During his early years in the music business, David Gates was involved in many facets of the industry, including songwriting, production, and session work. In the late 1960s, he formed the popular soft-rock band Bread with three other musicians, an association for which he remains best-known today. David's smooth, clear tenor voice and melodic songwriting style helped Bread to become one of the most successful pop groups of the early 1970s, scoring an impressive string of chart hits before disbanding in 1973.
David's first solo effort, Clouds, produced several singles that did very well on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, but were only moderately successful on the Hot 100. It was his second album, Never Let Her Go, that would give him his first solo top 40 hit on the pop chart. The title track, a beautiful ballad similar in style to some of his best work with Bread, achieved a peak placing of #29 on the Hot 100 chart in March 1975, as well as a #3 peak on the AC chart.
In addition to Never Let Her Go, which appears to be currently in print, the track can be found on Retrospective, an excellent compilation of Bread's hits as well as solo material from David Gates and fellow Bread member James Griffin. Listen to a sample of the song via this link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00123HI54/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk40
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