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Biography
about|the British band|the New Zealand band|Breathe (New Zealand band)Infobox musical artist | name = Breathe| image =| caption =| background = group_or_band| origin = London, England | genre = Pop rock , Adult contemporary music|Soft AC | years_active = 1984–1992| label = Siren Records A& M Records | current_members = David Glasper Marcus Lillington Ian "Spike" Spice Michael Delahunty| website = Breathe were a London based musical ensemble|group formed in the early 1980s.
Career
Originally a larger, five-person band (music)|band called Catch 22, all the members were childhood friends who went to Yateley School together in Hampshire where they lived. They later trimmed down to a quartet . Phill Harrison (bass) left to join the Fire Brigade. In 1984 singer David Glasper, guitarist Marcus Lillington, drummer Ian "Spike" Spice, and bass guitar ist Michael "Mick" Delahunty began working on some demo (music)|demos . Those song|tunes were introduced to personnel from the record label|label Siren Records , and that lead to a recording contract with A& M Records . They released the album , All That Jazz (Breathe album)|All That Jazz , in 1987. This contained their two best-known chart hit|hits , " How Can I Fall? " and " Hands to Heaven ". The former charted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #3, and the latter at #2 in 1988 and at number 4 in the UK Singles Chart .cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 77 "Hands" also ranked inside Billboard's 1988 Year-End Top 40|Top 10 at #9.
Bassist Michael Delahunty left the group in 1988 as they were about to reach the peak of their success, and the remaining three continued with promotion for the All That Jazz album and singles. Afterward, they continued in this line-up with the lesser known Peace of Mind in early 1990.
Their sound was a combination of light jazz with some popular music|pop and soul music|soul , somewhat reminiscent of Air Supply or even Rick Astley . However, their success was short-lived. Sales were low even though many radio station s played some tracks from the second release, Peace of Mind . They disbanded because major record labels did not continue to promote them.
After 2000, David Glasper returned to singing , setting up a MySpace account http://www.myspace.com/davidglasper David Glasper's MySpace Profile with two demo (music)|demos . Marcus Lillington and Phil Harrison still play together in ' Stroke the Toad '.
Personnel
David Glasper (vocals) - born 4 January 1965, Cardigan, Ceredigion|Cardigan , Mid Wales .
Marcus Lillington (guitars, keyboards) - born 28 February 1967, London . Now works at internet|web design firm, http://www.headscape.co.uk Headscape, http://headscape.co.uk/people/lillington.html Headscape team: Marcus Lillington and co-hosts web design podcast , http://www.boagworld.com/podcast/ Boagworld.com. http://boagworld.com/about About Boagworld He plays guitar and sings in the band http://strokethetoad.com/ Stroke the Toad.
Spike (drums) - born Ian Spice, 18 September 1966 - died 2000.
Michael Delahunty (bass) - band member 1984-1989.
Steve Price-Wardley ( keyboard instrument|keyboards ) - born in Trinidad and educated at Charterhouse School|Charterhouse . Later formed an indie (music)|indie record label with Will Crichton-Stuart.
Phill Harrison (bass, guitar) - born 29 October 1966 - Bass player, Stroke the Toad - Leads 'Symmetry', an ongoing project with various musicians, owns Fluke Productions (.co.uk)
Discography
Studio albums
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Peak chart positions
Certifications ( List of best selling music artists
British Phonographic Industry|UK : Silvercite web|url= http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx|title=BPI Searchable Database|publisher= British Phonographic Industry |accessdate=17 June 2011
Recording Industry Association of America|US : Goldcite web|url= http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php? content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database|title=RIAA Searchable Database|publisher= Recording Industry Association of America |accessdate=21 October 2011
Peace of Mind
Release date: 20 August 1990
Label: A& M Records
Formats: CD, cassette
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Singles
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1987
77
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10
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All That Jazz
" Hands to Heaven "
1988
60
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" How Can I Fall? "
1989
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"All This I Should Have Known"
1990
87
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Peace of Mind
"Say a Prayer"
1991
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34
17
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References
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External links
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p3769|pure_url=yes Breathe biography at Allmusic website
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p3769/discography/main|pure_url=yes Breathe discography at Allmusic website
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