Dash Crofts, of 1970s music duo Seals & Crofts, dead at 85

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: ABC News/AP

March 26, 2026, 12:43 PM


Dash Crofts, one half of the 1970s soft rock duo Seals & Crofts, known for hits including "Summer Breeze" and "Diamond Girl," died Wednesday at the age of 85.

An agent for Crofts’ daughter, Lua Crofts Faragher, confirmed Crofts' passing to ABC News, saying in part that “Lua, her family, and Brady Seals are mourning this deep loss.”

Brady Seals was a cousin of Jim Seals, the other half of Seals & Crofts, who died in 2022. Brady Seals and Lua Crofts Faragher currently perform under the name Seals & Crofts 2.

“We are honoring and celebrating the amazing life and legacy of Darrell George 'Dash' Crofts, and are so grateful for the music that lives on through Seals & Crofts 2,” the statement continued.

Read more: https://abcnews.com/GMA/Culture/dash-crofts-1970s-music-duo-seals-crofts-dead/story?id=131435268

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Wow. What a loss. So many iconic songs, a number that were covered by others. R.I.P.

[johnp3907]

1. I've been re-evaluating the soft rock songs that were big when I was a child in the 70s.

So much amazing song craft.

[Skittles]

2. the 60's and 70;s

the music was just phenomenal, and based on the number of "reaction" videos I watch, it ain't just us geezers who think so

[BumRushDaShow]

3. They even got rolled into the newish genre "Yacht Rock"

So many groups and so many great classic songs!

I mentioned in the OP about covers and the Isley Brothers covered their song "Summer Breeze" in '73, literally a year after they released the original song. Doing that helped make it a crossover hit.

[Omaha Steve]

4. Saw them in concert

They invited the audience to party at the hotel.

[BaronChocula]

5. ...

[littlemissmartypants]

12. ❤️

[BoomaofBandM]

6. Unborn Child in 1974 made me lose any respect for them.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. Unborn Child by Seals & Crofts

Songfacts®:

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/seals-crofts/unborn-child

[valleyrogue]

15. The song was rather cringy, with the arrangement not all that.

It appears the act jumped the shark with this misfire, and it was downhill after that.

[ShazzieB]

16. They did jump the shark with that song.

I was very disappointed with them at the time. It's a damned shame they didn't have better judgment than to put out something so preachy (and as the title song of an album, no less). They were so talented and had made so much beautiful music, and they just blew their careers right out of the water with that thing. Talk about not reading the room.

Mr. B and I love most of their other music and got to see them in concert a couple of times. We had one of their songs performed at our wedding (see below), and I still think of it as our theme song. I'm glad I still have those memories.

(Sorry for being so late to comment. I missed this post at the time, but couldn't resist adding my 2 cents worth.)

[valleyrogue]

18. That recording sounded almost like a Vegas lounge number.

It really was not good.

Moral of the story: Don't record a song from a religious nut friend's poem.

[ShazzieB]

19. I can barely remember what it sounded like.

I'll take your word for it that it was bad! I actually only listened to the song one time, when a friend played their copy for us. What it sounded like barely registered because I was so repulsed by the preachy content. The creepy cover art didn't help either. We never bought the album (although we did buy a later one, Get Closer.)

They might have been able to get away with the song IF they hadn't drawn so much attention to it by making it the title track and the theme for the album cover art, but they had to go whole hog and make it the centerpiece!

[littlemissmartypants]

7. ...

[Ponietz]

9. Rememberance from a fellow Bahai adherent:

https://bahaiteachings.org/the-life-and-death-of-jimmy-seals

Come, behold him. Standing there within.
The Garden of Ridvan, come join the caravan.
I’m sure you’ll understand.

Those lyrics from See My Life, the very first song on their first album, epitomized the main reason why Jimmy Seals and Dash Crofts wrote, sang, and performed – because they wanted to tell the world about Baha’u’llah, the prophet and founder of the Baha’i Faith, who declared his mission in Baghdad’s Ridvan garden in 1863.

The word Ridvan means “paradise,” and that’s exactly what Jim and Dash tried to do throughout their long career – invite others to the paradise of the spirit they had both found in Baha’u’llah’s teachings:

Arise, and proclaim unto the entire creation the tidings that He Who is the All-Merciful hath directed His steps towards the Ridvan and entered it. Guide, then, the people unto the garden of delight which God hath made the Throne of His Paradise.

[Marthe48]

10. R.I.P.

Good memories.

[mcar]

11. Loved their music

[area51]

13. RIP.

[valleyrogue]

14. He apparently was born in 1938, not 1940.

He met Jim Seals when he was a senior in high school and Jim was in the eighth grade. Given that Jim was born in 1942 (and died at 80 in 2022), 1938 would check out.

[Bengus81]

17. Yep...87,would have been 88 in August. One thing I never knew

until digging around is that England Dan is Jim Seals brother. Both of those groups came along just after I graduated with hits.

[OrwellwasRight]

20. R.I.P.