Breakaway

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Their first album as a duo, Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle, was produced by Glyn Johns and released on Capitol; they then signed to A&M Records. They were to record three more albums with Johns, Willie and the Lapdog, Seeds and The Last Cowboy. Their fifth album Breakaway utilised US producer David Kershenbaum and it was with this release, in 1976, that they charted again, with the hits "Heart on My Sleeve" and "I Wanna Stay With You", both of which reached Number 6 in the UK Singles Chart and also charted in the US. [2]

The seeds for a reunion were sown in 2007 when both Gallagher and Lyle, as session musicians, appeared on an album by Canadian singer-songwriter Chris Tassone; this was recorded at London's Abbey Road Studios. [3] In April 2009, the two Scots attended the opening of the Largs Heritage Centre. [4] The following year, the duo re-formed. Cash Box Top 100 2/14/76". cashboxmagazine.com. 1976-02-14. Archived from the original on 2012-09-02 . Retrieved 2015-11-02. Paul sent a letter to all the writers saying he wanted the follow-up to come from in-house,” recalled Benny. saw Gallagher and Lyle undertake their first tour since 1979, consisting of 9 dates at 8 Scottish venues. [6] Their two dates at The Green Hotel in Kinross, a large golf resort, earned them the Mundell Music Award for Best UK Performance of the year, [7] to add to their Tartan Clef Award for Lifetime Achievement, which they had received in November 2010. [8] Gallagher and Lyle choose Largs for world premiere of their new theatre show". Largs and Millport Weekly News . Retrieved 12 July 2017.Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2017-12-06 . Retrieved 2015-11-02. The late British broadcaster Kenny Everett staged a visual interpretation of "Heart on My Sleeve" on his BBC TV show in the early 1980s. As the album took shape, the duo realised they’d recorded some of the finest songs of their career. Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen& Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2005) Not Ready to Make Nice" – Emily Burns Erwin, Martha Maguire, Natalie Maines Pasdar& Dan Wilson (songwriters) (2006)

BBC Scotland - BBC Scotland - Belladrum 2017: Eleven Scottish acts to fall in love with at this year's Tartan Heart festival". BBC . Retrieved 23 April 2019. Their mellow sound was only briefly in vogue and elusive further success (another minor hit in the UK was "Every Little Teardrop") prompted their split in 1980, by which time three more albums had been issued: Love On The Airwaves (which went silver in the UK), Showdown and Lonesome No More. The last of these was issued on Mercury; a further album recorded for that label, Living On The Breadline, has never been released. The duo's original version of "A Heart In New York", which was to have been included on that set, appeared on 1991's compilation album Heart On My Sleeve – The Very Best of Gallagher and Lyle.

They were then signed by Apple Records where they wrote for one of the label's most successful artists aside from The Beatles and Beatles-related acts, Mary Hopkin. Songs for Hopkin included "Sparrow", "The Fields of St. Etienne", "International", "Heritage" and "Jefferson". [1] In 1970 Gallagher and Lyle were amongst the founders of McGuinness Flint, writing nine of the 11 songs on the group's debut album, including the UK Singles Chart success " When I'm Dead and Gone" as well as the follow-up non-album single "Malt and Barley Blues", both of which were produced by Glyn Johns. [1] They recorded a second album with McGuinness Flint, Happy Birthday Ruthy Baby, again writing most of the songs, before leaving to form the duo Gallagher and Lyle in 1972. Gallagher and Lyle bring their songs home in a new musical". HeraldScotland.com . Retrieved 12 July 2017.

Gallagher and Lyle - Byre in the Botanics:: St Andrews, Scotland". 4 April 2017. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017 . Retrieved 9 April 2020.A friend knew the band was looking for a bass player. He said, I know these two guys but they’re a team, they come together.