Summer Breeze is a gem by Seals & Crofts. I first heard it having lunch at Duck Inn, VA Beach '73.

Описание: Many thanks to Deb, Chris, and Forrest for playing this classic for me. It will remain on my playlist of favorites as long as i live. Hearing it takes me back to the Summer of '73 when i was a young boy having lunch with my older cousin and brother at Duck Inn, Virginia Beach. Now, here's some of the story of this song, according to Wiki:

"Summer Breeze" is a 1972 song by American soft rock duo Seals and Crofts. It is the title track of their fourth studio album, and was released as the album's lead single in August 1972. The song reached No. 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US. In 2013, it was ranked No. 13 in Rolling Stone′s "Best Summer Songs of All Time".[3] The song also became a hit for the Isley Brothers in 1974.

Original Seals and Crofts version

Released nine days ahead of their 1972 Summer Breeze album, Seals and Crofts' original version reached No. 6 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the US that same year. Bruce Eder of AllMusic referred to it as "one of those relentlessly appealing 1970s harmony-rock anthems ... appropriately ubiquitous on the radio and in the memory".[4]

Seals and Crofts performed the song live on the Bobby Darin Amusement Company variety show in 1972.

The song has also been featured in many movies including Dazed and Confused, Land of the Lost, Vacation, Vacation Friends, and Tron: Ares. It has also featured in a number of TV series including Freaks and Geeks, Family Guy, The Mindy Project, and Lioness.

A remixed version of the song was featured in a commercial for the Gap in 2004,[5] (featured on the What Is Hip? Remix Project One compilation album and colloquially titled the Tsuper Tsunami/Philip Steir Remix) and the duo would also re-record the song for their album Traces later that year, which became a hit on the Adult Contemporary charts.

Personnel
Jim Seals – lead & background vocals, guitar, saxophone
Dash Crofts – background vocals, electric guitar
Larry Knechtel – piano
Harvey Brooks – bass
Jim Gordon – drums

Isley Brothers version

"The Isley Brothers – Summer Breeze, Pts. 1 & 2 (Official Audio)" on YouTube
The song was covered in a harder rock-soulful style by the Isley Brothers as a single in 1974. Issued also on their 1973 album 3 + 3, it reached number sixty on the pop chart, number ten on the R&B chart, and number sixteen on the UK Singles Chart.

The Isley Brothers performed "Summer Breeze" on the music TV show Soul Train in 1974. It was featured in season 8, episode 18 of The Blacklist and also in a 2014 episode of Scandal. It was sampled in the track "All in My Mind" by MC Hammer along with his newly formed rap group, Oakland Fight Club featuring Mistah F.A.B. (2014).[14]

Credits
Ronald Isley – lead vocals, background vocals
O'Kelly Isley Jr. – background vocals
Rudolph Isley – background vocals
Ernie Isley – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion
Marvin Isley – bass guitar, percussion
Chris Jasper – piano, keyboards
George Moreland – drums, percussion