Breakfast Club (band)

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Breakfast Club
General information
Genre (s) Dance pop
founding Late 1970s
resolution 1988
Founding members
Dan Gilroy
Eddie Gilroy
former members
Angie Schmit
Gary Burke
Stephen Bray
Madonna

Breakfast Club was a US dance-pop - band from New York , who also initially Madonna belonged. The group had their greatest success in 1987 with the song Right on Track , a top 10 hit in the USA.

history

The formation was founded in the late 1970s by brothers Ed and Dan Gilroy in New York. Before her solo career, Madonna was the band's drummer and was in a relationship with both singer Dan Gilroy and drummer Stephen Bray . Madonna left Breakfast Club in 1979 and formed the pop band Emmy with Bray and bassist Gary Burke. In 1987 Breakfast Club released the first and only album that bore the band's name. The single Right on Track reached number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 and position 32 in the German charts . Their last single Drive My Car , a cover version of the Beatles song of the same name , was released in 1988. In the same year the band broke up.

Discography

album

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1987 Breakfast Club
MCA 5821 		US43 (30 weeks)
US
First published: May 1987
Producers: Howie Rice, Michael Verdick, Stephen Bray

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US R&B R&B Dance Dance
1987 Right on Track
Breakfast Club 		DE32 (10 weeks)
DE 		UK54 (5 weeks)
UK 		US7 (19 weeks)
US 		R&B64 (8 weeks)
R&B 		Dance7 (11 weeks)
Dance
First published: March 1987
Authors: Stephen Bray , Dan Gilroy
Kiss and Tell
Breakfast Club 		- - US48 (9 weeks)
US 		- -
First published: June 1987
Author: Dan Gilroy
Never Be the Same
Breakfast Club 		- UK91 (1 week)
UK 		- - Dance8 (11 weeks)
Dance
First published: October 1987
Authors: Stephen Bray, Dan Gilroy
1988 Expressway to Your Heart
Breakfast Club 		- - - - Dance30 (4 weeks)
Dance
First published: March 1988
Authors: Kenny Gamble , Leon Huff
Original: The Soul Survivors , 1967

More singles

  • 1984: Rico Mambo (release: May)
  • 1987: Rico Mambo (Plausibly Deniable Mix) (Remix: Arthur Barrow ; Release: September)
  • 1988: Drive My Car (release: September)
  • 2012: Right on Track (Josh Harris Vocal Club Mix) (Promo)

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  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE UK Billboard Hot 100 Billboard 200
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7

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