David Gates

For the author, see David Gates (author). For the ecologist, see David M. Gates.

David Gates
Gates in 2000
Gates in 2000
Background information
Birth nameDavid Ashworth Gates
Born (1940-12-11) December 11, 1940 (age 83)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • songwriter
  • producer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • bass guitar
  • piano
  • keyboards
  • violin
  • percussion
Years active1957–2007

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. The band was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.[2]

  1. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 947/8. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  2. ^ "Bread Inductee". Vocalgroup.org. Archived from the original on September 7, 2013. Retrieved February 29, 2012.