Front:
Peter é Gndon
Back:
Nineteen sixty four is, of course, the year of
the Beatles. But it seems unlikely that at
least a month or two will have to be yielded to
a brace of young Englishmen who bill themselves
as Peter and Gordon.
In mid-April, the duo succeeded the Beatles in
their number one slot on the English best-seller
charts with their recording of "A World Without
Love."
But there was no sadness in Beatleville,
for mighty John Lennon and Paul McCartney had
written the tune especially for Peter and Gordon
Peter Asher and George Waller became friends
five years ago at school. They began playing
guitar and singing together, performing at
school concerts and eventually at local coffee
bars. During their run at a local club they
were spotted by Norman Newell, recording manager
of EMI, who auditioned the boys the next day.
The rest is history.
Courtesy of Billboard
