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Peter Asher
Peter Asher CBE (born 22 June 1944) is a British guitarist, singer, manager and record producer. He came to prominence in the 1960s as a member of the pop music vocal duo Peter and Gordon before going on to a successful career as a manager and record producer. As of 2018, he tours alongside Jeremy Clyde of Chad and Jeremy in a new duo entitled Peter and Jeremy, where they perform hits from both of their respective catalogs.
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Early life
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He is a member of Mensa. While attending the independent Westminster School as a day boy, he first met fellow pupil Gordon Waller (1945–2009), and they began playing and singing together as a duo in coffee bars. In 1962, they began working formally as
Peter and Gordon. Their first (and biggest) hit was the 1964 Paul McCartney song "
A World Without Love." Asher's sister Jane was, in the mid-1960s, the girlfriend of Paul McCartney. Through this connection, Asher and Waller were often given unrecorded Lennon-McCartney songs to perform.
Asher later read philosophy at King's College London.
In 1965, he was best man when singer Marianne Faithfull married John Dunbar in Cambridge.
After Peter and Gordon disbanded in 1968, Asher took charge of the A&R department at the Beatles' Apple Records label, where he signed a then-unknown James Taylor and agreed to produce the singer-songwriter's debut solo album. The album was not a success, but Asher was so convinced that Taylor held great potential that he resigned his post at Apple to move to the United States and work as Taylor's manager. Asher produced Paul Jones' rendition of the Bee Gees' "And the Sun Will Shine" which was released as a single (only in the UK). He also produced a number of Taylor's recordings from 1970 to 1985, including Sweet Baby James, Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon, JT and Flag.
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Personal life
Asher had a short-lived relationship with singer
Millie Small, also known as Millie, who sang "
My Boy Lollipop".
ritared236
Published on Nov 25, 2007
This is Lennon/McCartney masterpiece A World Without Love.
Peter and Gordon were one of the greatest pop-rock duos of the sixties, formed by Peter Asher and Gordon Waller
In living color:
Alex Rutiaga
Published on Jul 3, 2017
Not actual HD, just an upscaling to fit the whole frame.
I dont know who uploaded the original video, but its not on YT anymore, and i really like this video in particular (It reminds me to "The house of the rising sun" from The Animals) so here it is.
Enjoy.
*Fair use right*
As covered by some obscure performer:
CompleatBeatles
Published on Oct 5, 2009
This track appeared on various obscure bootlegs in the 1980's. It was originally claimed to be Paul McCartney's original demo of the track, though this claim is extremely questionable. In fact, the vocals on this track bare only a vague resemblance of those of Paul McCartney. Nonetheless, this is a lovely version of this wonderful track, regardless of its authenticity.
From 2017:
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