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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>Seals & Crofts</b> waren ein <a href="Softrock" title="Softrock">Softrock</a>-<a href="Duo_(Musik)" class="mw-redirect" title="Duo (Musik)">Duo</a>, das in den frühen 1970er-Jahren insbesondere durch seinen Hit <i>Summer Breeze</i> bekannt wurde. Es bestand aus James Eugene „Jim“ Seals (* <a href="17._Oktober" title="17. Oktober">17. Oktober</a> <a href="1942" title="1942">1942</a>; † <a href="6._Juni" title="6. Juni">6. Juni</a> <a href="2022" title="2022">2022</a>) und Darrell George „Dash“ Crofts (* <a href="14._August" title="14. August">14. August</a> <a href="1940" title="1940">1940</a>).
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<p>Jim Seals und Dash Crofts machten schon Mitte der 1950er in <a href="Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> Musik in verschiedenen Formationen, bevor sie 1958 zu der Band <a href="The_Champs" title="The Champs">The Champs</a> gelangten, die gerade mit <i>Tequila</i> einen großen Hit hatte. 1966 lösten sich die Champs auf. Crofts ging zurück nach Texas, Seals gründete die Band The Dawnbreakers, die jedoch erfolglos blieb.
</p><p>Anfang der 1970er Jahre kamen die beiden wieder als Duo zusammen, und im Herbst 1972 hatten sie mit <i>Summer Breeze</i> ihre erste Hitnotierung. Es folgten etliche Hits bis 1978 im Stil von <a href="Crosby%2C_Stills_and_Nash" title="Crosby, Stills and Nash">Crosby, Stills and Nash</a> und <a href="America_(Band)" title="America (Band)">America</a>, vorgetragen mit zweistimmigem Gesang und meist spärlich instrumentiert. Seals spielte <a href="Gitarre" title="Gitarre">Gitarre</a>, <a href="Saxophon" title="Saxophon">Saxophon</a> und <a href="Violine" title="Violine">Violine</a>, Crofts Gitarre und <a href="Mandoline" title="Mandoline">Mandoline</a>. Bei ihrem Song <i>Get Closer</i> (1976) sang Carolyn Willis mit, die früher mit der Band <a href="Honey_Cone" title="Honey Cone">Honey Cone</a> erfolgreich war.
</p><p>Danach verloren sie ihren Plattenvertrag bei <a href="Warner_Music_Group" title="Warner Music Group">Warner</a> und zogen sich eine Zeit lang aus dem Musikgeschäft zurück. Beide wurden 1969 <a href="Bahai" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahai">Bahai</a> und widmeten sich nun dieser Religion, die fortan auch zum Gegenstand ihrer Songs wurde. 2003 kamen sie für ein <a href="Comeback" title="Comeback">Comeback</a> zusammen und veröffentlichten das erste Album seit mehr als 20 Jahren. 2004 und 2005 tourten sie durch <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">Vereinigten Staaten</a>.
</p><p>Crofts lebte in <a href="Mexiko" title="Mexiko">Mexiko</a>, <a href="Australien" title="Australien">Australien</a> und <a href="Nashville" title="Nashville">Nashville</a>, wo er <a href="Country-Musik" title="Country-Musik">Country-Musik</a> machte und einige Hit-Singles hatte. Jim Seals ging nach <a href="Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a> und lebte dort ab 1980 auf einer Kaffeefarm. Er starb im Juni 2022 im Alter von 79 Jahren in Nashville an den Folgen einer chronischen Erkrankung.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_obit_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_obit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diskografie">Diskografie</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alben">Alben</h3></div>
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<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a></span>4 <div class="charts-certc"><div class="charts-cert"><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span></div><span class="charts-certt">Gold<i></i></span></div><br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(77 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: April 1973</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" class="charts-yy">1974
</td>
<td>Unborn Child
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a></span>14 <div class="charts-certc"><div class="charts-cert"><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span></div><span class="charts-certt">Gold<i></i></span></div><br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(34 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: 8. Februar 1974</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Seals & Crofts I & II
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a></span>81<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(12 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" class="charts-yy">1975
</td>
<td>I’ll Play For You
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a></span>30 <div class="charts-certc"><div class="charts-cert"><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span></div><span class="charts-certt">Gold<i></i></span></div><br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(23 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: März 1975</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Greatest Hits
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a></span>11 <div class="charts-certc"><div class="charts-cert"><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span><div class="charts-certn">×2</div></div><span class="charts-certt">Doppelplatin<i></i></span></div><br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(54 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" class="charts-yy">1976
</td>
<td>Get Closer
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a></span>37 <div class="charts-certc"><div class="charts-cert"><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span></div><span class="charts-certt">Gold<i></i></span></div><br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(29 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: Mai 1976</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Sudan Village
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a></span>73<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(10 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: Dezember 1976<br>Livealbum</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1977
</td>
<td>One On One
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a></span>118<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(7 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: September 1977<br>Soundtrack</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1978
</td>
<td>Takin’ It Easy
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a></span>78<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(13 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: April 1978</div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<p><b>Weitere Alben</b>
</p>
<ul><li>1969: <i>Seals & Crofts</i></li>
<li>1979: <i>Lote Tree</i></li>
<li>1979: <i>Collection</i></li>
<li>1980: <i>The Longest Road</i></li>
<li>2004: <i>Traces</i></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singles">Singles</h3></div>
<table class="wikitable charts-table charts-stickyhead charts-zebragrey" style="text-align:center;">
<tbody><tr>
<th style="width:25px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Jahr
</th>
<th style="width:250px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Titel<br><span style="font-size:smaller;font-style:italic;">Album</span>
</th>
<th class="charts-th" colspan="1"><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="charts-hidm charts-certc"><span class="charts-certt">Höchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, Auszeichnung<i></i></span>Charts</span><span class="charts-monl">Chartplatzierungen</span><sup id="cite_ref-charts_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charts-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span><span class="charts-monl charts-mh"><br>(Jahr, Titel, <i>Album</i>, Platzierungen, Wochen, Auszeichnungen, Anmerkungen)</span>
</th>
<th style="width:320px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Anmerkungen
</th></tr>
<tr class="charts-trh">
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="US"></a></span> <a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a>
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1972
</td>
<td>Summer Breeze<br><span class="charts-add">Summer Breeze</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>6<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(18 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: Juni 1972</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="3" class="charts-yy">1973
</td>
<td>Hummingbird<br><span class="charts-add">Summer Breeze</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>20<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(13 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: 3. Januar 1973</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Diamond Girl<br><span class="charts-add">Diamond Girl</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>6<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(18 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: 14. Mai 1973</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>We May Never Pass This Way (Again)<br><span class="charts-add">Diamond Girl</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>21<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(12 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: 11. September 1973</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" class="charts-yy">1974
</td>
<td>Unborn Child<br><span class="charts-add">Unborn Child</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>66<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(8 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: 8. Februar 1974</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>The King of Nothing<br><span class="charts-add">Unborn Child</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>60<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(6 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: 19. Mai 1974</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1975
</td>
<td>I’ll Play for You<br><span class="charts-add">I’ll Play for You</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>18<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(15 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: 23. März 1975</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" class="charts-yy">1976
</td>
<td>Get Closer<br><span class="charts-add">Get Closer</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>6<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(26 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: 23. März 1976<br>feat. Carolyn Willis</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Baby I’ll Give It to You<br><span class="charts-add">Sudan Village</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>58<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(7 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: 6. Oktober 1976</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1977
</td>
<td>My Fair Share<br><span class="charts-add">One on One O.S.T.</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>28<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(15 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: 20. August 1977</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" class="charts-yy">1978
</td>
<td>You’re the Love<br><span class="charts-add">Takin’ It Easy</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>18<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(16 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: 24. März 1978</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Takin’ It Easy<br><span class="charts-add">Takin’ It Easy</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>79<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(3 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: 14. Mai 1978</div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<p><b>Weitere Singles</b>
</p>
<ul><li>1971: <i>When I Meet Them</i></li>
<li>1975: <i>Castles in the Sand</i></li>
<li>1977: <i>Goodbye Old Buddies</i></li>
<li>1980: <i>First Love</i></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Auszeichnungen_für_Musikverkäufe"><span id="Auszeichnungen_f.C3.BCr_Musikverk.C3.A4ufe"></span>Auszeichnungen für Musikverkäufe</h2></div>
<table class="toptextcells multicol" style="width:80%">
<tbody><tr>
<td>
<p><b><a href="Goldene_Schallplatte" title="Goldene Schallplatte">Platin-Schallplatte</a></b>
</p>
<ul><li><b><span style="display:none">Neuseeland</span><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="Neuseeland" title="Neuseeland"></a></span> <a href="Neuseeland" title="Neuseeland">Neuseeland</a></b>
<ul><li>2022: für die Single <i>Summer Breeze</i></li></ul></li></ul>
</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><span style="font-style:italic;font-size:smaller;">Anmerkung: Auszeichnungen in Ländern aus den Charttabellen bzw. Chartboxen sind in ebendiesen zu finden.</span>
</p>
<table class="wikitable charts-table charts-zebragrey sortable" style="max-width:100%">
<tbody><tr>
<th style="width:250px;" class="charts-th"><span class="charts-hidm">Land/Region</span><span class="charts-monl">Auszeichnungen für Musikverkäufe<br><span class="charts-mh">(Land/Region, Auszeichnungen, Verkäufe, Quellen)</span></span>
</th>
<th class="charts-trh" data-sort-type="number"><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> Gold</th>
<th class="charts-trh" data-sort-type="number"><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> Platin
</th>
<th style="width:90px;" class="charts-trh" data-sort-type="number">Verkäufe
</th>
<th class="unsortable charts-trh">Quellen
</th></tr>
<tr><td><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="Recorded_Music_NZ" title="Neuseeland (RMNZ)"></a></span> <a href="Recorded_Music_NZ" title="Recorded Music NZ">Neuseeland (RMNZ)</a></td><td class="charts-hidm" style="text-align:center"><span style="display:none">0! G</span>—</td><td data-sort-value="1" style="text-align:center"><span class="charts-monl"><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> Platin</span><span class="charts-hidm">1</span></td><td style="text-align:right">30.000</td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.radioscope.co.nz/2024/00/00/single-cert-search/">radioscope.co.nz</a></td></tr><tr><td><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Vereinigte Staaten (RIAA)"></a></span> <a href="Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Vereinigte Staaten (RIAA)</a></td><td data-sort-value="4" style="text-align:center"><span class="charts-monl"><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> 4× Gold</span><span class="charts-hidm">4</span></td><td data-sort-value="4" style="text-align:center"><span class="charts-monl"><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> 4× Platin</span><span class="charts-hidm">4</span></td><td style="text-align:right">6.000.000</td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Seals+%26+Crofts">riaa.com</a></td></tr>
<tr class="sortbottom charts-yelst" style="font-weight:bold;">
<td>Insgesamt
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;"><span class="charts-monl"><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> 4× Gold</span><span class="charts-hidm">4</span>
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;"><span class="charts-monl"><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> 5× Platin</span><span class="charts-hidm">5</span>
</td>
<td colspan="2">
</td></tr></tbody></table>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literatur">Literatur</h2></div>
<ul><li>Stambler, Irwin: <i>The Encyclopedia Of Pop, Rock And Soul</i>. 3. überarbeitete Auflage, New York City, New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1989, S. 602–604 – ISBN 0-312-02573-4.</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Weblinks">Weblinks</h2></div>
<div class="sisterproject" style="margin:0.1em 0 0 0;"><div class="noresize noviewer" style="display:inline-block; line-height:10px; min-width:1.6em; text-align:center;" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons"></span></span></div><b><span class=""><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Seals_and_Crofts?uselang=de"><span lang="en">Commons</span>: Seals & Crofts</a></span></b> – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien</div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sealsandcrofts.com">Seals & Crofts Website</a> (englisch)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/160904">Seals & Crofts</a> bei <a href="Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2702939/">Seals & Crofts</a> bei <a href="IMDb" title="IMDb">IMDb</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Einzelnachweise">Einzelnachweise</h2></div>
<ol class="references">
<li id="cite_note-NYT_obit-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-NYT_obit_1-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="Neil_Genzlinger" title="Neil Genzlinger">Neil Genzlinger</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/arts/music/jim-seals-dead.html"><i>Jim Seals, Half of a Popular 1970s Soft-Rock Duo, Dies at 79.</i></a> In: <a href="The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>, 7. Juni 2022, abgerufen am 8. Juni 2022 (englisch).</span>
</li>
<li id="cite_note-charts-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-charts_2-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-charts_2-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Chartquellen: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/seals-crofts/chart-history/">US</a></span>
</li>
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