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Peter and Gordon : Greatest Hits



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 Peter and Gordon 

were a British

 pop duo, 

composed of

 Peter Asher

 (b. 1944)

 and 

Gordon Waller

 (1945–2009),

 who achieved

 international fame

 in 1964

 with their first single,

 the million-selling

 "A World Without Love". 

The duo had 

several subsequent hits

 in America

 in

 the British Invasion era,

 including

 "I Go to Pieces",

 "Lady Godiva",

 "Woman",

 "True Love Ways

and

 "Nobody I Know".

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 dated

 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)

 and

 "I Don't Want to See You Again"

 (US No. 16, but not a hit in the UK).

With

 "Woman"

 (1966: US No. 14, UK No. 28),

 McCartney used the 

pseudonym 

Bernard Webb

 to see if he could

 have a hit song 

without his name attached.

 First pressings

 of the US Capitol single

 listed the composer as

 "A. Smith". 

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.

Other hits

 for the duo included

 "I Go to Pieces" 

(US No. 9), 

written by 

Del Shannon

 and given to 

Peter and Gordon 

after the two acts

 toured together.

 The duo also

 recorded remakes

 of 

Buddy Holly's

 "True Love Ways" 

(1965: US No. 14, UK No. 2), 

and 

The Teddy Bears'

 "To Know Him Is To Love Him",

 retitled

 "To Know You Is To Love You"

 (1965: US No. 24, UK No. 5).

Peter and Gordon

 had their last hit

 in the UK

 in late 1966 

with

 "Lady Godiva", 

which reached No. 16

 there

 (and No. 6 in the US), 

whilst their success 

lasted into 1967

 in the US, 

with

 "Knight in Rusty Armor" 

and

 "Sunday for Tea" 

both registering

 in the upper reaches of

 the Billboard Hot 100

 that year.


TRACK LIST


A World Without Love

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

Woman

Lady Godiva

Knight In Rusty Armor

Sunday For Tea

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