Today we feature a duo who came from completely different backgrounds, one a northerner who went to college to study finance, the other, a southerner who knew after just one year in college that music was his life.
Country duo Dan + Shay made hearts flutter last week when they turned to Facebook to share an acoustic cover of the Carrie Underwood hit, "Heartbeat," which features Sam Hunt.
Summerfest attendees in Wisconsin got a special treat this year, when young duo Dan + Shay joined country vet Keith Urban for a unique performance of his heart string-tugging hit “Tonight I Wanna Cry.”
'Nothin Like You' is Dan + Shay's latest single from their album Where it all Began.
Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney co-wrote the song with Chris DeStefano and Ashley Gorley.
Today's Catch of the Day comes from a pair who met in Nashville as writing partners and who's first collaboration was snatched up by Rascal Flatts. Nice start!
Dan and Shay's Dan Smyers didn't always know he was going to be a musician. In fact, if he hadn't gone this route, he'd probably be working on Wall Street. The singer reveals that his major was far from studying Music Theory, but shares that math and music actually have a lot in common.