Breakfast Club
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Breakfast Club, an American pop group, were formed in New York City in 1979. The band underwent several line-up changes, one of which featured a then-unknown Madonna on drums. In the early 1980s, Breakfast Club included Dan Gilroy on vocals and guitar, his brother Ed Gilroy on guitar, Angie Smit on bass, and Madonna. After Madonna's departure to form Emmy and the Emmys, the band continued with Dan Gilroy on vocals, Ed Gilroy on guitar, Gary Burke on bass, and Stephen Bray on drums. They signed with ZE Records in 1984, releasing their first single, "Rico Mambo", that year. In 1987, Breakfast Club released their eponymous album under MCA Records, which featured the hit single "Right on Track", peaking at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and reaching top 10 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Dance Club Play chart. The band were nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards in 1988. Their last single, a cover of the Beatles' "Drive My Car", appeared in the 1988 film License to Drive. A second album recorded around 1988 was rejected by MCA and not issued at that time. The band disbanded shortly afterwards. In 2016, Breakfast Club released an EP titled Percolate, featuring songs from their unreleased second album. After a 35-year hiatus, the band reunited in 2022, releasing a new single titled "Could We Not Stop Dancing?", followed by "Fantasy Street" in December 2023.
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