Chanteur et occasionnellement acteur, né John Allan Seay, Jr., le 15 juillet 1940 à Gulfport (Mississippi). Johnny Sea a enregistré son premier disque en 1958, année où il débuta au Louisiana Hayride. Il est resté à Shreveport (Louisiane) jusqu'en 1960 pour ensuite partir à Nashville (Tennessee). Il a eu quelques hits et fut nominé pour un Grammy Award.

Singer and occasional actor Johnny Sea had a few country hits in 1959 and several in the mid-'60s. Born John Allan Seay, Jr., in Gulfport, Mississippi, he was raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He got his start at age 17, when he won a state talent competition. During the finals, a record company heard young Sea sing and offered him a contract, while another got the youth signed to Louisiana Hayride. He remained there two years before debuting on the Grand Ole Opry. Sea first appeared on the country charts in 1959 with a Top 15 single for NRC, "Frankie's Man Johnny." His 1960 follow-up, "Nobody's Darling but Mine," did equally well. When his career slowed down, Sea headed west to become a cowboy, living in different areas ranging from Los Angeles to Pawhuska, Oklahoma.
Sea returned to recording by 1964, when "My Baby Walks All Over Me" reached the Top 30. A year later, he had another hit with "My Old Faded Love." This success landed him a contract with Warner Brothers and his biggest hit, "Day for Decision," in 1966. The song, a reply to Barry McGuire's protest anthem "Eve of Destruction," not only peaked in the Top 15 in the country charts, but also crossed over to hit the Top 40 on the pop charts. He moved to Columbia in 1967, where he reverted to his birthname, Johnny Seay, and had a minor hit in 1968 with "Goin' to Tulsa." That year he also had his final chart appearance with "Three Six Packs, Two Arms and a Juke Box." Later that year, he wrote a song about his hard-luck neighbors the Yorks, "Willie's Drunk and Nellie's Dyin'," which led to an article about them in Life magazine. Sea later left to become a cowboy in Justiceburg, Texas. 2003 brought Sea's debut on the compact disc format when Collectables reissued his 1966 LP, Day for Decision.

http://www.johnnyseay.com/

Talents : Singer, Guitar, Actor

Style musical : Traditional Country, Honky Tonk

Années en activité :

DISCOGRAPHY

Singles

Albums

1962 ?	LP 12" GUEST STAR 1479 (US)		THE CROWN PRINCE OF COUNTRY MUSIC - Nobody's Darling / My Time To Cry / Loneliness / Mr. And Mississippi / Frankie And Johnny / A Man In Love / I Love You / Blue Arizona Moon (Bill CARLISLE) / Rattlin' Daddy (Bill CARLISLE) / I Can't Hardly Wait (Bill CARLISLE)
1964	LP 12" PHILLIPS 200139 (US)		THE WORLD OF A COUNTRY BOY - My Baby Walks All Over Me / Every Day / Mystery Train / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Drown In My Sins / Standing Room Only / All Mixed Up / Why Can't I Just Come Home (And You Be Gone) / When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again / There's Another Man / That's Where It All Began / Lonesome Road
1965	LP 12" PHILLIPS 200194 (US)		LIVE AT THE BITTER END - Hitchin' And Hikin' / It Ain't Me Babe / Riders In The Sky / Red, White And Blue / Masters Of War / Ain't Nothing About You I Can Stand / Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring / Just Wish You'd Maybe Change Your Mind / It's A Shame / Johnny I Hardly Knew You / Corina Corina
1965	LP 12" HILLTOP JS-6018 (US)		EVERYBODY'S FAVORITES : MR. JOHNNY SEA - Frankie's Man Johnny / Stranger / Judy & Johnny / Nobody's Darling / Time To Cry / Ghost Riders In The Sky / Mr. And Mississippi / I Love You / It Won't Be Easy / Lonliness
1966	LP 12" WARNER BROS. 1659 (US)		DAY FOR DECISION - Day For Decision / God Bless America / This Land / I Believe / When Johnny Comes Marching Home / The Turning Point / America / What Is So Rare? / Generation / The Star Spangled Banner
06/1999	CD LOST GOLD ? (US) (US)		AMERICAN REFLECTION - Day For Decision / God Bless America / This Land / I Believe / When Johnny Comes Marching Home / The Turning Point / America / What Is So Rare? / Generation / The Star Spangled Banner / Mary Rocks Him To Sleep
06/2000	CD ? (US)		THE GOOD YEARS - HIS MUSIC 1958-1999 - (Johnny SEAY) - Three Six Packs, Two Arms And A Juke Box / My Baby Walks All Over Me / My Old Faded Rose / Willie's Drunk And Nellie's Dyin' / Behind My Baby's Bedroom Door / Nothin's Bad As Bein' Lonely / Everybady's Friend / Everyday / Why Can't I Just Come Home And You Be Gone / Standing Room Only / Mystery Train / There's Another Man / Hitchin' And Hikin' / If It Weren't For Hard Luck, I'd Have No Luck At All / It's A Shame / It Won't Be Easy To Forget / Mary Rocks Him To Sleep / If / Fort Worth Girl / Tecumseh Valley / Strawberry Roan / In The Early Morning Rain / Ballad Of The Tarantula Express / The Brazos River Song
2003	CD COLLECTOR'S CHOICE 339 (US)		DAY FOR DECISION - Day For Decision / God Bless America / This Land / I Believe / When Johnny Comes Marching Home / The Turning Point / America / What Is So Rare? / Generation / The Star Spangled Banner
09/2006	CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 16153 (D)		BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY - (Johnny SEAY) - Blue Moon Of Kentucky / My Baby Walks All Over Me / Mystery Train / When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again / Drown In My Sins / All Mixed Up / Why Can't I Just Come Home / There's Another Man /  That's When It All Began / Lonesome Road / Standing Room Only / Every Day / If It Wasn't For Hard Luck / My Old Faded Rose / Hitchin' And Hikin' / It's A Shame / It Won't Be Easy To Forget / I Love You / Loneliness / Frankie's Man Johnny / Judy And Johnny / Stranger / My Time To Cry / Nobody's Darling But Mine / Ghost Riders In The Sky / Mister And Mississippi / A Man In Love

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