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"If" is a song written by American singer-songwriter David Gates in 1971. Originally popularized by his group Bread, "If" charted at No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 when released as a single in 1971 and No. 6 in Canada. It also spent three weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. Easy Listening chart, [1] and one week at the top of the Canadian AC chart. [2]
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.
"Diary" is a song written and produced by David Gates and released by his band Bread in 1972, both as a single and on the album Baby I'm-a Want You. [2] [3] In the lyrics, the singer reads his girlfriend's diary thinking she is writing nice things about him until he realizes she is writing about another man. [4] [5]
In addition to tracks by the Blues Brothers Band performed with guest artists such as Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Dr. John, Lonnie Brooks, Junior Wells, Eddie Floyd and Wilson Pickett, there are songs by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Blues Traveler as well as an all-star blues supergroup, the Louisiana Gator Boys, featuring B.B. King ...
Bread is the debut album by soft rock band Bread, released in 1969. Bread peaked at #127 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. A re-recorded version of "It Don't Matter to Me" was issued as a single after the release of Bread's second album, On the Waters , and the #1 success of " Make It with You " in the summer of 1970.
His first album, Summer Holiday, was released in 1963.He had small roles in two films, For Those Who Think Young (1964) and None but the Brave (1965). In the 1960s, Griffin teamed with fellow songwriter Michael Z. Gordon to write songs for such diverse singers as Ed Ames, Gary Lewis, Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, The Standells, Lesley Gore, Sandy Nelson and Cher.
In 1978, The Blues Brothers recorded a cover of "Rubber Biscuit" on the album Briefcase Full of Blues; this version (with lead vocal by actor-singer Dan Aykroyd) was also released as a single. [2] The single peaked at #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 [3] and #44 in Canada. This led to royalties for the original Chips, and they briefly re-united to ...
"Baby I'm-a Want You" reached the top of the Easy Listening chart and rose to No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1972. Composed in the key of Ab major, the song employs the often used I-ii-IV-V chord progression. Billboard called it a "powerful ballad performance." [4] Cash Box called it a "soft ballad [that] returns Bread to their ...