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The American Breed was a 1960's pop rock band formed in Chicago in 1966 under the name of Gary & the Nite Lites. A short time later they changed their name to The American Breed and signed a recording contract with Dot Records subsidiary Acta Records, where they made four albums in two years and had four songs reach The Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The band started at a time when Chicago was home to a number of talented young groups lead by the Chicago Transit Authority (Chicago), which helped the band get national exposure. The original band consisted of Gary Loizzo (Vocals, Guitar) Al Ciner (Guitar), Chuck Colbert (Bass) & Lee Graziano (Drums). Kevin Murphy (Keyboards) joined the band later. The band (minus Gary Loizza) later reformed as the 1970's R&B band Rufus, recruiting Chaka Khan to be their lead singer. The American Breed lasted only a little over three years, but left us with one very recognizable Top Ten hit (#5 Billboard) "Bend Me, Shape Me". Their other Billboard Hot 100 hits include: "Green Light", "Step Out of Your Mind", "Ready, Willing and Able" & "Anyway That You Want Me". Their biggest selling album was the 1968 Acta Records "Bend Me, Shape Me" (#99 Billboard 200) release. "Other songs by The American Breed include: "Keep the Faith", "Mindrocker", "Don't Forget About Me", "Short Skirts", "I Don't Think You Know Me", "Can't Make It Without You", "When I'm With You", "Give Two Young Lovers a Chance", "Private Zoo", "Same Old Thing", "Cool It (We're Not Alone", "Master of My Fate", "The Brain", "Don't It Make You Cry", "Take Me If You Want Me", "Hunky Funky", "Bird", "River of No Regrets", "Walls" & "Enter Her Majesty".
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The American Breed's at allthelyrics.com includes "Bend Me, Shape Me", "Green Light" & "Step Out of You Mind"
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The American Breed at Billboard.com featuring biography, chart history and discography,
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The American Breed at allmusic.com featuring Overview, Biography, Discography, Songs, Credits, Charts & Awards tabs.
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The American Breed at tsimon.com gives a more in depth biography of the band. Explaining that they started out in Chicago as a racially integrated group, where they became acquainted with other rising bands there such as The Buckinghams, Chicago Transit Authority and the Ides of March. They were found by Dot Records where they worked with Morris Diamond and Kenny Myers. They had one major hit with "Bend Me, Shape Me" then had some of the group leave and form the group Rufus.
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The American Breed at wikipedia.com. featuring information on the following areas: Career, Best known lineup, Albums, Singles, References & External links
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The American Breed's top ten hit "Bend Me, Shape Me" (Scott English/Larry Weiss) Wikipedia Site
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The American Breed's biggest hit single (#5 Billboard Hot 100) was the 1968 Acta Records "Bend Me, Shape Me" (Scott English/Larry Weiss) from the 1968 Acta "Bend Me, Shape Me" (#99 The Billboard 200) album. The singles B-Side was "Mindrocker" (Keith Colley/Linda Colley) from the same LP. Band members: Al Ciner (Rhythm Guitar, Vocals), Charles Colbert (Bass Guitar, Vocals), Gary Loizzo (Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals) & Lee Grazanio (Drums, Trumpet, Vocals). Bill Traut (Producer).
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The American Breed's B-Side "Mindrocker" (Keith Colley/Linda Colley) to their big hit song "Bend Me, Shape Me" (Larry Weiss/Scott English) is from the 1968 Acta Records "Bend Me, Shape Me" LP. LP song list: "Green Light", "Don't It Make You Cry", "Mindrocker", "Bird", "Something You've Got", "Don't Make Me Leave You", "Bend Me, Shape Me", "Before and After", "Sometime in the Morning", "I've Been Tryin'" & "No Easy Way Down".
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The American Breed's "It's Getting Harder" (Larry Weiss) was unreleased until the 1994 Dunwich Records "If You're Ready! The Best of Dunwich Records...Volume 2" compilation LP. Other Bands included on the album were, The Pride and Joy, Shadows of Night, Thing To Come, The Luv'd Ones, The Light Nites, Saturday's Children, The Wanderin' Kind, The Knaves, The Rovin' Kind, The Troys, The Warner Brothers, Sounds Unlimited, H.P. Lovecraft, The Beau Gentry & George Edwards & Friends.
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The American Breed's "New Games to Play" is from the 1968 Acta Records "Lonely Side of the City" album. LP song list: "Always You", "Walls", "Partners In Love", "Out in the Cold", "Love Is Just a State of Mind", "New games to Play", "I've Got to Get You Off", "Another Bad Morning", "What Can You Do When You're Lonely", "River of No Regrets" & "To Put Up With You". LP producer was The American Breed, Skeet Bushor, Bill Traut, with Bob Schiff, Eddie Higgins & Jim Vincent as assistants.
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