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[33] [34] The song was the only one released from the We Are the World album and became a chart success around the world. In the U.S., it was a number-one hit on the R&B singles chart , the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, and the Billboard Hot 100 , where it remained for a month.
Record World said that the "gentle song by group's own David Gates (he produced and arranged also) will score in short order." [3] In the U.S., Bread's tune was the shortest song title to become a top ten hit until 1993, when Prince hit No. 7 with "7", later matched by Britney Spears' No. 1 hit "3" in 2009. The song is distinguished by its ...
"Bread and Roses" is a political slogan as well as the name of an associated poem and song. It originated in a speech given by American women's suffrage activist Helen Todd ; a line in that speech about "bread for all, and roses too" [ 1 ] inspired the title of the poem Bread and Roses by James Oppenheim . [ 2 ]
David Ashworth Gates (born December 11, 1940) [1] is a retired American singer-songwriter, guitarist, musician and producer, frontman and co-lead singer (with Jimmy Griffin) of the group Bread, which reached the top of the musical charts in Europe and North America on several occasions in the 1970s.
Manna is the third studio album by American soft rock band Bread, released in 1971.The title, like that of the preceding album On the Waters, is a Biblical pun on the name Bread, in this case the manna from Heaven which was fed to the Israelites.
Imagine Central Park, with its paths and so on, and you skate around and sing Christmas songs,” a U.K.-based Venezuelan told the magazine, noting also: “It’s not like people roller skate all ...
[5] Record World said that with this song "Bread returns to its original hit sound" and "the guys should back to the upper chart regions." [6] It was certified as a gold record by the RIAA. As with virtually all of the band's well-known recordings, the song was both written and produced by the band's lead vocalist, David Gates.
"Everything I Own" is a song written by American singer-songwriter David Gates. It was originally recorded by Gates's soft rock band Bread for their 1972 album Baby I'm-a Want You. The original reached No. 5 on the American Billboard Hot 100. Billboard ranked it as the No. 52 song for 1972. [5] "Everything I Own" also reached No. 5 in Canada ...