![]() ![]() King had a different version make it to No. The first was by Les Paul & Mary Ford and Frankie Kaine in 1955 Paul & Ford's version peaked at No. ![]() Barry from Sauquoit, NyThis was third records titled 'Hummingbird' to make Billboard's Top 100.Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn January 14th 1973, "Hummingbird" by Seals and Crofts entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart and on March 25th it peaked at #20 (for 1 week) and spent 13 weeks on the Top 100.īetween 19 the duo had twelve Top 100 records with three making the Top 10 and those three were also their biggest hits ("Summer Breeze", "Diamond Girl" and "Get Closer", all peaked at #6).īut if you want to get picky "Summer Breeze" and "Diamond Girl" both stayed on the Top 100 for 18 weeks each, and "Get Closer" spent exactly a half-year on the chart (26 weeks).ĭarrell Crofts turned 73 this past August 14th and Jim Seals will be 73 this coming October 17th.Cindi Church from UsI love this timeless song it is so beautiful.Virginia from Los AngelesThis is probably THE MOST beautiful song I have ever heard.Now I spend my mornings watching the hummingbirds at the feeder, knowing that soon, they too will fly away. Summer breeze, makes me feel fine, blowing through the jasmine in my mind. A little light a-shinin’ through the window, lets me know everything is alright. Hubbs from AshevilleSummer has ended, and my daughter has left to start college at NCSU, leaving me all alone. See the curtains hangin’ in the window, in the evenin’ on a Friday night.Ruth from Los AngelesThis song is one of the most beautiful by Seals & Croft - meaningful, timeless and deeply iconic of the spirit of the 70’s."Advance Guards" has that same sense of wonder, conveying it in a slower, more luxuriant setting, and the record ends on a rougher-hewn note with the more beat-driven, electric guitar-heavy "Yellow Dirt." Summer Breeze was the most highly regarded of all of Seals & Crofts' albums, a fact reflected by its reissue as part of the all too short-lived Warner Archives series in 1995, which also accounts for its far better than average sound. "The Euphrates" picks up the tempo, providing an upbeat take on the meaning of life that loses none of its inherent sense of wonder. "Fiddle in the Sky" shifts the album into purer country territory, while "The Boy Down the Road" moves listeners into a country-folk vein with a spookily melodramatic tale. "East of Ginger Trees" is a hauntingly beautiful excursion into more Baha'i scripture, with delectable harmonies, a gorgeous mandolin part, and one of the most exquisitely restrained uses of orchestra of its era. "Say" asks a lot of serious philosophical questions amid its rapid beat and playful tone. "Funny Little Man" mixes understated harmonies and acoustic instruments into an extended break that could almost pass for a classical piece. "Hummingbird" quotes from the Baha'i scriptures and has a segmented structure with a chantlike opening and a sharp change in tempo, which didn't stop it from becoming a hit, and for all of its beauty, the soaring Marty Paich-arranged orchestral accompaniment, highlighted by lofty strings and a gorgeous horn part, never eclipses the core sound of the duo's singing and their acoustic guitar/mandolin combination. The title track is one of those relentlessly appealing 1970s harmony-rock anthems, in the same mode as the Doobie Brothers' "Listen to the Music" and appropriately ubiquitous on the radio and in the memory the guitar (electric and acoustic) and vocal hooks are all well-nigh irresistible. Summer Breeze offered an unusually ambitious array of music within a soft rock context - most artists tried to avoid weighty subjects in such surroundings (except, of course, CSN or Simon & Garfunkel, who could pretty much get away with anything).
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