Bread was a rock band from Los Angeles, California. They placed 13 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart between 1970 and 1977 and were a prime example of what later was labeled soft rock.
The band consisted of David Gates (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, violin, viola, percussion), Jimmy Griffin (vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion), Robb Royer (bass, guitar, flute, keyboards, percussion, recorder, backing vocals), Mike Botts (drums; joined in 1970), and Larry Knechtel (bass, guitar, keyboards, harmonica; replaced Royer in 1971). –wikipedia.org
From 1969 through 1977, Bread released six studio albums. Baby I’m-a Want You peaked at #3 on Billboard 200 in 1972. Between 1973 and 2007, the band released ten compilation albums. The Best of Bread (1973) earned the 5x platinum sales certification rating. As of February 2013, David Gates and Robb Royer are the only living band members.