Summer Breeze
Seals and Crofts
1972
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Release: 1972
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Rhino - Summer Breeze album history
Jim Seals and Dash Crofts, original 1972 Warner Bros. fourth album, Summer Breeze and Hummingbird, and Marty Paich orchestral arrangements. This is career/album context, not proof of personal songwriting intent.
Rhino - Seals & Crofts original albums
Original studio chronology: Summer Breeze 1972, Diamond Girl 1973, Ill Play for You 1975, Get Closer 1976; distinguishes the later box from original releases.
Inspiration and background
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Summer Breeze is the title recording of Seals and Crofts' fourth album, released by Warner Bros. in 1972. Jim Seals and Dash Crofts had already spent years in music before this release broadened their audience. The album also includes Hummingbird and orchestral arrangements by Marty Paich, placing the song within the duo's melodic studio work of the early 1970s.
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Rhino - Summer Breeze album history
Jim Seals and Dash Crofts, original 1972 Warner Bros. fourth album, Summer Breeze and Hummingbird, and Marty Paich orchestral arrangements. This is career/album context, not proof of personal songwriting intent. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Rhino - Seals & Crofts original albums
Original studio chronology: Summer Breeze 1972, Diamond Girl 1973, Ill Play for You 1975, Get Closer 1976; distinguishes the later box from original releases. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
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Rhino - Summer Breeze album history
Jim Seals and Dash Crofts, original 1972 Warner Bros. fourth album, Summer Breeze and Hummingbird, and Marty Paich orchestral arrangements. This is career/album context, not proof of personal songwriting intent.
Rhino - Seals & Crofts original albums
Original studio chronology: Summer Breeze 1972, Diamond Girl 1973, Ill Play for You 1975, Get Closer 1976; distinguishes the later box from original releases.
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