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Seals and Crofts are Jim Seals (17 October 1941) and Dash Crofts (14 August 1940), a popular soft rock duo in the early 1970s, best-known for their hit “Summer Breeze”.

Jim Seals and Dash Crofts were both born in Texas. They first met when Crofts was a drummer for a local band. Later, Seals joined a band called Dean Beard and the Crew Cuts where he played guitar; later on Crofts joined the band. With Beard, they moved to Los Angeles to join The Champs. In 1958, Seals and Crofts toured with The Champs. After the success of their number one Latin rock instrumental hit “Tequila”, the pair returned to Los Angeles to work as session musicians.

In 1962, Jimmy Seals, Dash Crofts, Glen Campbell, and Jerry Cole left The Champs to form a band named “Glen Campbell and the GCs” which played at The Crossbow in Van Nuys, CA. The band only lasted a couple of years before the members went their separate ways. Crofts returned to Texas and Seals joined a band named “The Dawnbreakers” (a reference to a book by the same name). Crofts eventually returned to California to join The Dawnbreakers. However, The Dawnbreakers turned out to be unsuccessful. Crofts married fellow Dawnbreaker Billie Lee Day in 1969, and both Seals and Crofts were introduced and converted to the Bahá’í Faith.
After the failure with The Dawnbreakers, the two decided to play as a duo, with Seals on guitar, saxophone and violin, and Crofts on guitar and mandolin. They signed a contract with Talent Associates and released two LPs, which were largely ignored. The pair signed a new contract with Warner Bros. Records in 1971. Their first album with their new label was also unsuccessful, but their second album, Summer Breeze charted at #7 in 1972.
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  • UNDERSCOAR

    v They're too awesome for most people's retarded taste in music, that's why.

    March 2012

  • BWoolmore

    sad that these guys seem to be all but forgotten; why?

    February 2012

  • saveiro007

    One On One

    November 2011

  • leviburner

    Summer breeze rocks. My dad told me about this song and now I just love this style of music. I still like new songs but they lack talent. When I listen to older music I get to really here good songs that took skill to play and perform.

    November 2011

  • Edge0fGlory

    This is music my parents played me throughout my childhood and I adore it so much. Sad to see that they get so little listeners.

    October 2011

  • nt210

    great music.

    April 2011

  • davidgeorgea

    A nice one this .My first listen to this band

    October 2010

  • bronwyn_west

    East of Ginger Trees & Hummingbird *sigh* SO GOOD.

    September 2010
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