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Seals, together with musical partner Darrell “Dash” Crofts, was best known for hits such as “Summer Breeze,” “Diamond Girl” and “Get Closer.”

45 years ago today, Dan Seals and Dash Crofts – known collectively as Seals & Crofts – released the album that would serve both as their commercial breakthrough and, indeed, the defining album of their entire career. Produced by Louie Shelton, who had also helmed the duo’s previous album, 1971’s YEAR OF SUNDAY, a.k.a. their Warner Brothers Records debut, SUMMER BREEZE proved so much more successful than its predecessor that a man-on-the-street poll would almost certainly find that most people think it’s actually their debut album. In fact, they’d been recording as a duo since 1969, which is

46 years ago today, Jim Seals and Dash Crofts officially became the proud owners of a gold record, courtesy of the album that contains the duo’s signature song…and if you’ve read this far and still can’t guess what that song is, then you really need to work on getting better at picking up context clues. Contrary to what many of the duo’s casual fans may think, Seals and Crofts didn’t start their career with the SUMMER BREEZE album. In fact, they’d already been around for a few years by that point, having released a trio of albums during that time: their self-titled debut (1969), DOWN HOME

40 years ago this week, the title track of Seals & Crofts’ fifth studio album made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100. Like the majority of their material, the jazz-influenced “Diamond Girl” was written by Jim Seals and Dash Crofts. Alan Bershaw of Paste Magazine described the song as “the infectious title track” of the album, praising the way that its lyrics are “skillfully depicting the love for a woman or a commitment to God, depending on how one interprets them.” (The latter aspect is no surprise, given that the duo was famously affiliated with the Baha'i faith.) “Diamond Girl” was another

48 years ago today, Jim Seals and Dash Crofts officially became the proud owners of a gold record, courtesy of the album that contains the duo’s signature song…and if you’ve read this far and still can’t guess what that song is, then you really need to work on getting better at picking up context clues. Contrary to what many of the duo’s casual fans may think, Seals and Crofts didn’t start their career with the SUMMER BREEZE album. In fact, they’d already been around for a few years by that point, having released a trio of albums during that time: their self-titled debut (1969), DOWN HOME

James 'Jim' Seals and Darrell 'Dash' Crofts, better known as Seals and Crofts, enjoyed two Hot 100 hits before they arrived at the California Jam in April 1974. At the show, they played alongside the likes of Black Sabbath and the Eagles, not to mention a TV audience of over 200,000. Here are the tracks they played that day in Ontario.

Given the sales figures, it’s a fair bet that most people who’ve invested in a Seals & Crofts album for their collection in recent years have gone with the duo’s greatest-hits collection, but if you’ve ever toyed with the idea of digging a little bit deeper into the career of the guys who brought you “Summer Breeze,” now’s your big chance: this week marks the release of an Original Album Series set by Seals and Crofts, one which collects the duo’s studio output from 1972 through 1976. Now, we realize that your instinct is probably to think, “Well, surely that must cover all of their hits,” but

Donny Hathaway’s EXTENSION OF A MAN, Hot Tuna’s BURGERS, Roberta Flack’s KILLING ME SOFTLY and Seals & Croft’s SUMMER BREEZE. All Titles To Be Issued On Blu-ray With Quadraphonic And ​Hi-Res ​Stereo​