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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 ...
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".
Peter and Gordon performing in 2005. Peter Asher subsequently became head of A&R for Apple Records. He continued his career as a recording executive in California, where he managed and produced Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Asher also produced recordings for Cher, 10,000 Maniacs, and Diana Ross.
A cover version by Bobby Rydell released in May 1964 was a strong regional hit in many markets. It reached No. 80 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [29] and No. 2 in a tandem ranking with the Peter and Gordon version on the Cash Box Top 100, before Rydell's name was dropped from the entry. [30]
"Woman" Peter and Gordon: 80 "You Baby" The Turtles: 81 "Sweet Talkin' Guy" The Chiffons: 82 "Five O'Clock World" The Vogues: 83 "Black Is Black" Los Bravos: 84 "Nowhere Man" The Beatles: 85 "Dandy" Herman's Hermits: 86 "Baby Scratch My Back" Slim Harpo: 87 "She's Just My Style" Gary Lewis & the Playboys: 88 "The More I See You" Chris Montez ...
Lady Godiva by John Collier, c. 1897, in the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry. Lady Godiva: Edmund Blair Leighton depicts her moment of decision (1892). Lady Godiva (/ ɡ ə ˈ d aɪ v ə /; died between 1066 and 1086), in Old English Godgifu, was a late Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who is relatively well documented as the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, and a patron of various churches and ...
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Geoff Love also arranged and conducted most of Peter and Gordon's subsequent hit singles including "I Go to Pieces"(US #9 in 1964), "True Love Ways"(US #14 and UK #2 in 1965), and "Lady Godiva"(US #6 and UK #16 in 1966), as well as numerous album tracks.