•
Chuck Rio – saxophone, vocals (born Daniel Flores on July 11, 1929,
Santa Paula, California, died on September 19, 2006,
Huntington Beach, California) • Dave Burgess – rhythm guitar ("Dave Dupree", born on December 3, 1934,
Beverly Hills, California, died on October 19, 2025,
Dover, Tennessee) • Dale Norris – lead guitar (born
Springfield, Missouri) • Buddy Bruce – lead guitar (born 1930,
Missouri, died 2014,
Tulsa, Oklahoma) • Bob Morris – bass guitar (born
Hasty, Arkansas) • Benjamin Van Norman – bass (born on July 19, 1928,
Ann Arbor, Michigan, died on November 3, 1958,
Buena Park, California in a car accident) • Cliff Hills – bass (born 1918,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) • Joe Burnas – bass (born 1923, Chicago, died on April 12, 1999) • Gene Alden – drums (born 1930,
South Dakota) •
Dean Beard – piano (born on August 31, 1935,
Santa Anna, Texas, died on April 4, 1989, in
Coleman, Texas) •
Jim Seals – saxophone (born on October 17, 1942,
Sidney, Texas, died on June 6, 2022) •
Dash Crofts – drums (born on August 14, 1938,
Cisco, Texas, died on March 25, 2026) Dave "Snuffy" Smith played bass from late 1959 to 1960. Other members around this time were Jim Seals and Dash Crofts, with Johnny Meeks (originally of
Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps) on lead guitar. Later band members included
Glen Campbell,
Jerry Cole, Chuck Downs (drums), Rich Grissom, Gary Nieland (drums), Jerry Puckett (guitar), Marvin Siders, and Leon Sanders. The last lineup of the band, in 1964, included Johnny Trombatore (who co-wrote some songs with Seals and Crofts), Maurice Marshall, bassist Curtis Paul, and Seals' replacement, Keith MacKendrick (who later stayed on saxophone when Seals returned). In 1969, Jim Seals and Dash Crofts, who met as teenagers in Texas, formed the duo
Seals and Crofts, attaining international acclaim for such Top 10 hits as "
Summer Breeze" (1972), "Diamond Girl" (1973), and "Get Closer" (1976). ==Singles==