Peter and Gordon
Peter and Gordon were a British pop duo, comprising Peter Asher (b. 1944) and Gordon Waller (1945–2009), who achieved international fame in 1964 with their first single, the million-selling transatlantic No.1 smash "A World Without Love." The duo had several subsequent hits in the so-called British Invasion-era.
History
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 Asher dated The Beatles' Paul McCartney between 1963 and 1968, and Peter and Gordon recorded several songs written by McCartney but credited to Lennon–McCartney. Those hits included "A World Without Love" (US & UK No.1), "Nobody I Know" (US No.12; UK No.10), "I Don't Want To See You Again" (US No.16, but not a hit in the UK), and "Woman". With "Woman", McCartney used the pseudonym Bernard Webb to see whether he could have a hit song without his name attached. First pressings of the US Capitol single listed the composer as "A. Smith". The song reached No.14 in the US and No.28 on the British charts in 1966. Peter and Gordon also recorded the John Lennon-penned Lennon–McCartney song, "If I Fell", which was previously recorded by The Beatles and released on their 1964 album, A Hard Day's Night.
Peter Gordon
Peter Gordon may refer to:
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Peter Gordon (composer)
Peter Gordon (born June 20, 1951, New York City) is an American experimental composer and musician, whose music has influences as diverse as jazz, opera, rock and world music. He has released several albums, and has also composed film and theatre scores.
Gordon earned a BA in composition at University of California, San Diego, where he studied with Kenneth Gaburo and Roger Reynolds; he earned an MFA at the Mills College Center for Contemporary Music, where he studied with Robert Ashley and Terry Riley.
In addition to his own work, and that with his Love of Life Orchestra, he has appeared on or composed music for albums by Laurie Anderson, Suzanne Vega, David Johansen, The Flying Lizards, David Van Tieghem, Lawrence Weiner, and Arthur Russell.
In 2007, James Murphy and Pat Mahoney of LCD Soundsystem used Gordon's classic Downtown tracks "Beginning of the Heartbreak" and "Don't Don't" to open their highly acclaimed dance mix Fabriclive 36.
In 2008 an excerpt of his opera (with artist Lawrence Weiner) "The Society Architect Ponders the Golden Gate Bridge" was issued on the compilation album Crosstalk: American Speech Music (Bridge Records) produced by Mendi + Keith Obadike. Gordon wrote the scores for the serial mystery drama "The Necklace", presented by The Talking Band. He also worked on the soundtrack to Desperate Housewives.
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ALBUMS
- Works! - Selected Remixes 2006 - 2010 released: 2011
- Love of Life Orchestra released: 2010
- DFA Records - 2010 Compilation released: 2010
- Another Heartbreak / Don't Don't Redux released: 2010
- Just Another Asshole released: 1995
- The Fruit of the Original Sin released: 1989
- Atmospheres released: 1987
- Antarctica: New Music From Antarctica, Volume 1 released: 1982
- Sugar, Alcohol & Meat released: 1980
- Brooklyn released:
DFA Records - 2010 Compilation
Released 2010- Beginning of the Heartbreak / Don’t Don’t
- In the Dark of the Night (radio edit)
- Take Em Up
- Like a Child
- I Know, I Hear
- Seed, Crop, Harvest
- The Afterlife (The XX remix)
- Beautiful Dreamer
- Synchronize (radio edit)
- The City Never Sleeps (video edit)
- Looking Glass (extended version)
- Since We Last Met (radio edit)
Just Another Asshole
Released 1995- Eggs Benedictus
- Kojak/Wang
- [untitled]
- Excerpt From Times Sq. Show Audio
- Incantation
- True Confessions
- [untitled]
- Shift
- [untitled]
- Sound Stroke
- The Smith-Leroy Comedy Team
- Dinner Time
- [untitled]
- Simply Riding a Dream
- [untitled]
- [untitled]
- On the Promontory
- Radio Song
- The Fucking Youth of Today
- Red Ants
- Calvin Klein
- Dear John
- [untitled]
- Penumbra
- Grand Central Station
- Highway Patrol
- Happy Police Horn
- Door Stop
- Excerpt From "The Machines"
- Talking Art
- [untitled]
- Well, Alice
- Tell the Story
- K-4
- Dogs
- Index Circa Seventy
- United Technology
- Fetish
- Turtles Travel Slower on Asphalt
- Dub Bums
- [untitled]
- Excerpt From "Slowly I Turn, Step by Step, Inch by Inch..."
- Faspeedelaybop
- You Will Start Out Standing
- Deutchland Etude
- A Natural Death
- Dirty Tape
- Warhead in the Forehead
- It's True
- Long Song
- 32 Bad Movies
- Excerpt From "Strangers in a Strange Land"
- It's Hot Love
- [untitled]
- Entrada
- [untitled]
- [untitled]
- Foreign Waters
- Watch Out - Verse 5
- Sweden - Den Mother
- Voices and Chambers
- [untitled]
- Floating Cinema (excerpt)
- [untitled]
- Pipe Music
- Excerpt From "64 Short Stories"
- Salutations Roma
- New Sneakers
- Working Youth
- [untitled]
- Crown of Thorns
- Friend Heart Alarm
- Radio Off
- [untitled]
- Evelyn McHale
- Die
- Excerpt From "Metal and Plastic"
The Fruit of the Original Sin
Released 1989- The Fruit of the Original Sin
- Boo Boo's Gone Mambo / My Guardian Angel
- Multiple 12
- Clair de Lune
- Party
- The Happiness of Lonely
- Interview
- Music for Someone
- Weakness and Fever
- The Next Best Thing to Death
- Sketch For "Face of Helen"
- Twilight's Last Gleaming
- Flesh
- Taking Kid to School / Cop Buys a Donut / Delivering the Goods
- Three Cheers for Our Side
Sugar, Alcohol & Meat
Released 1980- Extract from "Eternal Niceties"
- I Resigned Myself to Being Here
- 5 Stories in the Style of Indeterminancy
- Good Night Irene
- I am Goya / Song of Moscow Ancient Church Bells
- New York City Hard Time Blues
- Setenta y cinco abriles
- In the Bathtub
- I was Traveling Wth The Intolerable Kid On The Nova Lark (From Nova Express)
- Translucent Boy, An Excellent Time, & For Neal Cassidy
- Oh yea - Don't Die
- To Jack Kerouac
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Peter & Gordon
ALBUMS
- The Ultimate Peter & Gordon released: 2001
- The Ultimate Peter & Gordon released: 2001
- Peter and Gordon released: 1999
- Original Hits released: 1995
- Lady Godiva released: 1967
- I Go to Pieces released: 1965
- A World Without Love released: 1964
- Original Masters released:
- The Best of Peter & Gordon released:
- All Time Greatest Hits released:
- Greatest Hits released:
The Ultimate Peter & Gordon
Released 2001- A World Without Love
- True Love Ways
- To Know You Is to Love You
- Nobody I Know
- Crying In The Rain
- Homeward Bound
- Somewhere (West Side Story)
- When I Fall In Love
- Trouble In Mind (1999 Digital Remaster;Stereo)
- Baby I'm Yours
- Woman
- Lady Godiva
- I Go To Pieces
- Freight Train
- Tell Me How
- High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)
- The Green Leaves Of Summer (The Alamo)
- Leave My Woman Alone
- You Don't Have To Tell Me (1999 Digital Remaster;Mono)
- Pretty Mary (1999 Digital Remaster;Stereo)
- Five Hundred Miles (1999 Digital Remaster;Stereo)
- There's No Living Without Your Loving
- Lucille (1999 Digital Remaster;Stereo)
- Memphis
The Ultimate Peter & Gordon
Released 2001- A World Without Love
- Nobody I Know
- I Don't Want to See You Again
- Love Me, Baby
- I Still Love You
- I Go to Pieces
- True Love Ways
- Don't Pity Me
- Broken Promises
- To Know You Is to Love You
- Woman
- There's No Living Without Your Love
- To Show I Love You
- Lady Godiva
- The Town I Live In
- Knight in Rusty Armour
- My First Day Alone
- Sunday for Tea
- You've Had Better Times
- Jokers
Peter and Gordon
Released 1999- Lucille (mono)
- Five Hundred Miles (mono)
- If I Were You (mono)
- Pretty Mary (mono)
- Trouble in Mind (mono)
- World Without Love (mono)
- Tell Me How (mono)
- You Don't Have to Tell Me (mono)
- Leave My Woman Alone (mono)
- All My Trials (mono)
- Last Night I Woke (mono)
- Long Time Gone (mono)
- Lucille (stereo)
- Five Hundred Miles (stereo)
- If I Were You (stereo)
- Pretty Mary (stereo)
- Trouble in Mind (stereo)
- World Without Love (stereo)
- Tell Me How (stereo)
- You Don't Have to Tell Me (stereo)
- Leave My Woman Alone (stereo)
- All My Trials (stereo)
- Last Night I Woke (stereo)
- Long Time Gone (stereo)
Original Hits
Released 1995- True Love Ways
- A World Without Love
- To Know You Is to Love You
- I Go to Pieces
- Lady Godiva
- Nobody I Know
- Baby I'm Yours
- Woman
- I Don't Want to See You Again
- Don't Pity Me
- There's No Living Without Your Loving
- To Show I Love You
- Knight in Rusty Armour
- Sunday for Tea
- The Jokers
- Let It Be Me
- High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)
- Exodus Song
Original Masters
- A World Without Love
- If I Were You
- Nobody I Know
- You Don't Have to Tell Me
- Paul McCartney Intro
- I Don't Want to See You Again
- Paul McCartney Outro
- Love Me Baby
- In the Rain
- I Still Love You
- I Go to Pieces
- If You Wish
- True Love Ways
- I Told You So
- Don't Pity Me
- Crying in the Rain
- Broken Hearts
- To Know You Is to Love You
- Baby I'm Yours
- Woman
- Lonely Street
- There's No Living Without Your Loving
- To Show I Love You
- Lady Godiva
- The Town I Live In
- Knight in Rusty Armor
- Flower Lady
- Pardon Me
- Sunday for Tea
- The Jokers
- You've Had Better Times
The Best of Peter & Gordon
- A World Without Love
- If I Were You
- Nobody I Know
- I Don't Want to See You Again
- Love Me, Baby
- I Go to Pieces
- True Love Ways
- To Know You Is to Love You
- Baby I'm Yours
- Don't Pity Me
- Woman
- There's No Living Without Your Loving
- Lady Godiva
- Knight in Rusty Armour
- The Flower Lady
- Hurtin' Is Lovin'
- Sunday for Tea
- The Jokers
- I Feel Like Going Out
- You've Had Better Times
Greatest Hits
- A World Without Love
- Lucille
- Long Time Gone
- If I Were You
- Pretty Mary
- Trouble in My Mind
- Five Hundred Miles
- Tell Me How
- You Don't Have to Tell Me
- Leave My Woman Alone
- All My Trials
- Last Night I Woke
- Nobody I Know
- I Don't Want to See You Again
- I Go to Pieces
- True Love Ways
- To Know You Is to Love You
- Baby I'm Yours
- Woman
- Lady Godiva
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The Ultimate Peter & Gordon
by: Peter & GordonFreight train freight train goin' so fast
Freight train freight train goin' so fast
Please don't tell what train I'm on
So they won't know where I've gone
Freight train, freight train, comin' round the bend
Freight train, freight train, gone again
One of these days turn that train around
Go back to my hometown
Freight train freight train goin' so fast
Freight train freight train goin' so fast
Please don't tell what train I'm on
So they won't know where I've gone
One more place I'd like to be
One more place I'd love to see
To watch those old blue ridge mountains climb
As I ride ol' number nine
Freight train freight train goin' so fast
Freight train freight train goin' so fast
Please don't tell what train I'm on
So they won't know where I've gone
When I die please bury me deep
Down at the end of bleecker street
So I can hear ol' number nine
As she goes rollin' by
Freight train freight train goin' so fast
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