Seals and Crofts

Seals & Crofts are a soft rock duo, which became known in the early 1970s, particularly through their hit Summer Breeze.

History

Jim Seals ( born October 17, 1941) and Darrell " Dash " Crofts ( born August 14, 1940) made ​​in the mid- 1950s in Texas music in various formations before they reached in 1958 with the band The Champs, just came up with a big tequila had hit.

1966, the Champs dissolved. Dash Crofts returned to Texas, Jimmy Seals formed the band The Dawnbreakers, but was unsuccessful.

The early 1970s, the two came back together as a duo and in the fall of 1972 they had their first Hitnotierung with Summer Breeze. There followed a number of hits to 1978 in the style of Crosby, Stills and Nash and America, played with zweistimmigem vocals and most sparsely instrumented. Seals played guitar, saxophone and violin, guitar and mandolin Crofts. In her song Get Closer ( 1976) Carolyn Willis sang, which was earlier successfully with the band Honey Cone, the female voice.

Then they lost their record deal with Warner and withdrew for a time from the music business. Both were 1969 Bahai and now devoted to this religion, which was henceforth also the subject of their songs. Crofts lived in Mexico, Australia and Nashville, where he later made ​​country music and thus had some hit singles. Jim Seals went to Costa Rica and has lived there since 1980, on a coffee farm.

In 2003, both came together for a comeback and released their first album in more than 20 years. An extensive tour of the United States joined in 2004 and 2005.

Discography

LPs

  • Seals & Crofts, 1969
  • Down Home 1970
  • Year of Sunday
  • Summer Breeze 1972
  • Diamond Girl, 1973
  • I And II, 1974
  • Unborn Child, 1974
  • I'll Play For You, 1975
  • Greatest Hits, 1975
  • Get Closer 1976
  • Sudan Village, 1976 ( Live)
  • One On One, 1977 ( Soundtrack)
  • Takin ' It Easy, 1978
  • Collection, 1979
  • The Longest Road, 1980
  • Traces, 2003

Singles

  • Summer Breeze (1972 U.S. # 6 )
  • Hummingbird (1972 U.S. No. 20 )
  • Diamond Girl ( 1973 U.S. space 6)
  • We May Never Pass This Way Again (1973 U.S. # 21 )
  • Unborn Child (1974 U.S. # 66 )
  • I'll Play For You (1975 U.S. # 30 )
  • Get Closer (1976 U.S. # 6 )
  • My Fair Share (1977 U.S. # 28 )
  • You're the Love (1978 U.S. No. 18 )
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