Peter Asher (born 22 June 1944, Willesden, London; then part of Middlesex, England) is an English guitarist, singer, manager and record producer.
He was a child actor and appeared in the film, The Planter's Wife, and the stage play. Isn't Life Wonderful, when he was eight years old and also in the ITV series, The Adventures of Robin Hood. While attending the independent Westminster School as a day boy, he first met fellow student Gordon Waller (1...
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Peter Asher (born 22 June 1944, Willesden, London; then part of Middlesex, England) is an English guitarist, singer, manager and record producer.
He was a child actor and appeared in the film, The Planter's Wife, and the stage play. Isn't Life Wonderful, when he was eight years old and also in the ITV series, The Adventures of Robin Hood. While attending the independent Westminster School as a day boy, he first met fellow student Gordon Waller (1945-2009), and they began playing and singing together as a duo in coffee bars and in 1962 formed the duo, Peter and Gordon. Asher later read philosophy at King's College London.
Asher is the son of Dr Richard and Margaret Asher, and the older brother of actress and businesswoman, Jane Asher, and radio actress, Clare Asher. Jane Asher was, in the mid 1960s, the girlfriend of The Beatles' Paul McCartney. Through this connection, Asher and Waller were often given unrecorded Lennon-McCartney songs to perform.
Asher became known as the 'Peter'...
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