Stephen Pate Bray (born December 23, 1956) is an American songwriter, drummer, and record producer.
He is best known for his collaborations with Madonna, being a member of the band Breakfast Club, and for winning the 2017 Grammy Award for the Best Musical Theater Album of the Tony Award-winning revival of The Color Purple.
Bray began studying music through private instruction in Detroit, attended Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor.
[2] He moved to New York after receiving a call from Madonna in November 1980; at that time she was a member of the band Breakfast Club in Queens.
Following Madonna's rise to stardom, Bray rejoined Breakfast Club, and the quartet signed first with ZE Records and later with MCA.