Jim Seals, one-half of the renowned soft-rock duo Seals and Crofts, died on June 6, 2022, at the age of 80. Along with his songwriting partner, Darrell George "Dash" Crofts, he was behind the 1972 hit song “Summer Breeze” — part of an album of the same name which sold more than 1 million copies.

At the time that Jim Seals' death was announced, reports of his net worth varied from $4 million to as much as $11 million. That financial success came in part from both the album and song "Summer Breeze," which reached No. 1 on the charts, but also from as many as 6 million albums sold from their catalog.

In fact, Seals and Crofts’ most successful album was not “Summer Breeze” at all, but their 1975 compilation “Greatest Hits” which sold 2 million copies alone. On the news of Jim Seals' passing, fellow musician and friend John Ford Coley said, "This is a hard one on so many levels as this is a musical era passing for me. And it will never pass this way again."