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This soft rock ballad became Bread's first and only number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
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About Bread
Bread began in Los Angeles with David Gates, Jimmy Griffin and Robb Royer, all musicians who contributed to its early recordings. The trio's self-titled Elektra debut appeared in 1969. Gates supplied songs including Dismal Day and It Don't Matter to Me, while Griffin and Royer formed another writing partnership. Although the group became associated with 1970s soft rock, that first album also included more forceful guitar-led material alongside its ballads.
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Bread - Rhino album and artist history
Original Los Angeles trio, 1969 Elektra debut, separate Gates and Griffin/Royer writing contributions and the debut album's range beyond the later soft-rock image. No current lineup or member solo-credit mapping is inferred. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
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1971
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Bread's Baby I'm-a Want You was released in 1971 before becoming the title track of the band's fourth album in 1972. David Gates produced that album during the transition from founding member Robb Royer to...
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This soft rock ballad became one of Bread's most popular and enduring songs.
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This soft rock ballad continued to be popular in 1971, becoming one of Bread's signature songs.
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Aubrey appeared on Bread's 1972 Guitar Man album. Its arrangement centers on classical guitar, orchestral strings and a music box, providing a more intimate setting than the electric guitar featured in the album's...
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Diary is one of the original songs on Bread's January 1972 album Baby I'm-a Want You. The David Gates-produced record introduced Larry Knechtel into the band's album lineup after Robb Royer's departure. Diary became...
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David Gates' tribute to his late father
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David Gates wrote The Guitar Man, which Bread released as a single in the summer of 1972 before the Guitar Man album. Larry Knechtel played the featured lead guitar, developing its wah-wah phrases after earlier solo...
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A soft rock love song about commitment and belonging.
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Lost Without Your Love came from Bread's reunion period and brought David Gates' singing and songwriting back together with the group's studio musicians. The title recording circulated in 1976 before the surrounding...
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Lost Without Your Love came from Bread's reunion period and brought David Gates' singing and songwriting back together with the group's studio musicians. The title recording circulated in 1976 before the surrounding...
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