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Walking the Wire
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Walking the Wire is an album released by American country music
singer Dan Seals
. It was his first for the Warner Brothers label (ironically, the same label his older brother, Jim Seals, was once signed with as one half of Seals & Crofts). This album was a commercial failure. Only three of its five singles charted, which were "Sweet Little Shoe" (peaked at #62), "Mason Dixon Line" (peaked at #43), and "When Love Comes Around the Bend" (peaked at #51). The other two singles, "Good Goodbye" and "We Are One" failed to chart. After this album, Dan Seals became a touring artist for the remainder of the 1990s. This album is currently out of print.
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...
singer 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 was his first for the Warner Brothers label (ironically, the same label his older brother, Jim Seals, was once signed with as one half of Seals & Crofts). This album was a commercial failure. Only three of its five singles charted, which were "Sweet Little Shoe" (peaked at #62), "Mason Dixon Line" (peaked at #43), and "When Love Comes Around the Bend" (peaked at #51). The other two singles, "Good Goodbye" and "We Are One" failed to chart. After this album, Dan Seals became a touring artist for the remainder of the 1990s. This album is currently out of print.
Track listing
- "Mason Dixon Line" (Dan Seals)
- "When Love Comes Around the Bend" (Josh LeoJosh LeoJosh Leo is an American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer active in Nashville, Tennessee.Leo was born in Des Moines, Iowa, but was raised in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1973, he moved to Chicago, Illinois and subsequently became a guitarist of the short-lived Eddie Boy Band...
, Pam TillisPam TillisPamela Yvonne "Pam" Tillis is an American country music singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of country music singer Mel Tillis....
, Mark Wright) - "Someone Else's Dance" (Parker McGee)
- "Sneaky Moon" (Bill LaBountyBill LaBountyBill LaBounty is an American musician. He was initially a singer-songwriter in the soft rock genre, first as a member of the band Fat Chance, and later as a solo artist. As a solo artist, LaBounty recorded six studio albums, including four on Curb Records/Warner Bros. Records...
) - "A Good Rain" (Charlie Black, Jenny Yates)
- "Sweet Little Shoe" (Jesse WinchesterJesse WinchesterJesse Winchester is a musician and songwriter who was born and raised in the southern United States. To avoid the Vietnam War draft he moved to Canada in 1967, which is where and when he began his career as a solo artist. His highest charting recordings were of his own tunes, "Yankee Lady" in 1970...
) - "Slower" (Tony ArataTony ArataTony Arata is an American singer-songwriter. He was born and grew up in Savannah, Georgia, attended the Georgia Southern University, and moved to Nashville in 1986....
) - "Maybe That's Why" (Allen ShamblinAllen ShamblinAllen Shamblin is a country music songwriter who was born in Tennessee, and was brought up in Texas.After graduating from Sam Houston State University he worked in Austin as a real estate appraiser. In 1987, he quit his job and moved to Nashville to pursue a career as a song writer. He supported...
) - "The Wire" (Seals)
- "We Are One" (Seals)
Singles
Year | Single | 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... |
CAN Country |
---|---|---|---|
1991 | "Sweet Little Shoe" | 62 | 87 |
"Good Goodbye" | - | - | |
1992 | "Mason Dixon Line" | 43 | 66 |
"When Love Comes Around the Bend" | 51 | 93 | |
"We Are One" | - | - |
External links
- Walking the Wire - CMT.com
- CD Cover and Back - AllCDCovers.com