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Peter Asher

1944 - Today

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Peter Asher (born 22 June 1944) is an English guitarist, singer, manager and record producer. He came to prominence in the 1960s as a member of the pop music vocal duo Peter and Gordon before going on to a successful career as a manager and record producer, helping to foster the recording careers of James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt among others. As of 2018, he tours alongside Jeremy Clyde of Chad and Jeremy in a new duo, Peter and Jeremy, who perform hits from both of their respective catalogues. In 2019, Asher published a book The Beatles from A to Zed about his personal reminiscences about the band. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Peter Asher is the 2,580th most popular musician (down from 2,499th in 2024), the 6,454th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,188th in 2019) and the 420th most popular British Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Peter Asher ranks 2,580 out of 3,175. Before him are Debbie Cameron, Kshmr, Nita Strauss, Georg Hólm, Alex Webster, and Rick Savage. After him are Louis Walsh, Fran Healy, Till Brönner, Jaehyun, Jad Fair, and Rafał Blechacz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Peter Asher ranks 729. Before him are Julia Phillips, Richard A. Muller, Cathy Lee Crosby, Paul Scully-Power, Mike Oxley, and Kulbhushan Kharbanda. After him are Ed Rendell, Veronica Carlson, Steve Jones, Bill Ayers, Doris Matsui, and Richard Corliss.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Asher ranks 6,456 out of 8,785. Before him are Carol Ann Duffy (1955), Malcolm Rifkind (1946), Natasha Bedingfield (1981), John Inman (1935), Rick Savage (1960), and Louis MacNeice (1907). After him are Fran Healy (1973), Graham King (1961), Peter Morgan (1963), Adam Smith (1991), Gerry Peyton (1956), and Sammy Lee (1959).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Peter Asher ranks 420. Before him are Jason Cooper (1967), Steve Hewitt (1971), Jamie Cullum (1979), John Leckie (1949), Anthony Moore (1948), and Rick Savage (1960). After him are Fran Healy (1973), Passenger (1984), Michael Kiwanuka (1987), Jools Holland (1958), Cecil Sharp (1859), and Pete Shelley (1955).

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