Bread (band)
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Bread was a rock
band from Los Angeles
, California
. They placed 13 songs on the Billboard Hot 100
chart between 1970 and 1977 and were a prime example of what later was labeled soft rock
.
The band consisted of David Gates
(vocals
, guitar
, bass
, keyboards
, violin
, viola
, percussion
), Jimmy Griffin
(vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion
), Robb Royer
(bass, guitar, flute
, keyboards, percussion, recorder
, backing vocals), Mike Botts
(drums
; joined in 1970), and Larry Knechtel
(bass, guitar, keyboards, harmonica
; replaced Royer in 1971).
, choosing the name Bread in 1969. Bread's first single, "Dismal Day", was released in June 1969 but did not chart. Their debut album, Bread
, was released in September 1969 and peaked at #127 on the Billboard 200
. Songwriting on the album was split evenly between Gates and the team of Griffin-Royer. Jim Gordon
, a session musician
, accompanied the band on drums for the album.
Bread became a quartet with their second album, On the Waters
(peaking at #12 on the Billboard 200), bringing in Botts as drummer. This time their efforts quickly established Bread as a major act with the Billboard Hot 100
#1 hit "Make It With You
" in 1970. "Make It With You" would be Bread's only #1 on the Hot 100.
For their next single, they released a re-recorded version of "It Don't Matter To Me", a Gates song from their first album. This single was a hit as well, reaching #10. Bread began touring and recording the 1971 album titled Manna
(#21), which included the Top 5 hit single, "If
". As with the first album, songwriting credits were split evenly between Gates and Griffin-Royer.
Royer left the group after three albums, although he would continue to write with Griffin, and was replaced by Larry Knechtel
, a leading Los Angeles
session musician who had played piano on Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water
" single in 1970. In January 1972 Bread released Baby I'm-a Want You
, their most successful album, peaking at #3 on the Billboard 200. The title song
was established as a hit in late 1971 before the album was released, also hitting #3. Follow-up singles "Everything I Own
" and "Diary" also went Top 20. The next album, Guitar Man, was released ten months later and went to #18. The album produced three Top 20 singles, "The Guitar Man
" (#11), "Sweet Surrender
" (#15), and "Aubrey
" (#15), with the first two going to #1 on Billboards adult contemporary chart
.
of the singles, while Griffin felt that the singles should have been split between the two of them.
By 1973, fatigue from constant recording and touring had set in and personal relationships began to show strain. There was also some dissatisfaction with the songs planned for a sixth album. Bread decided to disband. Gates and Griffin returned to their solo careers with mixed results. The Best of Bread compilation album from 1973 was a huge success, peaking at #2 on the Billboard 200 and staying on the chart for over two years. The follow-up, The Best Of Bread, Volume Two, was released in 1974 and went to #32.
The reunion of the group in 1976 came about after Elektra Records expressed interest in another Bread album. Gates, Griffin, Botts and Knechtel returned to the studio that year and recorded the album Lost Without Your Love
, released in January 1977. The title track, again written and sung by Gates, was the band's last Top 10 hit, peaking at #9 on the singles chart. This comeback record reached #26 on Billboard's album chart and was Bread's seventh consecutive album (including the two best ofs
) to be R.I.A.A. certified gold
. In March 1977, Elektra released a second single, "Hooked On You". It was less successful on the pop chart (peaking at #60) but it reached #2 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. The four members of Bread (along with session guitarist Dean Parks
) toured throughout 1977 to support their comeback album. After a short break, they commenced the tour's second leg that summer without Griffin, whom Gates failed to invite after further rising tensions. They ended the year with no further plans to record as a group.
) and "Took the Last Train". He then toured with Botts and Knechtel as "David Gates & Bread". The group's 1978 touring line-up also included Warren Ham
(woodwinds, keyboards, backing vocals), Bill Ham
(guitars) and David Miner
(bass). This led to a legal dispute with Griffin over use of the band's name, of which Griffin was co-owner. In the dispute, Griffin again complained that Gates' songs were given preference as singles over his. The resulting litigation was not settled until 1984.
After leaving Bread in 1971, Royer stuck mostly to songwriting (still teaming up with Griffin on occasion). Like Griffin, his success was mostly writing for artists in the country music
field in the 1980s and 1990s. In 1994 Royer, Griffin and Knechtel reunited under the name Toast. Knechtel had continued to be an in-demand session player, backing up such artists as Elvis Costello
and many others. In 1994, after being out of the spotlight for thirteen years, Gates released a new solo album, Love Is Always Seventeen.
In 2010, Robb Royer released a Jimmy Griffin album. The album consists of songs written by both Royer and Griffin, and can be found on iTunes.com or CDbaby.com
in 2006.
In 2005 both Griffin and Botts died from cancer
at the age of 61. In August 2009, Knechtel died of a heart attack
at the age of 69, leaving Gates and Royer as the only surviving original members of Bread.
Rock music
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band from Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
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, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. They placed 13 songs on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
chart between 1970 and 1977 and were a prime example of what later was labeled soft rock
Soft rock
Soft rock is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock music to compose a softer, more toned-down sound. Soft rock songs generally tend to focus on themes like love, everyday life and relationships. The genre tends to make heavy use of acoustic guitars, pianos, synthesizers and sometimes...
.
The band consisted of David Gates
David Gates
David Gates is an American singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the group Bread, which reached the tops of the musical charts in Europe and North America on several occasions in the 1970s. The band was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame...
(vocals
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
, viola
Viola
The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
, percussion
Percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
), Jimmy Griffin
Jimmy Griffin
James Arthur Griffin was a singer, guitarist, and songwriter with the 1970s rock band Bread.-Early life:An Academy Award winning songwriter, Griffin was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, but grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. His musical training began when his parents signed him up for accordion lessons...
(vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion
Percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
), Robb Royer
Robb Royer
Robert Wilson "Robb" Royer was the bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, and songwriter with Bread from 1968 to 1971. While he was with the band, they had a #5 UK/#1 US hit single with "Make It With You"...
(bass, guitar, flute
Flute
The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, keyboards, percussion, recorder
Recorder
The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes—whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle. The recorder is end-blown and the mouth of the instrument is constricted by a wooden plug, known as a block or fipple...
, backing vocals), Mike Botts
Mike Botts
Michael G. Botts was the drummer of 1970s soft rock band Bread and a studio musician.Born in Oakland, California, Botts grew up in nearby Antioch before moving to Sacramento. While in college, he began playing with a band called The Travellers Three and working as a studio musician...
(drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
; joined in 1970), and Larry Knechtel
Larry Knechtel
Lawrence William "Larry" Knechtel was an American keyboard player and bassist, best known for his work as a session musician with such artists as Simon & Garfunkel, Duane Eddy, The Beach Boys, The Mamas & the Papas, The Partridge Family, The Doors, and Elvis Presley, and as a member of the 1970s...
(bass, guitar, keyboards, harmonica
Harmonica
The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
; replaced Royer in 1971).
Beginnings and fame
Before forming Bread, Gates had worked with Royer's previous band, The Pleasure Fair, producing and arranging the band's 1967 album, The Pleasure Fair. Royer then introduced Gates to his songwriting partner, Griffin, and the trio joined together in 1968 and signed with Elektra RecordsElektra Records
Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....
, choosing the name Bread in 1969. Bread's first single, "Dismal Day", was released in June 1969 but did not chart. Their debut album, Bread
Bread (album)
Bread is the self-titled debut album by soft rock band Bread, released in 1969.Bread peaked at #127 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart. A remake of "It Don't Matter to Me" charted in 1970 after the release of Bread's second album...
, was released in September 1969 and peaked at #127 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
. Songwriting on the album was split evenly between Gates and the team of Griffin-Royer. Jim Gordon
Jim Gordon (musician)
James Beck "Jim" Gordon is an American recording artist, musician and songwriter. The Grammy Award winner was one of the most requested session drummers in the late 1960s and 1970s, recording albums with many well-known musicians of the time, and was the drummer in the blues-rock supergroup Derek...
, a session musician
Session musician
Session musicians are instrumental and vocal performers, musicians, who are available to work with others at live performances or recording sessions. Usually such musicians are not permanent members of a musical ensemble and often do not achieve fame in their own right as soloists or bandleaders...
, accompanied the band on drums for the album.
Bread became a quartet with their second album, On the Waters
On the Waters
On the Waters is the second album released by Bread in 1970. This album was released in July 1970.-Track listing:#"Why Do You Keep Me Waiting" – 2:32 #"Make It with You" – 3:18...
(peaking at #12 on the Billboard 200), bringing in Botts as drummer. This time their efforts quickly established Bread as a major act with the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
#1 hit "Make It With You
Make It with You
"Make It with You" is a song written by David Gates and originally recorded by the pop/rock group Bread, of which Gates was a member.The song first appeared on Bread's 1970 album On the Waters...
" in 1970. "Make It With You" would be Bread's only #1 on the Hot 100.
For their next single, they released a re-recorded version of "It Don't Matter To Me", a Gates song from their first album. This single was a hit as well, reaching #10. Bread began touring and recording the 1971 album titled Manna
Manna (album)
Manna is the third album released by Bread in 1971. The title, like that of the preceding album On the Waters, is a Biblical pun on the name Bread, this time to the manna from Heaven fed to the Israelites...
(#21), which included the Top 5 hit single, "If
If (Bread song)
"If" is a song written by American singer-songwriter David Gates in 1971. Originally popularized by his group Bread, the song charted at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 when released as a single in 1971. The song also spent three weeks at number one on the Easy Listening chart...
". As with the first album, songwriting credits were split evenly between Gates and Griffin-Royer.
Royer left the group after three albums, although he would continue to write with Griffin, and was replaced by Larry Knechtel
Larry Knechtel
Lawrence William "Larry" Knechtel was an American keyboard player and bassist, best known for his work as a session musician with such artists as Simon & Garfunkel, Duane Eddy, The Beach Boys, The Mamas & the Papas, The Partridge Family, The Doors, and Elvis Presley, and as a member of the 1970s...
, a leading Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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session musician who had played piano on Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water
Bridge over Troubled Water (song)
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" is the title song of Simon & Garfunkel's album of the same name. The single was released on January 26, 1970, though it also appears on the live album Live 1969, released in 2008. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on February 28, 1970, and stayed at...
" single in 1970. In January 1972 Bread released Baby I'm-a Want You
Baby I'm-a Want You
Baby I'm-a Want You was the fourth album by Bread, released in 1972. Its singles included the title cut , "Everything I Own",, "Mother Freedom" ,and "Diary"...
, their most successful album, peaking at #3 on the Billboard 200. The title song
Baby I'm-a Want You (song)
"Baby I'm-a Want You" is the title of a popular song by the American pop-rock band Bread. The single was released in October 1971 . It became the title track for the album of the same name, released in January 1972....
was established as a hit in late 1971 before the album was released, also hitting #3. Follow-up singles "Everything I Own
Everything I Own
"Everything I Own" is a song written by David Gates. Originally recorded by Gates's band Bread for their 1972 album Baby, I'm a Want You, the single was recorded by The Connells, Jack Jones, Ken Boothe, Olivia Newton-John, Georgie Fame, Boy George, *NSYNC, Jude, Rod Stewart, Crystal Gayle, Nicole...
" and "Diary" also went Top 20. The next album, Guitar Man, was released ten months later and went to #18. The album produced three Top 20 singles, "The Guitar Man
The Guitar Man
"The Guitar Man" is a song written by David Gates and originally recorded by the pop rock group Bread, of which Gates was a member. It first appeared on Bread's 1972 album, Guitar Man. The song is a mixture of the sounds of soft rock, including strings and acoustic guitar, and the addition of a...
" (#11), "Sweet Surrender
Sweet Surrender (David Gates song)
"Sweet Surrender" is a song written by David Gates and performed by Bread. The single was the second release from the album Guitar Man and was the last of four number ones for Bread on the US Easy Listening chart. "Sweet Surrender" spent two weeks at number one on the chart, while on the Billboard...
" (#15), and "Aubrey
Aubrey
Of French origin, Aubrey results from the phonetical mutation of Alberic, which is a Germanic given name, meaning "Fair Ruler of the Little People", or "King of the Elves". The name Alberich is the German variant...
" (#15), with the first two going to #1 on Billboards adult contemporary chart
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...
.
Split and reunion
Despite the band's success, tensions existed between Gates and Griffin. All eleven of Bread's charting singles between 1970 and 1973 had been written and sung by Gates. Elektra Records had invariably selected Gates' songs for the A-sidesA-side and B-side
A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...
of the singles, while Griffin felt that the singles should have been split between the two of them.
By 1973, fatigue from constant recording and touring had set in and personal relationships began to show strain. There was also some dissatisfaction with the songs planned for a sixth album. Bread decided to disband. Gates and Griffin returned to their solo careers with mixed results. The Best of Bread compilation album from 1973 was a huge success, peaking at #2 on the Billboard 200 and staying on the chart for over two years. The follow-up, The Best Of Bread, Volume Two, was released in 1974 and went to #32.
The reunion of the group in 1976 came about after Elektra Records expressed interest in another Bread album. Gates, Griffin, Botts and Knechtel returned to the studio that year and recorded the album Lost Without Your Love
Lost Without Your Love
Lost Without Your Love was the sixth and final studio album by Bread, released in 1977.-Track listing:#"Hooked on You" – 2:18 #"She's the Only One" – 3:00 #"Lost Without Your Love" – 2:56...
, released in January 1977. The title track, again written and sung by Gates, was the band's last Top 10 hit, peaking at #9 on the singles chart. This comeback record reached #26 on Billboard's album chart and was Bread's seventh consecutive album (including the two best ofs
Greatest Hits
A Greatest hits album is a compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular music artist or band.Albums entitled Greatest Hits, or similar titles, listed alphabetically by band name or artist's last name, include:-0-9:...
) to be R.I.A.A. certified gold
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
. In March 1977, Elektra released a second single, "Hooked On You". It was less successful on the pop chart (peaking at #60) but it reached #2 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. The four members of Bread (along with session guitarist Dean Parks
Dean Parks
Dean Parks is an American session guitarist and record producer from Ft. Worth, TX.-Albums:Dean was member of The North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher in 1970. Dean is best-known through his many contributions to albums by Steely Dan...
) toured throughout 1977 to support their comeback album. After a short break, they commenced the tour's second leg that summer without Griffin, whom Gates failed to invite after further rising tensions. They ended the year with no further plans to record as a group.
Following the break-up
In 1978 Gates enjoyed success as a solo artist with the hit singles "Goodbye Girl" (from the movie The Goodbye GirlThe Goodbye Girl
The Goodbye Girl is a 1977 American romantic comedy-drama film. Directed by Herbert Ross, the film stars Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings, and Paul Benedict...
) and "Took the Last Train". He then toured with Botts and Knechtel as "David Gates & Bread". The group's 1978 touring line-up also included Warren Ham
Warren Ham
Warren Ham is a vocalist, saxophonist, flutist from Fort Worth, Texas. During the early 70s, Warren and his brother Bill formed The HamBrothers Band and included Ira Wilkes on bass, Red Young on piano and organ and Dahrell Norris on drums. The group recorded for Texas producer Huey P. Meaux...
(woodwinds, keyboards, backing vocals), Bill Ham
Bill Ham
Bill Ham was the manager, producer, and image-maker of ZZ Top, from its inception in late 1969 until September 2006.-Career:...
(guitars) and David Miner
David Miner (musician)
David Miner , sometimes credited as David Minor, is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, perhaps best known as a member of Grace Slick's The Great Society in the 1960s. He actually co-founded The Great Society along with Jerry, Darby, and Grace Slick as well as Bard Du Pont, in the sense...
(bass). This led to a legal dispute with Griffin over use of the band's name, of which Griffin was co-owner. In the dispute, Griffin again complained that Gates' songs were given preference as singles over his. The resulting litigation was not settled until 1984.
After leaving Bread in 1971, Royer stuck mostly to songwriting (still teaming up with Griffin on occasion). Like Griffin, his success was mostly writing for artists in the country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
field in the 1980s and 1990s. In 1994 Royer, Griffin and Knechtel reunited under the name Toast. Knechtel had continued to be an in-demand session player, backing up such artists as Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
and many others. In 1994, after being out of the spotlight for thirteen years, Gates released a new solo album, Love Is Always Seventeen.
In 2010, Robb Royer released a Jimmy Griffin album. The album consists of songs written by both Royer and Griffin, and can be found on iTunes.com or CDbaby.com
Final reunion
In 1996, having settled their differences, Gates, Griffin, Botts and Knechtel reunited Bread for a successful "25th Anniversary" tour of the United States, South Africa, Europe and Asia. This time out the group was accompanied by Randy Flowers (guitars), Scott Chambers (bass) and a string section to help them capture the sound of the records. This tour was extended into 1997, which would be the last year the original members of Bread would ever perform together. Gates and the others then resumed their individual careers. Bread was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of FameVocal Group Hall of Fame
The Vocal Group Hall of Fame was organized to honor outstanding vocal groups throughout the world. It is headquartered in Sharon, Pennsylvania, United States. It includes a theater and a museum....
in 2006.
In 2005 both Griffin and Botts died from cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
at the age of 61. In August 2009, Knechtel died of a heart attack
Myocardial infarction
Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...
at the age of 69, leaving Gates and Royer as the only surviving original members of Bread.
Original albums
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| 1969 | Bread Bread (album) Bread is the self-titled debut album by soft rock band Bread, released in 1969.Bread peaked at #127 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart. A remake of "It Don't Matter to Me" charted in 1970 after the release of Bread's second album... |
Elektra Elektra Records Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009.... |
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| 1970 | On the Waters On the Waters On the Waters is the second album released by Bread in 1970. This album was released in July 1970.-Track listing:#"Why Do You Keep Me Waiting" – 2:32 #"Make It with You" – 3:18... |
Elektra Elektra Records Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009.... |
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| 1971 | Manna Manna (album) Manna is the third album released by Bread in 1971. The title, like that of the preceding album On the Waters, is a Biblical pun on the name Bread, this time to the manna from Heaven fed to the Israelites... |
Elektra Elektra Records Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009.... |
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| 1972 | Baby I'm-a Want You Baby I'm-a Want You Baby I'm-a Want You was the fourth album by Bread, released in 1972. Its singles included the title cut , "Everything I Own",, "Mother Freedom" ,and "Diary"... |
Elektra Elektra Records Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009.... |
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| 1972 | Guitar Man | Elektra Elektra Records Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009.... |
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| 1977 | Lost Without Your Love Lost Without Your Love Lost Without Your Love was the sixth and final studio album by Bread, released in 1977.-Track listing:#"Hooked on You" – 2:18 #"She's the Only One" – 3:00 #"Lost Without Your Love" – 2:56... |
Elektra Elektra Records Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009.... |
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Compilation albums
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| 1973 | The Best of Bread The Best of Bread The Best of Bread is a multi-platinum compilation album by the band Bread released in 1973 by Elektra Records. Later re-issues have additional tracks including several from 1974's The Best of Bread, Volume 2.- Track listing :LP side A:... |
Elektra Elektra Records Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009.... |
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| 1974 | The Best of Bread, Volume 2 The Best of Bread, Volume 2 The Best of Bread, Volume 2 is a 1974 compilation album by the band Bread.- Track listing :All songs written by David Gates except as noted.LP Side A# "Sweet Surrender" – 2:35# "Fancy Dancer" – 3:31# "The Guitar Man" – 3:55... |
Elektra Elektra Records Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009.... |
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| 1977 | The Sound of Bread The Sound of Bread The Sound of Bread, Their 20 Finest Songs is a compilation album by American soft rock band, Bread, released in November 1977 by Elektra Records in the UK. It reached Number 1 on the UK Album Chart... |
Elektra Elektra Records Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009.... |
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| 1985 | Anthology of Bread | Elektra Elektra Records Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009.... |
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| 1989 | The Very Best Of Bread | Pickwick Pickwick Records Pickwick Records was an American record label and distributor known for its budget album releases of sound-alike recordings, bargain bin reissues and repackagings under the brands Design, Bravo , Hurrah, Grand Prix, and children's records on the Cricket and Happy Time labels.The label is also... |
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| 1996 | David Gates & Bread Essentials | Elektra Elektra Records Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009.... |
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| 1996 | Retrospective | Elektra Elektra Records Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009.... |
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| 2002 | Make It With You And Other Hits | Flashback Flashback Records Flashback Records may refer to:* Flashback Media Group, a Swedish media company* Flashback Records, a 45 RPM/single oldies label and subsidiary of Bell Records and its successor Arista Records* Flashback Records, a budget reissue label owned by Rhino Records... |
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| 2006 | The Definitive Collection | Elektra Elektra Records Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009.... /Rhino Rhino Entertainment Rhino Entertainment Company is an American specialty record label and production company. It is owned by Warner Music Group.-History:Rhino was originally a novelty song and reissue company during the 1970s and 1980s, releasing compilation albums of pop, rock & roll, and rhythm & blues successes... |
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| 2007 | The Works | Warner Music Group Warner Music Group Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies... UK |
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- Gold and Platinum certifications from Recording Industry Association of AmericaRecording Industry Association of AmericaThe Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
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UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... Peak |
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"Make It with You Make It with You "Make It with You" is a song written by David Gates and originally recorded by the pop/rock group Bread, of which Gates was a member.The song first appeared on Bread's 1970 album On the Waters... " (Gold single) |
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"It Don't Matter to Me" | |
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"If If (Bread song) "If" is a song written by American singer-songwriter David Gates in 1971. Originally popularized by his group Bread, the song charted at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 when released as a single in 1971. The song also spent three weeks at number one on the Easy Listening chart... " |
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Telly Savalas Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas was an American film and television actor and singer, whose career spanned four decades. Best known for playing the title role in the 1970s crime drama Kojak, Savalas was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Birdman of Alcatraz... made #1 in 1975. |
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"Baby I'm-a Want You Baby I'm-a Want You (song) "Baby I'm-a Want You" is the title of a popular song by the American pop-rock band Bread. The single was released in October 1971 . It became the title track for the album of the same name, released in January 1972.... " (Gold single) |
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"Everything I Own Everything I Own "Everything I Own" is a song written by David Gates. Originally recorded by Gates's band Bread for their 1972 album Baby, I'm a Want You, the single was recorded by The Connells, Jack Jones, Ken Boothe, Olivia Newton-John, Georgie Fame, Boy George, *NSYNC, Jude, Rod Stewart, Crystal Gayle, Nicole... " |
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Ken Boothe Ken Boothe OD is a Jamaican recording artist.-Biography:Ken Boothe was born in the Denham Town area of Kingston in 1948, the youngest of seven children, and began singing in school... and Boy George Boy George Boy George is a British singer-songwriter who was part of the English New Romantic movement which emerged in the early 1980s. He helped give androgyny an international stage with the success of Culture Club during the 1980s. His music is often classified as blue-eyed soul, which is influenced by... respectively. |
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"The Guitar Man The Guitar Man "The Guitar Man" is a song written by David Gates and originally recorded by the pop rock group Bread, of which Gates was a member. It first appeared on Bread's 1972 album, Guitar Man. The song is a mixture of the sounds of soft rock, including strings and acoustic guitar, and the addition of a... " |
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"Sweet Surrender Sweet Surrender (David Gates song) "Sweet Surrender" is a song written by David Gates and performed by Bread. The single was the second release from the album Guitar Man and was the last of four number ones for Bread on the US Easy Listening chart. "Sweet Surrender" spent two weeks at number one on the chart, while on the Billboard... " |
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"Lost Without Your Love Lost Without Your Love Lost Without Your Love was the sixth and final studio album by Bread, released in 1977.-Track listing:#"Hooked on You" – 2:18 #"She's the Only One" – 3:00 #"Lost Without Your Love" – 2:56... " |
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- All songs above reached their peak position on the Billboard Hot 100 the same year they entered the chart except for "Lost Without Your LoveLost Without Your LoveLost Without Your Love was the sixth and final studio album by Bread, released in 1977.-Track listing:#"Hooked on You" – 2:18 #"She's the Only One" – 3:00 #"Lost Without Your Love" – 2:56...
" which peaked at #9 in 1977.