Peter en Gordon waren een Britse Invasie - tijdperk presterende duo -, gevormd door Peter Asher en Gordon Waller, dat rocketed te faam in 1964 met "A World Without Love". Peter Asher's sister (the actress Jane Asher ) was dating Paul McCartney (of The Beatles ), and so Peter and Gordon recorded several songs written by McCartney, with or without John Lennon . Peter Asher's zuster (de actrice Jane Asher), was daterend Paul McCartney (van The Beatles), en dus Peter en Gordon geregistreerd meerdere nummers geschreven door McCartney, met of zonder John Lennon. Those hits included " Nobody I Know ", " I Don't Want To See You Again " and " Woman ". Deze treffers opgenomen "Nobody I Know", "I Don't Want To See You Again" en "Woman". The writing credit for "Woman" is given to "Bernard Webb," which was in fact an alias for Paul McCartney. Het schrijven van credit voor "Woman" wordt gegeven aan "Bernard Webb," dat was in feite een alias voor Paul McCartney. McCartney used the pseudonym to see if he could have a hit song even without his famous name attached to it. McCartney gebruikt het pseudoniem om te zien of hij had een hit lied zelfs zonder zijn beroemde naam gevoegd. The song reached number 14 in the US and number 28 on the British charts. Het nummer bereikte nummer 14 in de VS en het nummer 28 op de Britse hitlijsten. Peter and Gordon also recorded the John Lennon penned Lennon/McCartney song, "If I Fell". Peter en Gordon ook de John Lennon schreef Lennon / McCartney lied, "If I Fell". The Beatles connection doesn't end there. The Beatles verbinding niet af. The Meredith Wilson song, "Till There Was You" recorded by the Beatles and sung by Paul McCartney was later recorded by Peter and Gordon. De Meredith Wilson lied, "Till There Was You" geregistreerd door de Beatles en gezongen door Paul McCartney werd later opgetekend door Peter en Gordon. Other hits for the group included " I Go to Pieces ", which was written by Del Shannon and given to the duo after the two acts toured together, and remakes of " True Love Ways " by Buddy Holly and " To Know Him Is To Love Him " by the Teddy Bears , retitled "To Know You Is To Love You." Andere hits voor de groep opgenomen "Ik Ga naar Pieces", dat werd geschreven door Del Shannon en gegeven aan het duo na de twee handelingen tournee samen, en remakes van "True Love Ways" door Buddy Holly en "To Know Him Is To Love Hem "door Teddy Bears, retitled" To Know You Is To Love You. " Peter and Gordon had their last hits in 1967 with " Lady Godiva " "Knight In Rusty Armour" and "Sunday for Tea". Peter en Gordon hebben hun laatste treffers in 1967 met "Lady Godiva" "Knight In Rusty Armour" en "zondag voor Tea". Asher has continued his career as a recording executive in California and has managed and produced Linda Ronstadt , James Taylor , Cher , Diana Ross and more. Asher heeft zijn carrire als uitvoerend opname in Californi en heeft beheerd en geproduceerd Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Cher, Diana Ross en nog veel meer. In August 2005, Peter and Gordon reunited onstage for the first time in over 30 years, as part of two tribute concerts for Mike Smith of the Dave Clark Five in New York City.
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