David Gates

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Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.

David Ashworth Gates is a retired American singer-songwriter, musician and producer, who is best known for being the 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.

Known for

• Roger Whittaker: All My Best — Self (special guest)1977
• The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries — Self1977
• Dinah! — Self1974
• Vanishing Point — Pianist at Revival Meeting (uncredited)1971
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961

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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

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Family name

Gates

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Tulsa

Occupation

pianist

Languages spoken

English language

Genre

country music

Instrument

viola

Record label

A&M Records

Image

David Gates 2000.jpg

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