David Gates
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1947-01-08
- Works
- 47
Top works
- Air power for the new millennium
- First Words
- Wretched
- Omonolidee
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male vocalistssinger-songwriterSentimentalgentle70s pop
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 Mermaids song Popsicles and Icicles. David Gates was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to a band director and a piano teacher on December 11, 1940. 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 hi
Key dates
- Born
- 8 January 1947
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Family name
- Gates
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Middletown
- Spouse
- Ann Beattie
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- University of Connecticut
- Languages spoken
- English language