Read this obit in the paper yesterday:
A year and a half ago (hardly seems like it's been that long), we learned of the death of Mike Smith of the Dave Clark Five. That brought back a flood of memories, and although Peter & Gordon did not have the widespread fame of the Dave Clark Five, they were still a quintessential 1960's band.
Gordon Waller's partner in the band, Peter Asher, had a sister named Jane who spent a lot of time with Paul McCartney at the time the Beatles' fame was skyrocketing. If you're a fan of the era, I'd recommend The Beatles: The Biography by Bob Spitz (Little, Brown and Company, 2005). It has a lot of great stories about those days, including the story of how Paul essentially created Peter & Gordon.
Rest in peace, Gordon Waller.
2 comments:
I recall the first time that Peter and Gordon appeared on British TV... that song "World Without Love" features in the soundtrack to my life.... "I don't care what they say, I won't stay in a world without love.." It took Gordon a long time to fulfil that promise.
I hope the family illness issue is improving rather than worsening.
It is, YP, and thank you. Dorothy had her gall bladder removed on Monday, 2 days after I took her to the emergency room. It took them a while to figure out the problem.
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