The Sound of Bread

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The next album, Guitar Man, was released ten months later and went to No.18. The album produced three Top 20 singles, " The Guitar Man" (#11), " Sweet Surrender" (#15), and " Aubrey" (#15), with the first two going to No.1 on Billboard's adult contemporary chart. a b c d e f g h i j "American certifications – Bread". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved April 19, 2022.

a b Summers, Kim. "David Gates - Biography". AllMusic. AllMusic/Netaktion, LLC . Retrieved July 26, 2020.

Fontenot, Robert. "Bread Songs, Music and Band History". Liveabout.com. Dotdash . Retrieved July 26, 2020. Some sources indicate that "Just Like Yesterday" was replaced with "Aubrey" in the 2nd edition of the Sound of Bread, Their 20... LP release, or there may have been only a misprint on the album cover ( jlindquist.net link - see note 'GG') also (discogs.com link - see "Notes")

Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.77. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.a b c d e f "British certifications – Bread". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved July 5, 2023. Type Bread in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

Gates and Griffin returned to their solo careers with mixed results. The Best of Bread compilation album from March 1973 was a huge success, peaking at No.2 on the Billboard 200 and staying on the chart for over two years. The follow-up, The Best of Bread, Volume 2, was released in May 1974 and went to No.32. Ankeny, Jason. "James Griffin - Biography". AllMusic. AllMusic/Netaktion, LLC . Retrieved July 26, 2020. The group's first single, "Dismal Day", was released in June 1969 but did not chart. Their debut album, Bread, was released in September 1969 and peaked at No.127 on the Billboard 200. The songwriting on the album was split evenly between Gates and the team of Griffin-Royer. Session musicians Jim Gordon and Ron Edgar accompanied the band on drums for the album. David Gates – vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, violin, viola, percussion (1968–'73, '76–'78, '96–'97) For their next single, Bread released a re-recorded version of "It Don't Matter To Me", a Gates song from their first album. This single was a hit as well, reaching No.10. Bread began touring and recording their third album, titled Manna (March 1971), which peaked at #21 and included "Let Your Love Go" (which preceded the album's release and made No. 28) and the Top 5 hit single, " If". As with the first album, songwriting credits were split evenly between Gates and Griffin-Royer.Top Selling Albums of 1978 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand . Retrieved 25 January 2022. Royer, after conflicts with other members of the band, left the group in the summer of 1971 after three albums, although he would continue to write with Griffin. He was replaced by Larry Knechtel, a leading Los Angeles session musician who played piano and harpsichord on The Beach Boys Pet Sounds album and on Simon & Garfunkel's " Bridge Over Troubled Water" single in 1970. [7]