Jim Seals

2022 - 6 - 8

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Summer Breeze singer Jim Seals dies aged 80 (BBC News)

The musician was part of the US duo Seals and Crofts, whose other hits included Diamond Girl.

Seals' cousin, Brady Seals of the country band Little Texas, added: "My heart just breaks for his wife Ruby and their children. "We were trying to say, 'This is an important issue,' that life is precious and that we don't know enough about these things yet to make a judgment. They sought to reflect those beliefs in their music - which was calmer and more meditative than the noisy excesses of their rock peers. His brother Dan died in 2009 What an incredible legacy he leaves behind." It was banned by several radio stations, while embraced by others, but essentially stalled their career.

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Jim Seals, of soft-rock duo Seals and Crofts, dead at 80 - CNN (CNN)

Jim Seals, one half of 1970s soft-rock duo Seals and Crofts, has died at the age of 80, according to his family.

I am very sad over this but I have some of the best memories of all of us together." We toured together, he and Dash invited us to sing on Seals and Crofts records, and we played with him for years." , Seals' relative Brady Seals -- himself a singer-songwriter -- wrote: "I just learned that James 'Jimmy' Seals has passed.

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Jim Seals of Seals and Crofts dies aged 80 (NME.com)

Jim Seals, of soft rock duo Seals and Crofts, has died at the age of 80. The cause of death is as yet unknown.

It was banned by a number of radio stations. They eventually became Seals and Crofts and by 1972 had their first major hit ‘Summer Breeze’, which sold over a million copies. Both from Texas, Seals and Darrell George “Dash” Crofts had known each other since they were teenagers. Brady Seals, member of country band Little Texas and Seals’ cousin, wrote on Instagram: “I just learned that James ‘Jimmy’ Seals has passed. He belonged to a group that was one of a kind. Seals’ death was announced on Tuesday (June 7), with musician John Ford Coley writing on Facebook: “This is a hard one on so many levels as this is a musical era passing for me.

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Jim Seals, of the 1970s group Seals and Crofts, dies aged 80 (Far Out Magazine)

Jim Seals, the lead vocalist of the '70s soft rock duo Seals and Crofts, passed away at the age of 80 on Monday, June 6th due to an unknown cause.

The song was banned and led to protests since it definitely had a negative impact on the struggle for women’s rights. He belonged to a group that was one of a kind. Songs such as ‘Summer Breeze,’ ‘Diamond Girl’ and ‘Get Closer’ had a definitive impact on the soft rock wave during that period and influenced other contemporaries.

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Jim Seals of duo Seals and Crofts dead at 80 (WOKV)

NEW YORK — Jim Seals, who rose to fame in the 1970s as a member of the soft rock duo Seals and Crofts, died Monday, multiple news outlets are reporting.

“He belonged to a group that was one of a kind,” Coley wrote in a “I just learned that James ‘Jimmy’ Seals has passed,” Brady Seals wrote in an According to The Associated Press and Variety, Seals’ cousin Brady Seals, formerly of the band Little Texas, and John Ford Coley, who had been part of a duo with Seals’ brother, Dan “England Dan” Seals, were among those who took to social media to share the news.

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Jim Seals of Seals and Crofts, with hits like 'Summer Breeze,' dead ... (al.com)

Jim Seals of Seals and Crofts died Monday at 80. Seals, together with musical partner Darrell “Dash” Crofts, was best known for hits such as “Summer Breeze ...

They ranked among a wave of soft-rock groups of the era, including Hall & Oates, America and Bread, as well as England Dan & John Ford Coley. “I just learned that James ‘Jimmy’ Seals has passed,” he posted. No cause of death was immediately given.

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Jim Seals of Soft-Rock Duo Seals and Crofts Dead at 80 (TMZ)

Jim's sister-in-law, Flo Seals, tells TMZ ... he died Monday evening at his home outside Nashville. She says Jim had several health issues, primarily with his ...

Eddie says, his music was the most important thing he gave to the world and that will be remembered forever. Seals & Crofts Singer Jim Seals Dead at 80 Jim Seals of Soft-Rock Duo Seals and Crofts Dead at 80

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Jim Seals, of 1970s soft-rock duo Seals and Crofts, dies at 80 (The Washington Post)

He and his musical partner Dash Crofts had major hits with "Summer Breeze " and "Diamond Girl."

We just decided that it was a good time, after a long run at it, to lie back and not totally commit ourselves to that kind of thing.” “It was the only thing I’d heard that made sense to me, so I responded to it,” Mr. Seals told the Los Angeles Times in 1991. “Around 1980,” Mr. Seals told the Los Angeles Times in 1991, “we were still drawing 10,000 to 12,000 people at concerts. Seals and Crofts stirred controversy in 1974 by recording an anti abortion song, “Unborn Child,” in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Mr. Seals also performed on occasion with his brother Dan, who died in 2009. Another of their tunes, “Get Closer,” sung with Carolyn Willis, was a Top 10 hit in 1976.

Jim Seals of '70s group Seals and Crofts dies at age 80 (TheSpec.com)

NEW YORK—Jim Seals, who teamed with fellow musician “Dash" Crofts on such 1970s soft-rock hits as “Summer Breeze," “Diamond Girl" and “We May Never Pass ...

Wade Supreme Court decision and was banned by some radio stations. He belonged to a group that was one of a kind." “And it will never pass this way again as his song said.

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