P E T E R A S H E R
INTERVIEWED ON
THE RAY SHASHO SHOW-BBS RADIO
Peter Asher’s legendary music
career began in 1964 as one-half of the singing duo Peter & Gordon, who
amassed nine Top 20 records during their career. Their debut single, “A
World without Love” – a song given to them by Paul McCartney – went to number
one in over 30 countries, including the U.S. and U.K. In 1968, Mr. Asher became
head of A&R for the Beatles newly formed record company, Apple Records,
where he found, signed and produced James Taylor and worked closely with the
Beatles on their individual projects. During this period he became a
key figure in the “revolution” of The Sixties, founding the book shop and art
gallery “Indica” (where John and Yoko met and where Allen Ginsberg and William
Boroughs visited) and found himself at the centre of an era of profound social
and artistic change.
In 1971, Asher moved to the U.S. and founded Peter Asher Management, representing James Taylor and, beginning in 1973, the management and production of Linda Ronstadt as well. Peter Asher Management became one of the most successful Artist Management companies in the US, handling artists such as Joni Mitchell, Randy Newman, and Carole King as well as James and Linda.
Asher quit the personal
management business in 1995 when he was appointed Senior Vice President of Sony
Music, a post he held for eight years.
He
has been awarded 37 RIAA-certified gold albums and 22 platinum albums in the
U.S., and many more internationally. Mr. Asher has produced fourteen
Grammy Award-winning recordings, and in 1977 and 1989 was honored individually
with the Grammy Award for “Producer of the Year”. He won a further
Grammy in the category of “Comedy Album of the Year” for his production work
with Robin Williams.
After a 37 year gap, Peter &
Gordon reunited in New York for one benefit concert for a friend on August 2,
2005 which was very successful and they went on to perform together on various
special occasions just for the fun of it until Gordon’s untimely death in July
of 2009.
Since then Peter has continued to be in high demand as a
record producer, consultant, lecturer and as a performer again in his highly
successful one-man show, “A Musical Memoir of the 60s and
Beyond”. He has also received various international awards, is
a member of Mensa and of SAG-AFTRA, President of the Los Angeles Chapter of the
Recording Academy and has been a frequent keynote speaker at industry
events.
Other projects have included “Carole King & James Taylor Live at the Troubadour”, an album from guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela (“Area 52”, recorded in Cuba) and the Buddy Holly tribute “Listen to Me” (an album and PBS TV Special).
With Hans Zimmer, Peter produced music for “Pirates of the Caribbean 4”, “Sherlock Holmes 2”, “Madagascar 3”, “Man of Steel” and “Rush”. In fact, Peter sang and produced the only original song in “Madagascar 3”, the love theme “Love Always Comes as a Surprise” which Peter co-wrote with his friend Dave Stewart.
Recent productions include “So Familiar”, the follow-up
album to the highly successful (and Grammy-winning) “Love Has Come for You”
(Steve Martin & Edie Brickell) .
These albums have also generated a PBS
special and a stage musical, “Bright Star”, of which Peter is the music
supervisor. Peter also directed the highly acclaimed Hans Zimmer Live show
which first opened in London in 2014. It
is now on an extensive world tour which began at the legendary Coachella
Festival in California.
He recently worked with Steve
Martin on a new bluegrass album with the Steep Canyon Rangers,
and with Elton John on an album to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Elton
John/Bernie Taupin songwriting partnership.
In the New Year’s Honours list
for 2015, Peter Asher was awarded a CBE (“Commander of the Most Excellent Order
of the British Empire”) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, for services to the
music industry. The official investiture took place at Buckingham Palace
on February the 24th, conducted by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge.
Most recently, it was announced
with much fanfare that an official Apple-approved Beatles channel is to
premiere on SiriusXM Radio at the end of May and that the programming will
include a weekly one hour show, “From Me to You”, hosted exclusively by Peter
Asher.
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information about Peter Asher and upcoming tour dates visit www.peterashermusic.com
Be sure
to listen to Peter Asher’s new radio show ‘From Me To You’ every Thursday at
8pm ET on Sirius XM Channel 18 -The Beatles Channel
Peter
Asher will Host the 2018 Flower Power Cruise Feb 24-March 3rd …Visit www.flowerpowercruise.com for more information
Also
visit …www.peterandgordon.net
SPECIAL ACOUSTIC DUO DATES BY
PETER ASHER AND ALBERT LEE
SAT. JUNE 17, 2017 -- VAN DYCK LOUNGE, SCHENECTADY, NY
SUN., JUNE 18, 2017 --CUTTING ROOM, NEW YORK, NY
MON. JUNE 19, 2017--WORLD CAFE LIVE, PHILADELPHIA PA
TUE. JUNE 20, 2017 -- TIN PAN, RICHMOND, VA
WED. JUNE 21, 2017 -- JAMMIN JAVA, VIENNA, VA
THUR., JUNE 22, 2017 -- MCLOONE'S, ASBURY PARK, NJ
FRI. JUNE 23, 2017 -- TOWNE CRIER, BEACON, NY
SAT. JUNE 24, 2017 -- PETER ASHER (NO ALBERT LEE, BUT MANY OTHER
PERFORMERS...)-CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY, LOCATION TBA, NY,NY
SUN., JUNE 25, 2017 --STEPHEN TALKHOUSE, AMAGANSETT, NY
MON., JUNE 26, 2017 --PETER ASHER (NO ALBERT LEE, BUT MANY
OTHER PERFORMERS...)-CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY, LOCATION TBA, NY, NY
JULY 22ND 2017 –SPACE, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
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