David Gates

Keyboardist/vocalist David Gates founded the hugely successful soft-rock group Bread in 1968 as a vehicle for singing his own songs. He wrote most of their trademark hits including “Make It With You,” “Baby I’m-a Want You” and “Everything I Own.” His songs have been covered extensively by others and also include the Murmaids’ 1963 Top 10 entry “Popsicles and Icicles.”

Key songs in the Gates catalog include “Make It With You,” “Baby I’m-a Want You,” “Everything I Own,” “If,” “It Don’t Matter to Me,” “Diary” and “Lost Without Your Love.”

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