Post by adayinthelife on Jun 4, 2005 19:30:17 GMT -5
Today is Gordon Waller's 60th Birthday! He was apart of the duo "Peter & Gordon" which were given a few Lennon/McCartney songs to sing.
Gordon Waller (born on June 4, 1945 in Braemar, Scotland) is singer, best known as "Gordon" of 1960s duo Peter & Gordon, whose biggest hit was "World Without Love".
While attending the Westminster School for Boys, he first met fellow student Peter Asher, and together they began playing together as a duo — Peter & Gordon.
Asher is the older brother of actress and businesswoman Jane Asher, who in the mid-1960s was girlfriend of The Beatles' Paul McCartney. Through this connection he and Waller were often given unrecorded Lennon-McCartney songs to perform, most notably their first and biggest hit, 1964's decidedly Beatlesque "World Without Love."
Peter & Gordon disbanded in 1968. Afterwards, Waller attempted a solo career with little success, releasing one record, Gordon, and appearing in a production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
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Today would have been Jimmy McCulloch's 53rd Birthday. Jimmy was a member of the band Wings from 1974-1977.
Jimmy McCulloch (born June 4, 1953 in Glasgow, died September 27, 1979 in London) was a Scottish musician most known for playing lead guitar in Paul McCartney's Wings from 1974 to 1977.
Prior to that, McCulloch had been a member of Thunderclap Newman (at the age of fifteen) and Stone the Crows.
McCulloch died of a heroin overdose in 1979. Ironically, he was the composer of the anti-drug song "Medicine Jar" on the Wings album Venus & Mars.
Gordon Waller (born on June 4, 1945 in Braemar, Scotland) is singer, best known as "Gordon" of 1960s duo Peter & Gordon, whose biggest hit was "World Without Love".
While attending the Westminster School for Boys, he first met fellow student Peter Asher, and together they began playing together as a duo — Peter & Gordon.
Asher is the older brother of actress and businesswoman Jane Asher, who in the mid-1960s was girlfriend of The Beatles' Paul McCartney. Through this connection he and Waller were often given unrecorded Lennon-McCartney songs to perform, most notably their first and biggest hit, 1964's decidedly Beatlesque "World Without Love."
Peter & Gordon disbanded in 1968. Afterwards, Waller attempted a solo career with little success, releasing one record, Gordon, and appearing in a production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
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Today would have been Jimmy McCulloch's 53rd Birthday. Jimmy was a member of the band Wings from 1974-1977.
Jimmy McCulloch (born June 4, 1953 in Glasgow, died September 27, 1979 in London) was a Scottish musician most known for playing lead guitar in Paul McCartney's Wings from 1974 to 1977.
Prior to that, McCulloch had been a member of Thunderclap Newman (at the age of fifteen) and Stone the Crows.
McCulloch died of a heroin overdose in 1979. Ironically, he was the composer of the anti-drug song "Medicine Jar" on the Wings album Venus & Mars.
