(This site is a fan page dedicated to Seals and Crofts. It was created by a fan who wishes to share their music and message with the myspace world.)
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 to the Bahá'í Faith, a worldwide Faith that inspired much of their music. (www.bahai.org)
Seals and Crofts 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.
After a long and successful run of recordings in the 1970s, with hits like Summer Breeze, Hummingbird, Diamond Girl, We May Never Pass This Way Again and Get Closer, the two set aside music for a while. They held a short reunion tour in 1991-1992 and appeared at several Bahá'í gatherings. Crofts lived in Mexico, Australia and then Nashville, playing country music and making occasional hit singles. Seals moved to Costa Rica and has lived on a coffee farm since 1980. Recently he and his brother Dan Seals united as Seals and Seals and continued sharing their music with the world. You can visit their site at www.sealsandseals.com
Video with President of Warner Bros. Fiddle music & hit song Hummingbird
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My very first concert was in 1976 at the age of 13 when my father took me to see Seals And Crofts w/ Billy Joel. My father passed away 2 weeks ago. He was my hero, my rock, and his passing has left me numb with grief. Hearing your music brings back wonderful memories of the special times my father and I shared so many years ago. You were my favorite artists back then, and even more so when I hear your classic tracks again today.
PEACEful greets,Seals and Crofts, sirs. Thank you guys so very much for being my new friends. God bless you guys real good. Take good care of yourselves there now then. We love you guys.
Seals and Crofts dearest: Stopping by your site as usual and I just couldn't help listening to your sweet songs again, it's amazing how fresh and new they still sound to my ears, after forty years are gone. Your vocals so tuneful and melodies so skilfully worked out, Seals' acoustic guitars and Crofts' mandolin picks enhance the songs and make the show. It would be a very hard task having to pick out just two songs as best-loved, so please, with your kind consent, I'd like to opt for three: "Summer Breeze", "Ruby Jean and Billy Lee",and "Forever like a rose". We must stick together, love and support one another, thus my asking you to listen to my forthcoming CD "Nas quebradas do sertão", a record abounding in provincial music, my roots, to be out next month. A brotherly embrace from your Brazilian admirer, ever,
Thank you for the add. As many have said already, their music weas a large influende and part of my life and soothed me at a very difficult time in my life. I never knew what happened to them or why they seperated but the seperation saddened me so. For me, they are sorely missed. Though they have seperated they, as a group, live on in my heart. Their music are intricately entwined in my memories, good and bad. Thanks for putting this site together.
