European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Good times for Dan seals by Joe Edwards associated press there was a time when Dan seats slept under a grand piano at a recording studio at night trying to survive after going bankrupt. But things Are a lot better for the country music Star who grew to Fame in the 1970s As England Dan of the pop duo England Dan and John Ford Coley. What helped turn around his career was the award winning Bop in 1986. 1 t a 1 a. Nine of his last 10 single releases have reached no. 1 on the country charts most recently . Abut 10 years ago the 42-year-old seals was in dire Straits financially As the result of what he Calls an a oversight by a business associate a an a amp Countant had neglected to pay the employer s share of Federal taxes inv diving employees seals had on his payroll Quot they the irs came and got it All cars record royalties everything,1 seals recalled. Quot i did no to have any place to go so i just stayed at the studio under the grand. I remember sitting around won firing How wed get the Money for a hamburger because wed used up everything we had. I figured i d get a Job at a filling station Quot. Pumping Gas Wasny to necessary. His Solo career took off shortly thereafter and seals has been one of the steadies country music singers since his first no. 1 country hit everybody s dream girl in 1983. Seals music ranges from Frisky tunes such As Bop to the Wistful affection in my old yellow car and weepers such As everything. That afters. His Well crafted songs tend to be insightful and graphic with lofty themes. His instrumentation can be adventurous he used horns a not often heard in country music a on his current album on arrival. He also was daring last year in his music video rage on. When he addressed a topic rare in country music an interracial relationship. It showed angry youths smashing the windows of the car of a Young Man dating an Oriental girl one boy hurled a Beer bottle Al the girls father. The song itself was about Smail town values. Quot when we record songs we take chances Quot the soft spoken seals said. Quot i be got to the Point where we Are. Stretching and trying new things. Not to Shock but just to keep ourselves alive and interested. We feel we Are on the cutting Edge of what we can  seals said the video was a reflection of his Bahai. Religious beliefs. Quot i believe Mankind is one family and that All   a. He and Coley had the pop hit i d really love to see you tonight which sold 2 million records in 1976 they broke up in 1979 to pursue separate careers Goley now is an actor in los Angeles seals said seals older brother Jim was half of the pop duo seals and Crofts whose hits in the 1970s included summer Breeze and Diamond girl. Seals and Crofts Are now putting together an album As a follow up 1o their first tour in 10 years. Dan seals who grew up in Dallas was surprised at the airplay for Bop which crossed Over to the pop charts. A. Quot in be had radio people Tell me that when Bop was out they had to hire people to handle Calls to the station asking to hear it because they did t have time Quot he said. Quot it was a big jazz excise record and a big nightclub song for clubs to play when the band took a  in june seals was asked by the . State department to perform in Sofia Bulgaria at an outdoor rally for democracy attended by an audience estimated at 1.4 million. Pop Singer Art Garfunkel also Sang. Quot it was the most mind boggling experience i be Ever had Quot seals said. Quot people just went on into the. Distance. I be played for �00,000 at a festival and you could have lost them in the first few rows Over there. There Are no words to describe something like  r. A a. A top a singles 1. Visions of love a Mariah Caroy 2. Cradle of love a Billy idol 3. Rub you the right Way a Johnny Gill 4. The Power a snap a 5. She Ain t Worth it a Glenn Medeiros a a Bobby Brown 6 girls Nite out Tyler Collins 7. When i m Back on my feet again a Michael Bolton a 8 if wishes came True a Sweet sensation 9. Hold on men Vogue. 10  Kinny Bop a Poison h7vrt country a singles 1  Dan seals 2 the dance a Garth Brooks 3 richest Man on Earth a Paul Overstreet 4 he walked on water Randy Travis 5 on Down the line a Petty Loveless 6 he talks to me a porno Morgan 7 when i Call your name a Vince Gill Quot 8 i m Gonna be somebody a Travis  9 next to you. Next to me a Shenandoah 10 wrong a Waylon Jennings Tor a lpns please Hammer Don t Hurt pm pm a Hammer 3. Wilson Phillips a Wilson Phillips 3. Step by step a new kids on the Block 4. I m breathless a Madonna. 5. Pretty woman a soundtrack 6 i la give All my love to you a Keith sweat 7. Poison a Boll big Devoe a 8 Johnny Gill Johnny Gill. 9. 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