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"Woman" is a 1966 single written by Paul McCartney (under the pseudonym Bernard Webb) and recorded by Peter and Gordon. McCartney intended the song to test whether one of his compositions could be successful based on its own merits without being associated with the hit-making Lennon-McCartney songwriting team, which had produced dozens of hit records for the Beatles and other acts (including ...
Peter Asher and his sister Jane were child actors in the 1950s. They played siblings in a 1955 episode of the television series The Adventures of Robin Hood.Jane dated Paul McCartney between 1963 and 1968, and Peter and Gordon recorded several songs written by McCartney but credited to Lennon–McCartney. [1]
The track was a drastic stylistic shift for Peter and Gordon, who had specialized in melancholy love songs. The music hall style of "Lady Godiva" matched several Herman's Hermits' hits, as well as "Winchester Cathedral" by the New Vaudeville Band, which was rising up the UK charts when Peter and Gordon recorded "Lady Godiva". Eventually ...
Peter and Gordon: A World Without Love "Nobody I Know" b/w "You Don't Have to Tell Me" 10 9 9 8 — — — — 12 — A: Non-album track B: Peter and Gordon: A: I Don't Want to See You Again B: A World Without Love "I Don't Want to See You Again" b/w "I Would Buy You Presents" — 28 17 — — — — — 16 9 A: In Touch with Peter and ...
Before giving the song to Peter and Gordon, McCartney offered "A World Without Love" to Kramer, who rejected it. [13] The song was one of the seven number ones credited to Lennon-McCartney that charted in the US in 1964, an all-time songwriting record for most songs to top the US charts in a calendar year.
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Gordon Trueman Riviere Waller (4 June 1945 – 17 July 2009) was a Scottish guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known as Gordon of the 1960s pop music duo Peter and Gordon, whose biggest hit was the no. 1 million-selling single "A World Without Love".
Peter and Gordon's first three singles had all been Lennon–McCartney compositions, but "I Go to Pieces" began a series of four single releases by the duo which were covers of American songs. "I Go to Pieces" afforded Peter and Gordon an international hit, reaching number 11 in Sweden while in Australia the track was a double A-side hit ...