Breakfast Club (band)
The Breakfast Club were an American group. Their biggest hit single was "Right on Track", which peaked at No. 7 on the U.S. "Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was remixed for a commercial release in a 12" version for dance and club play by John "Jellybean" Benitez and became a Top Ten hit on the Billboard Magazine Hot Dance Club Play chart.
Band history
The group was formed in New York in 1979, and went through several line-ups including one in which pop star Madonna was the drummer. In the early 1980s, the band included Madonna, Angie Smit on bass, and the Gilroy brothers, Dan and Ed, both on guitar (Dan sang lead vocals as well). Dan Gilroy (not to be confused with the screenwriter/director of the same name) was also briefly Madonna's boyfriend, and he eventually allowed her to sing some lead vocals. Madonna ultimately left to form a new band, Emmy and the Emmys.
In the mid 1980s, the band consisted of the Gilroys (with Dan now concentrating exclusively on vocals, while Ed provided all guitars), Gary Burke (bass), Paul Kauk (keyboards), and Stephen Bray (drums). Both Bray and Burke had previously been Madonna's bandmates in Emmy and the Emmys.
Breakfast Club
The term breakfast club may refer to a variety of social arrangements, the simplest being where friends meet to eat breakfast together.
Breakfast Club (or The Breakfast Club) may also refer to:
Breakfast Club (British Politics)
Breakfast Club refers to an informal group of four Labour Party politicians in prominent leadership positions, all gaining their seats at the 2010 General Election. All members are seen to be from the 'Blairite' wing of the party.
All members have endorsed Liz Kendall's bid for leadership of the party, although Kendall's commitment to the group has been disputed, with reported absences from group meetings and one MP reportedly saying “I don’t think Liz eats breakfast”.
The term rose to prominence following the defeat of the Labour Party in the 2015 General Election, amid leadership speculation. The term is in reference to early morning meetings in Portcullis House reportedly "to plot the future".
The four members of the set are
The Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes and starring Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, John Kapelos, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy. The storyline follows five teenagers, each a member of a different high school clique, who spend a Saturday in detention together and come to realize that they are all more than their respective stereotypes, while facing a strict disciplinarian principal.
Critics consider it one of the greatest high school films of all time, as well as one of Hughes' most memorable and recognizable works. The media referred to the film's five main actors as members of a group called the "Brat Pack".
The Breakfast Club's title comes from the nickname invented by students and staff for morning detention at New Trier High School, the school attended by the son of one of John Hughes' friends. Thus, those who were sent to detention before school starting time were designated members of "The Breakfast Club".
