Artist: England Dan & John Ford Coley
Author: Rafe Van Hoy
Label: Big Tree
Year: 1979
On their lp Dr. Heckle & Mr. Jive. England Dan is Dan Seals, brother of Jim Seals of Seals & Crofts fame and cousin of Troy Seals (see: We Had It All).
Covers:
Rafe Van Hoy [author]
Michael Martin Murphy [n°1 C&W]
Dorothy Moore [R&B hit]
Jeff Trachta & Bobbie Eakes [in The Bold And The Beautiful]
Rafe Van Hoy wrote more C&W n°1's: Golden Ring (George Jones & Tammy Wynette), Lady Lay Down (John Conlee) and Let's Stop Talkin' About It (Janie Frickle), cut earlier by Deborah Allen, Rafe's wife, but that version was shelved by Capitol. See also: Let's Keep It That Way.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)