# RIP Jim Seals (Seals & Crofts) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death, music\ **Created:** [June 7, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jim-seals-seals-crofts/965828 "2022-06-07T19:03:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jim-seals-seals-crofts/965828/1 "2022-06-07T19:03:23Z")
[Jim Seals Dead: Seals and Crofts ‘Summer Breeze’ Singer Was 80 - Variety](https://variety.com/2022/music/obituaries-people-news/jim-seals-dead-seals-crofts-summer-breeze-soft-rock-1235286748/) A friend posted of his passing on Facebook, without citation. I told him I couldn’t find anything in the news about it, and he replied: > A musician friend heard the news from a musician friend of his, and shared on his timeline. > > Will be in the news soon. And now it is. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jim-seals-seals-crofts/965828/2 "2022-06-07T20:01:32Z")
Trivia: Jim’s brother, Dan Seals, is the “England Dan” of England Dan and John Ford Coley. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jim-seals-seals-crofts/965828/3 "2022-06-07T20:51:07Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > rivia: Jim’s brother, Dan Seals, is the “England Dan” of England Dan and John Ford Coley And I heard that it was Jim Seals who gave his brother the name “England Dan”. I could never remember if Dan Seals was England Dan or the Seals in Seals & Crofts. When I heard that it was Jim Seals who gave his brother the name, that is now how I remember which group Dan Seals was in. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jim-seals-seals-crofts/965828/4 "2022-06-07T22:34:50Z")
Dan and Jim were working on a album. It would have been the first time the brothers released music together. Just imagine the harmonies they could create. Dan died of Mantle cell lymphoma in 2009. I listen to his solo 80’s country hits regularly. AFAIK Jim never released the material he recorded with Dan. RIP Guys and thank you for the music. Site: [Pop Singer 'England Dan' Seals Dies From Cancer | Fox News](https://www.foxnews.com/story/pop-singer-england-dan-seals-dies-from-cancer) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jim-seals-seals-crofts/965828/5 "2022-06-07T23:35:12Z")
“Summer Breeze” and “Diamond Girl” were exemplary. Soft, pretty rock is just as fine as hard rock. A great song is a great song. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jim-seals-seals-crofts/965828/6 "2022-06-08T03:02:20Z")
An old friend is a radio host. He broadcasts online, and I’ll often tune in to hear his show. I tuned in tonight, and messaged him to let him know about Jim Seals. He’d already heard, and put together a nice little segment on Seals’ music in his broadcast tonight. Soft rock is just fine, and Seals and Crofts were important in that genre. Sad to hear that he’s gone. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jim-seals-seals-crofts/965828/7 "2022-06-09T14:01:34Z")
Summer Breeze! One of the best songs of summer.