Dash Crofts

Darrell George "Dash" Crofts (August 14, 1940 – March 25, 2026) was an American musician. He was best known as one half of the soft rock duo Seals and Crofts with Jim Seals. Crofts was originally a drummer in his early career, when he met Jim Seals, then a saxophonist. The two would go on to play in The Champs, eventually creating the duo Seals and Crofts, in which both members sang and played the guitar and mandolin among other instruments; they would go on to record hits such as "Summer Breeze" and "Diamond Girl".