Summer Breeze is the fourth album by the American soft rock band Seals and Crofts, released in 1972 through Warner Bros. Records. It was a major commercial breakthrough for the group peaking at No. 7 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, their highest position on the chart. The title track was released as a single on August 31, 1972, peaking at No. 4 on the Easy Listening chart and No. 6 on the Hot 100. "Hummingbird" was the second single, climbing to No. 12 on the Easy Listening chart, No. 20 on the Hot 100, and No. 40 on the Canadian RPM Magazine chart. Summer Breeze finished second on Billboard's Top Pop Albums of 1973 list
Jim Seals – vocals, fiddle, acoustic guitar, saxophone Dash Crofts – vocals (except on "The Euphrates"), mandolin, electric guitar, piano Louie Shelton – electric guitar, bass, background vocals, production Red Rhodes – steel guitar John Hartford – banjo Robert Lichtig – flute, clarinet, bass guitar Jim Horn – flute John Ford Coley – piano Larry Knechtel – piano Michael Lang – piano Clarence McDonald – piano Michael Omartian – piano Harvey Brooks – bass Wilton Felder – bass Joe Osborn – bass Jim Gordon – drums (Summer Breeze) John Guerin – drums Jim Keltner – drums Russ Kunkel – drums Milt Holland – tambura, tabla King Errisson – congas Dee Higgins – background vocals Don Shelton – background vocals Marty Paich – string arrangement Dave Hassinger – first engineer Val Garay – second engineer Ed Thrasher – art direction Mark English – illustrations Dave Bhang – album design
Summer Breeze Jim Seals: lead & background vocals, guitar, saxophone Dash Crofts: background vocals, electric guitar Larry Knechtel: piano Harvey Brooks: bass Jim Gordon: drums
Producer – Louie Shelton Arranged By (Strings) – Marty Paich Engineer (First) – Dave Hassinger Engineer (Second) – Val Garay
Art Direction – Ed Thrasher Design – Dave Bhang Illustration – Mark English
Recorded At The Sound Factory Phonographic Copyright Warner Bros Records Inc Copyright Warner Bros Records Inc Copyright Dawnbreaker Music
