David Gates

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1940年出生于美国洛杉矶的 David Gates，曾于1969年与其它三位朋友一起组建了一支叫 Bread 的乐队，因为乐队把乐曲风格定位旋律优美的软摇滚，这使得他们歌曲很快被人接受，同时也让乐队赢得了众多歌迷的青睐。但由于 Gates 与乐队歌曲的创作者不和，乐队开始人心涣散，并寻求各自的发展。直到1976年，乐队的成员们又聚在一起，录制了几首歌曲，其中“Lost Without Your Love”还打进了美国单曲排行榜的前10名。虽然人们希望他们再次组合到一起，然而事与愿违，这次的聚集也仅仅是场友情客串，最终 Bread 于1977年正式解散。

独自发展后的 David Gates 也出了不少歌，其中包括电影《再见女郎》的主题曲“Goodbye Girl”。此外，作为创作型歌手，David Gates 还为不少歌手写过歌，有为数不少的中国歌手的歌曲都是出自他的手笔，如在香港乐坛有校长之称的谭咏麟的“恩爱尽变”、风华绝代的哥哥张国荣的“三岁仔”香港乐坛本土天王许冠杰的“夕阳”等歌曲。

by Kim Summers

A member of the popular group Bread, David Gates is also a songwriter, keyboardist, vocalist and producer. His first hit as a songwriter came with the popular Murmaids song Popsicles and Icicles.

David Gates was born in Tulsa, OK. to a band director and a piano teacher. Surrounded by music from birth, he was proficient in piano, bass and guitar by the time he was in high school. In 1957, he received a musical break when Chuck Berry came to Tulsa; Gates had his first hit, Jo-Baby, with Chuck Berry. The song was written for Gates high school sweetheart Jo Rita, whom he married and had children with while enrolled at the university of Oklahoma.

In 1961, the family moved to Los Angeles, and Gates embarked on a career of songwriting and producing. By the end of the 60s, he had worked with Elvis Presley, Bobby Darin and Merle Haggard, and produced the 1965 Glenn Yarbrough hit Baby the Rain Must Fall.

Realizing that the only way his songs were sure to be recorded was to sing them himself, Gates founded Bread in 1968; the group consisted of Gates, James Griffin, Robb Royer, and later, drummer Michael Botts and keyboardist Larry Krechtel. The groups first album, Bread, was released in 1969 with hits It Dont Matter to Me, Dismal Day and Make It with You. Soft rock hits became the bands trademark and made them legends. Greater success and recognition came with the 1971 album, Manna, with the smash hit If.

With the popular albums Guitar Man and Baby, Im a Want You, the bands success led the members in different directions. The group disbanded in 1973 to pursue their own solo interests and careers, but regrouped in 1977 to produce the album Lost Without Your Love. David Gates produced albums of his own, First Album and Never Let Her Go in 1975; his songs landed him on the contemporary music charts every time, including The Goodbye Girl, from Neil Simons play of the same name. Several of his songs have been recorded by artists such as Julio Iglesias and Boy George. Everything I Own, a tribute to his father as his greatest influence, was recorded by Nashville artists the Kendalls and Joe Stempley and then by pop rocker Boy George. His incredible songwriting ability offers versatility and a crossing over of musical genres. With a recording studio on his California ranch, David Gates continues to write and produce.

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