DAVID GATES (1978) - American Bandstand ("Goodbye Girl")

[@charmedwynn9320]

Still. Listening in 2023. The voice.. So special.. No. One can sing like him.. ❤

[@mike42441]

So true!

[@sheryljones856]

David Gates is one of my all time favorites. Great voice and great songwriter

[@davidroga6508]

Everything about this guy and Bread was something very special. Their music is so sophisticated that very few bands could compare to them. Their music is so intricate, yet they make it sound so simple. They were the best.

[@NewJerseySportsFan]

One of the most underrated vocalists of the 20th Century.

[@MrBudcole]

Could NOT agree more whole-heartedly! I was watching a couple vids of "greatest male vocalists", and NONE of them had David Gates OR Brad Delp from Boston.

[@johncheek2207]

Got that right

[@paulbuxton1326]

Top composer too 🎼🙏

[@footrugist7657]

yeah just like glenn campbell a vocal and guitarist

[@zapkvr]

Nonsense. He was rated correctly. He was never underrated.

[@lauraledesma6041]

David Gates is an amazing singer and writer!!! Never really got the recognition he deserved.Just to let you know david i really thought all you songs were great and you are so talented !!! Thank you for your beautiful music!!!! \

[@KulangoTV]

2024 who still listening?

[@neknekgomez7695]

Me

[@margaretcicala9011]

Great music

[@gerry427]

Sept here still listening in 2024 - amazing.....

[@Dexter-d4v]

Me 🎶

[@ambrosegideon19]

2025 November

[@song4you80]

I'd give anything to go back to 1977 including the rest of my life.

[@equelizarlee4173]

Still an awesome hit single after so many years!

[@mottasantos04]

Verdade, até hj faz sucesso!

[@pattybraithwaite2589]

Beautiful voice, beautiful song, and one heck of a movie! Thanks!

[@zapkvr]

Its a beautiful movie

[@robertchandlee8820]

His band should be in the r&r hall of fame

[@zghani2410]

Agreed if they haven't already. The man is in his 80s and we hope he and his group Bread get inducted while most of them are still with us and wish them all well!

[@juniorjunior4087]

Hall of shame they rather have rappers or madonna the likes

[@donnaleeclubb119]

I love David Gates and Bread. My husband would heartily disagree. LOL 😆 🤣. I force him to listen to Bread.

[@zapkvr]

HERE HERE

[@joepedroza4707]

No one who sings love Ballads comes close to this man. He gets me crying every time

[@RSMR7.]

Exactly and I'm a 50 year old woman. Have loved this song since I was very young. Mom and Dad played it constantly....

[@annabrahamson4320]

I remember when this came out, I was 19 years old. I felt like I was the Good Bye Girl. Loved Bread!

[@dougstiehl3133]

Listening to this song in 2024. Grew up with this talented band in the 70s. David Gates was one of the best singers back then. I'm 66 years old now 🎵🎶🎸🎹

[@CPaiva99]

We need more Bread & David Gates now more than ever in 2024 👏🙏

[@11970mandy]

70’s love songs had a big part in who I am as a person. It connected me to my Soul and grounded me there.

[@tammyleederwhitaker649]

No one sings like this man. Such a gift🌹 TIME ⏳

[@stevenbuck644]

Beautiful comment, hi Tammy how are you doing?

[@amdanyahya2439]

Yeahhh one n only

[@hugo1176]

Alright

[@paulperry2120]

The male Karen Carpenter

[@maryholliday5639]

AMEN DAVID GATES IS GENIUS GOD BLESS HIM AND HIS FAMILY

[@RSMR7.]

Most beautiful song ever. Have loved it for years....❤

[@arnaizduhaylungsod8971]

love his songs so much.. 2024 til forever..❤

[@fayecoleman9989]

Happy 81st birthday David Gates

[@douglas2902]

One of the greatest singer songwriters from the seventies you will never hear music this good again. All the great songs have already been written sorry for all the new performers

[@glenmaurizio630]

This song is very bitter sweet to me. The movie Goodbye Girl was the last movie I saw with the love of my life when we parted.

[@cvgmdbe]

Bread should be in the rock and roll hall of fame!

[@vls3771]

The tone of his voice is magic.... A unique singer and writer ..

[@janethouse4607]

My late husband was in the Navy in the 70s when we met,this was our song everything he had to leave,brings back memories of then. Great singer and song writer.

[@crob949]

Thanks for sharing, I was only 4 when this song came out but I love hearing folks share their experiences and stories about how these certain songs affected them and their experiences

[@carajssavannahga]

I was 9 when the movie came out. My mom loved his music. I love it because brings back memories my childhood and my young mother playing Bread records

[@pep590]

Nice. You are roughly the same age as Quin Cummings.

[@mikesmith6330]

David Gates... Musical Genius!

[@andreamaldonado681]

David's voice,you can feel his soul in all his songs. Loved the movie, saw it multiple times.I loved The group. growing up I would listen to the greatest hits on my portable player.Still have the album.God🙏Bless you and your wife/family.My husband & I are highschool sweet hearts. We were 16 Now 61 , 45 years together ,grew up listening to the songs ,all have special meaning for us They don't make music like they used too. Sooo glad we grew up in the 70's

[@rokav5221]

I was 16 and my first love ran away from Pennsylvania to Florida to live with her father. She told me that night, kissed me, and she was gone. Driving to school the next morning I heard this song, pulled over and cried.....hard. Still hurts to hear this song and I'm now 63.

[@rrk2801]

The movie was the story of my life with my mom at the time. I watch it every time it's on and it brings back such bittersweet memories. This song always brings me to tears.

[@gregorylisella832]

No one makes music this good anymore 😭

[@mrsmokeydog7830]

Years will pass and times will change . But Quality Beautiful Timeless music that is well written and crafted like this and could be transported back 100 years in the past and be liked or transported 100 years in the future and liked. That is the definition of a timeless classic like this song by David Gates.

[@MrHernanromero]

Simply beautiful !!!!! this guy pours his heart in every word he sings,excuse my english it´s no the best and trying to express my feelings is even harder,I am from colombia ,never had been abroad but i grew up listening to this amazing music that has taken me to many places ,to many special moments ,to smile remembering those women who loved me i loved back, those friends who for a long period of my childhood and adolescence were family to me, every song brings back different moments of my life and when that happens ,some of them make me happy and some others make me sad and nostalgic ,but that is life and music has helped me at the age I´m now to get by,I Would love to take it with me to eternity where I Hope to reunite with my loved ones and friends that have already departed,I Thank music for being my eternal good and faithfull companion

[@dougstiehl3133]

Folks this is what a talented vocalist sounds like 😊🎶🎵🎹

[@clightning9703]

got that right Sir

[@noelmasangcay4955]

David Gates a gift to humanity.

[@bennyhotsteppa9388]

Great song. The movie was terrific as well.

[@tonya744]

Such a sweet song. David is amazing.

[@gauchoereje]

David. one of the best Voices of the Century 👏👏👏👏

[@Bella-D]

A voice of an angel. Such a beautiful song

[@davidcoates7615]

At the beginning of this song I always feeling like taking a deep breath, relaxing, closing my eyes and going back to the 70's at the rollerskating at the rink.

[@robertfritchey-zq1wn]

Not very many people could play the piano this good. This man has a lot of talent

[@AmorArsenal]

I love this song ❤❤❤

[@heathermaxwell5875]

I love David Gates "GOODBYE GIRL" love his voice!

[@JorgeMancia-wm5oo]

A greater golden singer with bread, classic music that will never come back to our generations. I was 14 years old a gift that God gave it to me, this great singer and bread musical band.

[@thomasmarthinussen8978]

David Gates solo is a pleasure. Gates and James Griffin together equals magic. Especially when you bring in drummer extraordinaire Mike Botts and the musical excellence of Larry Knechtel! Bread remain the finest Soft Rock band ever yet their rocking more uptempo material is criminally underrated.

[@jlockwood65]

Like which one? You know who I feel is underrated? Three dog night.

[@thomasmarthinussen8978]

@@jlockwood65 Like EVERY single Uptempo,"raunchy" Bread song, because they're unfamiliar to the public. Unless you bought the albums and actually listened to to them, youd think Bread was only this bland ballad type band when in fact they had just as many rockers as ballads! LOVE Three Dog Night, by the way!

[@jlockwood65]

@@thomasmarthinussen8978 I'm gonna a go find a me one now. I'll be back....

[@francoisverkoczy5659]

@@jlockwood65 ya but TDN didn't write their own songs ..

[@gilbertmogindol7468]

Yes

[@takfam07]

What an immense talent. His best songs are perfection.

[@spitfirered]

Thank You For Sharing This Song!

[@zghani2410]

This is one of my favorite songs ever by Mr. Gates! I'm a big fan of Bread's love ballads.

[@jim8990]

Grew up listening to Bread, the Carpenters and other great 70's bands, and had the pleasure of meeting David Gates [he lived next door to some friends of ours in Hidden Hills, CA]. Tremendous singer, will never be anyone like him....

[@jvlp2046]

One of my favorite Songs from the '70s... love it...

[@denisek7009]

What a beautiful song! He’s such a talented man. ❤️

[@donnaleeclubb119]

LOVED The Good-Bye Girl.

[@jorgemancia2903]

This singer was a gift from God

[@bernadettecatalan]

David Gates makes me feel so inlove everytime i listen to his music. ❤️❤️❤️ Who is here with me now? July 27, 2022 @ 9:38 in the evening❤️

[@kayblock-bourghs8285]

I"m here on Saturday, September 3, 2022, @ 3:37am.

[@JenniferJones-ry6ji]

💜 Nov 2024 💜 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@johnparker4538]

This song means so much to me. I give thanks each day that she came back to me.

[@CarloSison-p4z]

Hope I was born where you are! Love you're voice very much!❤❤❤

[@IamCatharinemme]

Absolutely beautiful

[@lilyherbal2262]

Music in today reality can not compare this 👍🏻🙏🏻

[@nicolosito]

A wonderful singer. One of the best and a great songwriter as well.

[@Zzsmuf]

Very Sweet Man.

[@lordcron]

I used to do a lot of traveling as a kid back and forth between my parents and this song and his other music was great for traveling.

[@matthewwong3757]

For those who want to sing along All your life you've waited for love to Come and stay And now that I have found you, you must Not slip away I know it's hard believin' the words you've Heard before But darlin' you must trust them just once More, 'cause baby Goodbye doesn't mean forever Let me tell you goodbye doesn't mean We'll never be together again If you wake up and I'm not there, I won't Be long away 'Cause the things you do my Goodbye Girl Will bring me back to you. I know you've been taken, afraid to hurt Again You fight the love you feel for me instead Of givin' in But I can wait forever, a-helpin' you to see That I was meant for you and you for me so remember Goodbye doesn't mean forever Let me tell you goodbye doesn't mean We'll never be together again Though we may be so far apart you still Will have my heart So forget your past my Goodbye Girl 'Cause now you're home at last

[@MidwestGirl]

This song couldn't be more perfect for the movie. Great job DG.

[@LifeInAfricaVlog]

2024 who's still listening ❤

[@LaurenceJones-v1c]

David Gates is one of my favorite musicians. Nobody can sing like David Gates !!

[@GrantKloulubak-bf7bm]

Love this song i was 13years old in 1978

[@b.prabhakaranalbaskeran9321]

One of favorite song when I was schooling time....till nw still fresh listening this beautiful song with great vocal n music

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Great song. Ol the memories of the 70s. Transport me back to 1978. I had been out of the Marine Corps 5 months, when this aired. I let my hair grow, and a different date every weekend.

[@mercedescada9202]

Are you still alive today sir 😊 well, just wanted to say hello to you after reading your comments here. Actually, this is my first time knowing this song, one friend sends to me this few days ago, am still can't believe there's this such incredible very warmth so much dedicated song, it's like am living in another world, world of fantacy where everything are so much loved 💞💞💞💝💜💙💚💛⚘🌸🌷🌻🌺🌹🌿

[@MyKingdomForAK9]

❤ Thank you for your service❣🇺🇸

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

@@mercedescada9202 still here and 67 years old. Enjoyed reading your comment. This is a beautiful song. Semper Fidelis from an old Marine Sergeant

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

@@MyKingdomForAK9 you're welcome. I always tell people the same thing. It was an honor to serve our great Nation and the United States Marine Corps. Semper Fi

[@MichaelSmith-uw2tl]

David Gates! Master class

[@jorgemancia2903]

Greatest songs i was 17 yearls old when this great golden singer came around. He belonged to a great group, bread. A gift from God. Thank you David Gate.

[@devie8032]

I grew up to his music this one is my favorite.

[@janeofvirginia153]

Still alive, still married to the same woman, still a great father, a great grandfather, and a great rancher.

[@mayaugust5777]

David Gates is a gifted , smooth , honey voiced singer and song writer . All wrapped up in one package , and not a bad looking one at that .

[@thomasmarthinussen8978]

The 20 track The Sound Of Bread compilation may be the finest collection ever released. All the David Gates written hits are to be found, some superb Griffin/Royer songs and a few selected album tracks.

[@timhall9424]

He is one of the best song writers and this beautiful love song shows it . one of my favorites .

[@starrlehner1881]

This guys voice gave me grace when I waltzed on skates

[@marionturner7573]

I love this song

[@cpace4031]

I was 14 when this was performed. Still love it!

[@mauriciosoto4734]

One of my favorite songs and favorite movies too. Thanks for sharing!

[@robertmccoy4016]

Love this song and the "Goodbye Girl" movie. David was very talented Singer/ Songwriter!

[@rommelcajucom3534]

One of my favorite song when i sad. And one of my favorite voice and singer. Mabuhay david gates.

[@Bettper]

He is Blessed with Everything MUSIC!!! He IS Music!!!! Love Him and all he does and shares.

[@avengernemesis7990]

Oh memories...remembering someone who no longer remembers me.. The goodbye girl.

[@faysmith7569]

David Gates. So so beautiful always.

[@suejames735]

The first movie I ever went to. Beautiful song!!

[@hiobi1172]

I was just thinking of my favourite band "Bread" yesterday. Somehow this song came to my mind and then I started to tear up. Brings back such wonderful memories of the 80s.

[@squirrelattackspidy]

I loved that movie. The song is great too.

[@equelizarlee4173]

David Gates , what a legend!

[@pixelatedhouse7847]

I was born 1993 but now its 2021 and Everytime i heard this songs i can't understand why i felt hurt🥺 loving this song❤️🤗

[@rinsedpie]

Relaxed and pleasant voice. Brilliant song

[@pinkvelvet3865]

A beautiful song and voice.

[@Tiberius291]

60s - 90s pure magic. 🎠

[@deannamartin2635]

This song has my heart 💖💜💖

[@cryptkicker71]

This song and Dick Clark...Heaven.

[@audiosavideo9288]

When performing live is not an issue. Great song and artist.

[@Steve-cm2ys]

Not that Gates was singing live here.

[@bruschmidt9943]

True. Every sound, instrument & Nuance exactly as the Studio Recording. At first I wondered if he was singing LIVE to a Studio backing track, but everything was exactly like it. Not even the finest performers are THAT exact in every detail?

[@2003alvin]

Oh the sweet sound of bread so soothing to the soul😊

[@johnossmann7036]

OK, So here is the deal with David Gates and Bread: As good as this music is, when they were popular in the 70s, if you were a guy in your teens, 20s, even 30s, you'd get laughed at and called names (politically incorrect ones) if you admitted to liking Bread and/or Soft Rock in general. It just wasn't considered manly, as stupid as that is. But, I have no doubt there were many guys like myself who liked it anyway, although we just didn't admit it. And being able to appreciate it more now, they were musical geniuses. The songwriting, the guitar playing was fantastic and David's singing of course. Before music videos, MTV and VH1, they were played on the radio ALL THE TIME, which indicates how good they were, whether people wanted to admit it at the time or not.

[@douglasdegraff8335]

What a Beautiful song. Neil Simon knew who to pick for this one

[@harrydonaldson1965]

The almost 'perfect love song ever written' that till today hasn't been bettered.

[@dr.troycrane9973]

Also listen to David Gates great song "Took the Last Train" off the same album and all his tons of great Bread Tunes! The 70's and 80's music was so much better than most the garbage they put out today! My condolences to those of you that weren't alive in the 70's and 80's!

[@BeeApple-sr3db]

Great song and great movie😊😊😊😊

[@Beardhorrorstories]

im 34 but i love this im so jealous to his voice ! so much talent ! woah