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Dash Seals, half of nan singer-songwriter duo Seals & Crofts who had Top 10 soft-rock hits pinch “Summer Breeze,” “Diamond Girl” and “Get Closer,” has died. He was 85. The news was confirmed connected societal media by Louie Shelton, who produced nan pair’s biggest deed singles and albums. No different specifications were provided.
“Sad to perceive our woody relative and partner successful euphony has passed distant today,” Shelton wrote. “Sending emotion and prayers to each his family and galore fans. R.I.P. my brother.”
Born Darrell Crofts connected August 14, 1940 successful Cisco, Texas, he already was a euphony seasoned erstwhile he teamed pinch longtime off-and-on bandmate Jim Seals to shape Seals & Crofts successful 1969. They had met successful section bands during nan 1950s, and some moved to Los Angeles from Texas to subordinate nan Champs successful 1959. That group was basking disconnected nan revered No. 1 instrumental smash “Tequila,” and guitarist Glen Campbell besides joined nan set aft that hit.
By nan mid-’60s, Seals, Crofts, Campbell and different bandmate near nan Champs to shape nan short-lived Glen Campbell and nan GCs. After that group split, Seals and Crofts returned to nan Lone Star State and launched a caller band. But by 1969, some were backmost successful L.A. and inked a woody pinch Warner Bros. Records arsenic Seals & Crofts.
Summer Breeze was released successful September 1972, and its hooky title trim stormed into nan Top 10, peaking astatine No. 6 connected nan Billboard Hot 100. Follow-up azygous “Hummingbird” dented nan Top 20, helping to push nan LP to No. 7; it went Gold by Christmas and has sold much than 2 cardinal units successful nan U.S. Seals wrote each of nan album’s lyrics.
Seals & Crofts continued their basking streak nan pursuing twelvemonth with Diamond Girl. Its title trim besides peaked astatine No. 6, and nan LP deed No. 4 and became their 2nd consecutive Gold disc. Following nan Summer Breeze disc’s pattern, 2nd azygous “We May Never Pass This Way Again” peaked astatine No. 21.
Seals & Crofts performed connected The Midnight Special and Rock Concert successful 1973.
The duo continued to circuit and grounds done nan mid-’70s, but Seals & Crofts’ pop-single winning streak had ended by nan clip their Greatest Hits LP streeted successful clip for nan 1975 Christmas season. It reached No. 11 and would beryllium certified platinum a decade later.
The brace had 1 much large deed successful store. Their eighth workplace set, Get Closer, sent its title trim into nan Top 10 — coincidentally besides peaking astatine No. 6. The gentle opus besides features vocals by Carolyn Willis, who had scored a No, 1 azygous pinch Honey Cone’s “Want Ads” successful 1971.
Seals & Crofts released 3 much mid-charting albums earlier their 1980 set The Longest Road failed to chart, and they were dropped by Warner Bros. The longtime bandmates took a agelong hiatus aft that, reuniting concisely successful nan early ’90s.
In all, nan brace would amass 4 Gold and 2 Platinum albums.
The duo’s songs person appeared successful dozens of films and TV shows, pinch “Diamond Girl” playing successful past Paul Thomas Anderson Best Picture Oscar-nominated Licorice Pizza. “Summer Breeze” was featured successful 1993’s Dazed and Confused, and a sludgy screen by Type O Negative played complete nan opening credits of 1997’s I Know What You Did Last Summer.
Seals died successful 2022. His relative was “England” Dan Seals, who had 4 Top 10 pinch England Dan and John Ford Coley including nan smash “I’d Really Love to See You Tonight.”
