Jim Seals, Soft-Rock Pioneer of Seals and Crofts, Dead at 80

Jim Seals, , Soft-Rock Pioneer of Seals and Crofts, , Dead at 80.

CNN reports Jim Seals of the 1970s soft-rock group, Seals and Crofts, has died.

He was 80.

Seals, alongside his musical partner, Darrel "Dash" Crofts, was responsible for hits like "Summer Breeze," "Get Closer" and "Diamond Girl.".

I just learned that James ‘Jimmy’ Seals has passed.

My heart just breaks for his wife Ruby and their children.

, Brady Seals, relative, via social media.

Please keep them in your prayers.

What an incredible legacy he leaves behind.

, Brady Seals, relative, via social media.

Seals and Crofts met in Texas as teenagers, and they formed a musical bond that forged an identity in the wave of soft-rock groups of the 1970s.

The duo split in 1980, though they reunited in 1991 and again in 2004, releasing their last album, 'Traces.'.

Other artists took to social media to commemorate the soft-rock legend.

Jimmy Seals passed away today.

I spent a large portion of my musical life with this man.

, John Ford Coley, via Facebook.

We toured together, he and Dash invited us to sing on Seals and Crofts records, and we played with him for years.

, John Ford Coley, via Facebook.

RIP Jim Seals ... thanks for all the beautiful music.

, Steve Miller of the Steve Miller Band, via Twitter