English guitarist, singer, manager and record producer (b. 1944)
Peter Asher
CBE
Asher in 2012
Background information
Born
(1944-06-22) 22 June 1944 (age 79) Willesden, Middlesex England[1]
Genres
Traditional pop, pop
Occupation(s)
Musician, producer, actor
Instrument(s)
Vocals, guitar
Years active
1952–present
Labels
Capitol, Apple, Warner Bros., Columbia
Musical artist
Peter AsherCBE[2] (born 22 June 1944) is an English 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, helping to foster the recording careers of James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt among others. 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 catalogues.[3][4] In 2019, Asher published a book The Beatles from A to Zed about his personal reminiscences about the band.[5]
^GRO Register of Births: June 1944 3a 826 Willesden – Peter Asher, mmn = Eliot
^John Wirt (3 January 2019). "From London to L.A., Paul McCartney to James Taylor, music is Peter Asher's world". The Advocate. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
^Luanne Hunt. "Peter Asher still intimately involved with music, with and without the Beatles". vvdailypress.com. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
^"British Invasion Duo Peter Asher & Jeremy Clyde Come to Midland Cultural Centre!". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
^"Book review". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
PeterAsher CBE (born 22 June 1944) is an English guitarist, singer, manager and record producer. He came to prominence in the 1960s as a member of the...
London. Asher's elder brother is record producer and manager PeterAsher, who started his career as Peter of Peter and Gordon.[citation needed] Asher was...
Peter and Gordon were a British pop duo, composed of PeterAsher (b. 1944) and Gordon Waller (1945–2009), who achieved international fame in 1964 with...
their music to the public and some of which you can get on the radio. —PeterAsher, on collaborating with Ronstadt Ronstadt began her fourth solo album...
source of Asher's "accidental" reputation as a medical etymologist. They had three children: PeterAsher (born 1944), a member of the pop duo Peter & Gordon...
he met fellow student PeterAsher, also the son of a doctor, and they began playing together as a duo – Peter and Gordon. Asher mentioned in a 2006 interview...
"PeterAsher on working with The Beatles at Apple Records". musicradar.com. Retrieved 26 March 2024. Halperin, Shirley (30 November 2010). "Peter Asher:...
association with the King Bees (who once opened for Peter and Gordon), to connect Taylor to PeterAsher. Asher was A&R head for the Beatles' newly formed label...
John Stewart's, who was a friend of PeterAsher. In 1970, Kunkel through his connection with producer PeterAsher, rehearsed "Fire and Rain" and suggested...
into the London home of his then-girlfriend Jane Asher in 1963, sharing a room with her brother PeterAsher, who asked McCartney if he could use the song...
Lonesome Road" PeterAsher Jim Gilstrap Bernard Ighner David Lasley Arnold McCuller James Taylor Jennifer Warnes Producer – PeterAsher Engineer – Val...
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married Dr Richard Asher (1912–1969); the couple had three children: PeterAsher (born 1944), who was one half of the pop duo Peter & Gordon and successful...
album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. The album, produced by PeterAsher, was recorded at Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California, between December...
small live audience. One television soundtrack recording,The Music from Peter Gunn, has won. Two comedy albums have also won this category: The Button-Down...
Beautiful" Ray Stevens Ray Stevens, producer "Fire and Rain" James Taylor PeterAsher, producer "Let It Be" The Beatles George Martin, producer 1972 "It's...
appearance at the Troubadour and, remembering Sklar, asked his manager PeterAsher to invite Sklar to play bass at that show. Both musicians thought the...
Wachtel, bassist Kenny Edwards, and producer and multi-instrumentalist PeterAsher. The album was released by Asylum in the LP format in September 1977...
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