Brady Seals

Brady Seals

Seals at CMA Music Festival, June 2010
Background information
Born March 29, 1969
Origin Hamilton, Ohio, U.S.
Genres Country
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instruments Vocals
Keyboards
Years active 1988-present
Labels Reprise/Warner Bros.
Image Entertainment
Star City/Nine North
Associated acts Little Texas, Hot Apple Pie, Jim Seals, Dan Seals
Website www.bradyseals.com

Brady Seals (born March 29, 1969 in Hamilton, Ohio) is an American country music artist. He is the cousin of Jim Seals (of Seals & Crofts) and Dan Seals and Johnny Duncan, the nephew of Troy Seals, and the husband of former BNA Records recording artist Lisa Stewart. Seals made his debut in 1988 as co-lead vocalist and keyboardist in the sextet Little Texas, with whom he recorded until his departure in late 1994. Between then and 2002, he recorded as a solo singer, releasing three studio albums and charting in the Top 40 on the country charts with "Another You, Another Me". In 2002, Seals formed a quartet called Hot Apple Pie, in which he has recorded one studio album and charted three singles. A fourth solo album, Play Time, was released in 2009 via Star City.

Biography

Seals was raised in a musical home in the Cincinnati, Ohio, suburb of Fairfield. He began playing piano and writing songs at the age of nine, and was performing in a high-school band at the age of 16. After leaving home not long after, Seals returned to finish his education, but then left again. He ended up in Nashville and joined the group Little Texas with friend and fellow musician Del Gray.

Seals spent six years with Little Texas, playing keyboards and co-writing all of the band's major hits. By 1995, Seals had left the group and began a solo career. He signed to Reprise Records and released his debut album, The Truth, in 1996. It produced three chart singles for him, including his only solo top 40 hit, "Another You, Another Me" at number 32.[1] Another album, the self-titled Brady Seals, was issued in 1998 via Reprise Records' parent label, Warner Bros. Records, although none of its three singles charted. 2003's Thompson Street, released via Image Entertainment, produced no chart singles at all.

In 2002, Brady Seals married former BNA Records artist Lisa Stewart. The couple has a son, born September 15, 2008.

Shortly after his wedding with Stewart, Seals formed the band Hot Apple Pie. This band recorded a self-titled debut album for DreamWorks Records and charted three country singles, including the number 26 "Hillbillies." Seals' fourth album, Play Time, was released in 2009 via StarCity Recording Company.

Discography

Albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US Country
[2]
US Heat CAN Country
[3]
The Truth
  • Release date: February 25, 1997
  • Label: Reprise Records
44 39 36
Brady Seals
  • Release date: August 25, 1998
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
Thompson Street
  • Release date: February 25, 2003
  • Label: Image Entertainment
Play Time
  • Release date: August 18, 2009
  • Label: Nine North
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US Country
[1]
US
[1]
CAN Country
[4]
1996 "Another You, Another Me" 32 91 42 The Truth
1997 "Still Standing Tall" 69 67
"Natural Born Lovers" 74
1998 "I Fell" 55 84 Brady Seals
"Whole Lotta Hurt" 66
1999 "The Best Is Yet to Come" 74
2009 "Ho Down" Play Time
2010 "Been There, Drunk That"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year Video Director
1996 "Another You, Another Me" Gerry Wenner
1997 "Natural Born Lovers"
1998 "I Fell" Gerry Wenner
2010 "Been There, Drunk That" James King

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 372. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. "Brady Seals Album & Song Chart History – Country Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
  3. "Results – RPM – Library and Archives Canada – Country Albums". RPM. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
  4. "Results – RPM – Library and Archives Canada – Country Singles". RPM. Retrieved December 11, 2010.

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