Bread (David Gates, James Griffin and Robb Royer) is also known as the inventor of soft rock. In the early 1970s they scored a large number of world hits, almost all written and sung by David Gates. With their radio friendly songs they grow into one of the most popular and most successful pop groups of that time. The deluxe 3 CD digipack Bread & David Gates - Collected is a definitive and complete overview of the band and the singer - songwriter David Gates.