Seals and Crofts

Seals and Crofts
Seals (left) and Crofts in 1975
Seals (left) and Crofts in 1975
Background information
OriginLos Angeles, California
GenresSoft rock, pop rock, folk rock
Years active1969–1981, 1989–1992, 2004
LabelsWarner Bros., Wounded Bird
Past membersJim Seals
Dash Crofts
Websitesealsandcrofts.com

Seals and Crofts were an American soft rock duo made up of James Eugene Seals (October 17, 1942 – June 6, 2022)[1][2][a] and Darrell George "Dash" Crofts (born August 14, 1938)[5] They are best known for their hits "Summer Breeze" (1972), "Diamond Girl" (1973), and "Get Closer" (1976), each of which peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Both Seals and Crofts were publicly outspoken advocates for the Baháʼí Faith. Though the duo disbanded in 1981, they reunited briefly in 1989–1992, and again in 2004, when they released their final album, Traces.[6] Seals and his younger brother, the charting singer-songwriter "England" Dan Seals, later performed publicly together as Seals & Seals.[7]

  1. ^ Genzlinger, Neil (June 7, 2022). "Jim Seals, Half of Harmonious Duo On 'Summer Breeze,' Is Dead at 79". The New York Times. p. B11. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  2. ^ Sweeting, Adam (June 10, 2022). "Jim Seals obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
  3. ^ Granberry, Michael (June 7, 2022). "Texan Jim Seals of the 1970s hit duo Seals & Crofts dies at 80". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  4. ^ "Jim Seals, of 1970s soft-rock duo Seals and Crofts, dies at 80". The Washington Post. June 8, 2022. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  5. ^ Hall, Michael (January 22, 2020). "The Secret Oil Patch Roots of 'Summer Breeze'". Texas Monthly. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  6. ^ Huey, Steve. "Seals & Crofts – Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
  7. ^ "Seals and Seals - Dan Seals Memorial". SealsandSeals.com. 2011. Archived from the original on August 25, 2011. Retrieved October 14, 2016.


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