Won't Be Blue Anymore
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Won't Be Blue Anymore is the fifth studio album by country music
artist Dan Seals
. It has been his most successful album to date; the only one to reach #1 on the Top Country Albums chart. The album featured some of Seals most popular songs, including "Bop" and "Meet Me In Montana", a duet with Marie Osmond
. These and the third single, "Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)", all reached #1 on the Hot Country Songs
chart. "Bop" was a major crossover hit, peaking at #10 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
chart. The compact disc format of this album was released on the album's initial release. It has been out-of-print for more than 20 years and is highly collectible.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
artist Dan Seals
Dan Seals
Danny Wayland "Dan" Seals was an American musician. The younger brother of Seals & Crofts member Jim Seals, he first gained fame as the "England Dan" half of the soft rock duo England Dan and John Ford Coley, which charted nine pop and adult contemporary singles between 1976 and 1980, including...
. It has been his most successful album to date; the only one to reach #1 on the Top Country Albums chart. The album featured some of Seals most popular songs, including "Bop" and "Meet Me In Montana", a duet with Marie Osmond
Marie Osmond
Olive Marie Osmond is an American singer, actress, doll designer, and a member of the show business family The Osmonds. Although she was never part of her family's singing group, she gained success as a solo country music artist in the 1970s and 1980s...
. These and the third single, "Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)", all reached #1 on the Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
chart. "Bop" was a major crossover hit, peaking at #10 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...
chart. The compact disc format of this album was released on the album's initial release. It has been out-of-print for more than 20 years and is highly collectible.
Track listing
- "Headin West" (Dan Seals) - 3:00
- "I Won't Be Blue Anymore" (Seals) - 3:03
- "Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)"Everything That Glitters " is the third and final single released from Dan Seals' 1985 album Won't Be Blue Anymore. It peaked at number-one in both the United States and Canada.-Content:...
" (Seals, Bob McDillBob McDillRobert Lee "Bob" McDill is an American country music songwriter. Active from the 1960s until 2000, he has written several songs for country music artists, including more than thirty Number One hits...
) - 4:50 - "Tobacco Road" (John D. LoudermilkJohn D. LoudermilkJohn D. Loudermilk is an American singer and songwriter.-Biography:Born in Durham, North Carolina, Loudermilk grew up in a family who were members of the Salvation Army faith and was influenced by the church singing. His cousins Ira and Charlie Loudermilk were known professionally as the Louvin...
) - 3:15 - "Your Love" (Beckie Foster, Tommy Rocco) - 3:00
- "You Plant Your Fields" (Wendy Waldman, Donny Lowery) - 3:34
- "Still a Little Bit of Love" (Jim Scott, Walker Inglehart) - 4:09
- "Meet Me in MontanaMeet Me in Montana"Meet Me in Montana" is a country music song recorded and made popular by Dan Seals and Marie Osmond. The song was the lead-off single to his 1985 album Won't Be Blue Anymore, and the second single from Marie Osmond's 1985 album There's No Stopping Your Heart."Meet Me in Montana" reached No. 1 on...
" (Paul DavisPaul Davis (singer)Paul Lavon Davis was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his radio hits and solo career which started worldwide in 1970. His career encompassed soul, country and pop music...
) - 3:54- Duet with Marie OsmondMarie OsmondOlive Marie Osmond is an American singer, actress, doll designer, and a member of the show business family The Osmonds. Although she was never part of her family's singing group, she gained success as a solo country music artist in the 1970s and 1980s...
- Duet with Marie Osmond
- "BopBop (Dan Seals song)"Bop" is the second single released from Dan Seals' 1985 album Won't Be Blue Anymore. It reached #1 on the Country singles chart in early-1986 - his second number one hit, but his first as a solo artist. It was a major crossover hit as well, peaking at #42 on the US Hot 100, and at #10 on the US...
" (Jennifer KimballJennifer KimballJennifer Kimball is a vocalist and songwriter who is notable for being part of the acclaimed folk duo The Story. She is a critically acclaimed singer-songwriter and has released two albums Veering from the Wave and Oh Hear Us....
, Paul Davis) - 3:45 - "So Easy To Need" (John Porter McMeans) - 4:02
- "City Kind Of Girl" (Robert Gundry) - 3:28
Album
| Chart (1985) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 59 |
| Canadian RPM Top Albums | 37 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US AC | CAN Country RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,... |
CAN RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,... |
CAN AC RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,... |
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| 1985 | "Meet Me in Montana" (featuring Marie Osmond) | 1 | — | — | 19 | — | — |
| "Bop" | 1 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1986 | "Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)" | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Production
- Produced By Paul Worley & Kyle Lehning
- Engineers: Joseph Bogan, Kyle Lehning, Marshall Morgan, Kirt Odle (also assistant engineer)
- Assistant Engineers: Russ Martin
Personnel
- Drums: Eddie Bayers, Larrie LondinLarrie LondinRalph Gallant, better known by his stage name Larrie Londin , was an American drummer and session musician. Londin played with a wide range of artists including Journey and Steve Perry....
, Bob Wray - Percussion: Farrell Morris
- Drum Programming: Paul Davis, Kyle Lehning
- Bass: David HungateDavid HungateDavid Hungate is a bass player noted as a member of Los Angeles pop-rock band Toto from 1977-1982. Boz Scaggs's Silk Degrees album of 1976 included Hungate and several other future members of Toto...
, Michael Rhodes - Keyboards: Dennis Burnside, Barry Beckett, Dave Innis, Shane Keister
- Synclavier: Paul Davis
- Guitars: Steve Gibson, Greg Jennings, Brent Mason, Kenny Mims, Dan Seals, Larry Shell, Joe Stanley, Bobby Thompson, Rafe VanHoy, Wendy Waldman, Paul Worley
- Steel Guitar: Sonny Garrish, Doyle Grisham
- Dobro: Jerry Douglas
- Saxophone: Jim Horn
- Fiddle: Mark O'ConnorMark O'ConnorMark O'Connor is an American bluegrass, jazz, country and classical violinist fiddler, composer and music teacher. O'Connor's music is wide-ranging, critically acclaimed, and he has received numerous awards for both his playing and his composition...
- Strings Arranged By D. Bergen White
External links
- [ Personnel & Production Credits for "Won't Be Blue Anymore" by Dan Seals]