Canada and went gold. Dowdy Ferry Road, their fifth studio album, followed in 1977 on Big Tree, again produced by Kyle Lehning with Marshall Morgan engineering.

Albums

England Dan & John Ford Coley 1971
A 1971 album.
I Hear The Music 1976
A 1976 album.
Nights Are Forever 1976
A 1976 album.
Dowdy Ferry Road 1977 · Big Tree
Their fifth studio album, with "It's Sad to Belong" as the lead single.
Some Things Don't Come Easy 1978
A 1978 album.
Dr. Heckle And Mr. Jive 1979
A 1979 album.
Just Tell Me You Love Me 1980
A 1980 album.

Songs

It's Sad to Belong Dowdy Ferry Road · 1977
The lead single from Dowdy Ferry Road, number one on the adult contemporary chart for five weeks in 1977.

Sources

England Dan & John Ford Coley, Wikipedia
It's Sad to Belong, Wikipedia
It's Sad to Belong, Songfacts
England Dan & John Ford Coley session credits, Session Days