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American soft rock duo

Seals and Crofts
Seals (left) and Crofts in 1975
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California
Genres	Soft rock, popular stone, folk rock
Years agile	1969–1980, 1991–1992, 2004
Labels	Warner Bros., Wounded Bird
Associated acts	The Champs
Website	sealsandcrofts.com
Past members	James Seals Darrell Crofts

Seals and Crofts were an American soft rock duo made upwardly of James Eugene "Jim" Seals (born October 17, 1941) and Darrell George "Nuance" Crofts (built-in August fourteen, 1938). They are best known for their hits "Summer Breeze" (1972), "Diamond Daughter" (1973), and "Become Closer" (1976), each of which peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Both members have long been public advocates of the Baháʼí Faith. Though the duo disbanded in 1980, they reunited briefly in 1991–1992, and once again in 2004, when they released their final anthology, Traces.^[1]

Early careers [edit]

Jim Seals and Dash Crofts were both born in Texas, Seals in Sidney and Crofts in Cisco. They first met when Crofts was a drummer for a local band. Later, Seals joined an outfit called Dean Beard and the Crew Cats, in which he played sax; subsequently on, Crofts joined Seals in the band. With Bristles, they moved to Los Angeles to join the Champs, merely the two did so only after the group's "Tequila" reached No. ane in 1958. Seals also spent fourth dimension during 1959 in the touring band of Eddie Cochran.

Seals had a composition ("Information technology's Never Besides Late") recorded by Brenda Lee in 1961, which featured as the B-side of her U.S. Billboard No. half dozen single, "Y'all Can Depend on Me". "It's Never Too Late" nevertheless reached No. 101 on Billboard and No. 100 on Cash Box (week catastrophe April 8, 1961)^[2] in its ain right. In the UK, the sides were switched when the single was released, merely the single failed to make the UK Singles Chart (at that time only a Top 50 listing).

By 1963, Seals, Crofts, Glen Campbell and Jerry Cole left the Champs to grade a band named Glen Campbell and the GCs, which played at The Crossbow in Van Nuys, California. The band lasted only 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 The Dawn-Breakers, a volume nearly the beginnings of the Baha'i Faith). Crofts somewhen returned to California to team up with Seals once again, in the Dawnbreakers, and thus both Seals and Crofts were introduced to and became members of the Baháʼí Organized religion. Later on becoming longtime adherents of Baha'i, a number of their songs began to include references to and passages from Baha'i scriptures. When they appeared in concert, they often remained on stage later the performance to talk most the faith, while local Baha'is passed out literature to anyone interested.^[three]

Every bit Seals and Crofts [edit]

After the failure of The Dawnbreakers, the two decided to play every bit a duo, with Seals on guitar, saxophone and violin and Crofts on guitar and mandolin. They signed a contract with the record sectionalisation of Talent Assembly (TA) in 1969 and released two LPs, of which only the second reached the Billboard 200 chart, peaking at No. 122 in October 1970. Crofts married fellow Dawnbreaker Billie Lee Twenty-four hours in 1969 and Seals married Scarlet Jean Anderson in 1970. The pair signed a new contract with Warner Bros. Records in August 1971.^[4] Their first album with their new label did not break into the charts only their second album Summer Breeze charted at No. 7 in 1972. The tape sold over i 1000000 copies and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in Dec 1972.^[5]

In 1973 Warner Brothers released Diamond Daughter. The album, also a gilt seller, was the peak of their success. The title song reached No. six on the charts in July 1973 and was followed by "We May Never Pass This Way (Again)", which topped out at No. 21.

The controversial Unborn Kid followed in 1974. Written shortly after Roe v. Wade, Seals & Crofts expressed their anti-abortion position in the title song, which created a huge dilemma for radio stations. Some stations banned it while others played it repeatedly. The album still went gold despite the controversy and the lack of a Height xl hitting.

The duo played at the California Jam festival in Ontario, California, on April 6, 1974. Attracting over 200,000 fans, the concert put them alongside 1970s acts such as Black Sabbath; Eagles; Emerson, Lake & Palmer; Deep Purple; Earth, Wind & Fire; Black Oak Arkansas; and Rare Earth. Portions of the show were telecast on ABC Television in the Usa, exposing the duo to a wider audience.

1975'south I'll Play for You was a gold seller every bit well, featuring the No. 18 hit title track, and their multi-platinum selling Greatest Hits, released later the same year, was their almost successful album.

The duo then had a strong render to the charts with the song "Go Closer", the title track from their 1976 album. Carolyn Willis (from the R&B vocal grouping Honey Cone) sang the bridge and information technology peaked at No. 6 in July of that year. Willis as well joined them for their 1976 tour, which resulted in the live album Sudan Hamlet.

The twosome as well recorded songs that appeared in the feature films One on I (1977) and Foolin' Around (1980), as well as the song "First Years" that was the theme vocal to the debut (1978–79) season of the television serial The Paper Hunt.

1978's Takin' It Easy featured the 2 branching out and experimenting with other types of sounds, including the disco influenced "You're the Love", which reached No. xviii. Only their gold selling days were behind them by this signal.

In 1979 they contributed to the anthology Lote Tree, which was a narrated history of their Baháʼí Faith that included songs past them and other artists. Merely it was distributed only within Baháʼí media outlets.

The Longest Route, released in 1980, was their final for Warner Brothers.

Hiatus and reunions [edit]

In 1980, after a long and successful run of recordings in the 1970s, the ii were dropped from Warner Brothers. Every bit a result, they decided to take a hiatus from music. During the 1980s, despite no longer being officially together as a duo, they continued to appear at several Baháʼí gatherings, including a world peace concert at the Baháʼí Center in Los Angeles for the picture show and music community in February 1989. Afterwards this, they fabricated the rounds of Canadian radio stations and some American talk shows to promote the Baháʼí Peace Document.

Crofts lived in Mexico, Commonwealth of australia, and then Nashville, Tennessee, playing country music and making occasional hit singles. He currently resides on a ranch in the Texas Hill Country. Seals moved to Costa Rica and has lived on a coffee subcontract off and on since 1980, besides equally in Nashville and southern Florida.

In 1991 Seals and Crofts officially reunited and made concert appearances in one case again until disbanding again a year later.

In 1998 Crofts released a solo CD titled Today, which independent some re-recordings of Seals and Crofts cloth.

In 2004 the duo reunited again and recorded their first new album since 1980, released as Traces.

In the early 2000s up to 2008, Seals embarked on various tours with his brother Dan ("England" Dan Seals, of England Dan & John Ford Coley), billing themselves as Seals & Seals and performing their successful hits from Seals & Crofts and England Dan & John Ford Coley, Dan'due south hits from his solo career and a few original songs written between the 2 brothers. A few shows featured Jim's sons Joshua on bass guitar and backing vocals and Sutherland on electric guitar.^[6]

Seals and Crofts were instrumental in England Dan and John Ford Coley condign adherents to the Baha'i Faith,^[7] some 28 years before Coley became a Christian.^[8] Dan Seals died of cancer in 2009. At the fourth dimension of his death, Dan and Jim Seals had been working on songs together.^[9] The condition of those recordings is unknown.

In December 2010 the bandmates' daughters Juliet (Seals) Crossley and Amelia (Crofts) Dailey, along with Genevieve (Bogan) Dozier, girl of Seals and Crofts engineer Joey Bogan, formed a musical trio called The Bustling Birds.^[10] They released their cocky titled EP The Bustling Birds in September 2012.

In 2018 Brady Seals (Jim's cousin) and Lua Crofts (Dash's daughter) began touring as Seals and Crofts 2, performing the catalog of Seals and Crofts, as well as some new music.^[11]

Discography [edit]

Albums [edit]

• Seals & Crofts, 1969, No. 64 Canada Jul. 1970^[12]
• Down Habitation, 1970, No. 74 Canada Dec. 1970^[thirteen]
• Year of Sunday, 1971, No. 133
• Summer Breeze, 1972, No. seven (RIAA: 2× Platinum), No. vi Tin. Jan. 73^[xiv]
• Diamond Girl, 1973, No. four (RIAA: Gold), No. 8 Can. Sep. 73^[15]
• Unborn Child, 1974, No. 14 (RIAA: Gold), No. 18 Can. April. 74^[sixteen]
• Seals & Crofts I & II, 1974, No. 69 Can. Sep. 74^[17]
• I'll Play for Y'all, 1975, No. 30 (RIAA: Gold), No. 31 Can. Jun. 75^[18]
• Greatest Hits, 1975, No. 11 (RIAA: ii× Platinum), No. 8 Can. Jan. 76^[19]
• Go Closer, 1976, No. 37 (RIAA: Gold), No. 25 Can. Aug. 76^[20]
• Sudan Village, 1976, No. 73, No. 90 Can. January. 77^[21]
• 1 on One (soundtrack), 1977, No. 118
• Takin' It Piece of cake, 1978, No. 78, No. 45 Can. Jul. 78^[22]
• Lote Tree, 1979
• Drove, 1979
• The Longest Road, 1980
• Traces, 2004

Singles [edit]

Yr	Single	Peak chart positions			Album
		US [23]	US Air conditioning	AUS[24]
1971	"When I Encounter Them"	104	—	—	Twelvemonth of Sunday
1972	"Summer Breeze"	vi	four	16	Summer Cakewalk
1973	"Hummingbird"	xx	12	—
	"Diamond Girl"	6	4	57	Diamond Girl
	"We May Never Pass This Way (Again)"	21	2	29
1974	"Unborn Child"	66	—	—	Unborn Child
	"The Male monarch of Zip"	lx	26	—
1975	"I'll Play for You"	18	iv	55	I'll Play for You
	"Castles in the Sand"	—	21	—
1976	"Baby I'll Give Information technology to You"	58	fourteen	—	Sudan Village
	"Become Closer" (featuring Carolyn Willis)	6	two	77	Get Closer
1977	"Goodbye Quondam Buddies"	—	10	—
	"My Fair Share"	28	11	—	1 on One soundtrack
1978	"Y'all're the Love"	18	2	—	Takin' It Like shooting fish in a barrel
	"Takin' It Easy"	79	—	—
1980	"First Beloved"	—	37	—	Longest Road
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Songs in movies [edit]

• "These Moments Never Live Again", from Foolin' Around (1980)
• "My Fair Share" from One on I (1977)
• "Summer Breeze" from Dazed and Confused (1993)
• "Summer Breeze" from Male monarch of California (2007)
• "Summer Breeze" from State of the Lost (2009)
• "Summer Breeze" from Holiday (2015)

See also [edit]

• "England" Dan Seals, Jim Seals' brother, was besides a successful recording artist, first in the popular duo England Dan & John Ford Coley, and afterwards as a country music artist.
• Troy Seals, land music artist, a cousin of Jim Seals.
• Brady Seals, a cousin of Jim Seals, frontman of the country groups Picayune Texas and Hot Apple Pie.

References [edit]

1. ^ Steve Huey. "Seals & Crofts – Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
2. ^ Randy Price. "Greenbacks Box Acme 100 Singles: week ending Apr 8, 1961". Cashboxmagazine.com. Retrieved Apr 16, 2017.
3. ^ Steve Huey. "Seals & Crofts – Biography". Pandora Music. Retrieved September twenty, 2010.
4. ^ "S&C Sign". Sounds. Spotlight Publications. Baronial 28, 1971. p. 2.
5. ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 320. ISBN0-214-20512-6.
6. ^ "Seals and Seals". Sealsandcrofts.com . Retrieved Oct 26, 2017.
7. ^ Casey Kasem, American Acme 40, July 30, 1977.
8. ^ John Ford Coley (March 5, 2013). Backstage Laissez passer. Keegan Music Publishing. ISBN978-0578031354.
9. ^ Nelson, Valerie (March 27, 2009). "Dan Seals dies at 61; one-half of the pop duo England Dan and John Ford Coley". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved March 27, 2015.
10. ^ "Unity Banquet, drops of ane body of water, leaves of ane tree: The Humming Birds". Unityfeast.org . Retrieved December 2, 2015.
11. ^ ://desmoinesperformingarts.org/news/the-legacy-lives-on-seals-crofts-2-comin/
12. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums – August 1, 1970" (PDF).
13. ^ "RPM Superlative 100 Albums – Dec v, 1970" (PDF).
14. ^ "RPM Meridian 100 Albums – January 20, 1973" (PDF).
15. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums – September eight, 1973" (PDF).
16. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums – April xx, 1974" (PDF).
17. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums – September 21, 1974" (PDF).
18. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums – June 21, 1975" (PDF).
19. ^ "RPM Tiptop 100 Albums – Jan 10, 1976" (PDF).
20. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums – August 28, 1976" (PDF).
21. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums – January 22, 1977" (PDF).
22. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums – July 29, 1978" (PDF).
23. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955–2010. Record Research, Inc. p. 792. ISBN978-0-89820-188-8.
24. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, Northward.S.W.: Australian Nautical chart Book. p. 267. ISBN0-646-11917-6.

Bibliography [edit]

• George-Warren, H. (ed.) The Rolling Rock Encyclopedia of Rock & Curl, 3rd ed., Fireside, New York, 2001.
• Landau, Deborah. "Introducing Seals and Crofts", Stereo Review, January 1971.

External links [edit]

• Official website
• Seals and Crofts: Pop Troubadours site

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seals_and_Crofts

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