Bread (band)

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. After a successful reunion, tensions between Gates and Griffin drove the band apart again, this time permanently. She later switched to Smash Records (in 1961), Laurie Records (in 1962), and finally Dot Records (in 1966). Royer left the group, replaced by Larry Knechtel in time for a series of hit singles and a hit album called Baby I'm-A Want You, followed by Guitar Man. Personal disputes soon broke up the band, with Gates and Griffin beginning solo careers. She never again had another big hit, though in 1959 she had two small successeses for Roulette Records. Hiring Mike Botts (drums), Bread began touring and recording Manna, which included their most enduring hit, "If". The song was a cover of a rhythm & blues song done by Otis Williams & the Charms, and another artist who also had a hit covering this song was Gale Storm.

Bread, the band's debut album, was a failure. Their second album established Bread as a major act, hitting the mainstream with "Make It With You". It was for Fraternity that she had her only major hit, "Ivory Tower", which was her third record for Fraternity, done in 1956. Bread was a 1970s rock and roll band from Los Angeles, California. David Gates (keyboard, vocals) and James Griffin (guitar, vocals) formed the group in 1968, adding Robb Royer (guitar, vocals, of Pleasure Faire) before signing to Elektra Records. In 1953 she signed with Coral Records, but had no hits for them, later switching to Fraternity Records, a small company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, in early 1955. She later became a singer and dancer with the USO and joined big band orchestras such as those of Sammy Kaye, Johnny Dee, and Larry Fontaine. As a child, she appeared on The Children's Hour, a television show locally aired in New York, sponsored by Horn & Hardart, a cafeteria chain which had locations in New York and Philadelphia.

She was born in the New York borough of The Bronx. Cathy Carr (June 28, 1936-1988) was a pop singer.