‘Summer Breeze’ Singer Dash Crofts Dead at 85

Dash Croftsgreatest identified for creating the hit music, “Summer Breeze,” as a member of Seals & Croft, has died… TMZ has discovered.

A member of the family tells TMZ … Crofts died Wednesday from problems of a coronary heart surgical procedure. No plans for a memorial have been set at this time.

His loss of life was first introduced by producer Louie Shelton early Thursday morning. Shelton produced Seals & Crofts’ largest tasks, together with 1971’s “Year of Sunday,” 1972’s “Summer Breeze,” 1973’s “Diamond Girl,” and 1976’s “Get Closer,” per AllMusic.

Dash — actual identify Darrell Crofts — was half of Seals & Crofts together with Jim Sealswho died in 2022.

Dash and Jim met as youngsters in Texas and obtained their begin touring with The Champs in 1958, not lengthy after they scored their smash hit “Tequila.” They fashioned their very own band within the Sixties and exploded on the charts, touchdown 5 gold albums between 1972 and 1976.

But, they weren’t completely freed from controversy — the pair turned heads in 1974 by recording an anti-abortion music, “Unborn Child,” within the wake of the Roe v. Wade resolution.

The duo parted methods in 1980 as dance music grew to become mainstream.

Dash was 85.