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Peter Asher started out as a child actor in films with John Mills, Alastair Sim and Boris Karloff. He was in the Adventures of Robin Hood with his sister Jane but they were eventually \\u201cdemoted to peasant children\\u201d. He then formed Peter & Gordon, had a global number one with A World Without Love (written by his sister\\u2019s boyfriend who was living in the family home) and then began a career in production and management that\\u2019s still thriving today. This is full of wonderful stories and features \\u2026

\\u2026 playing the London club circuit in 1964.

\\u2026 Paul McCartney adding the missing bridge to A World Without Love in eight minutes \\u2013 \\u201cI have the handwritten lyrics and chords in a fireproof safe in case I ever need to run to Sotheby\\u2019s and Paul can save the day again!\\u201d).

\\u2026 assembling the band for a Paul Jones session \\u2013 Nicky Hopkins piano, Jeff Beck guitar, Paul Samwell-Smith bass, McCartney drums).

 \\u2026 appalling \\u201860s royalty rates.

\\u2026 life as head of A&R at Apple where people sent \\u201c100 pages of certifiably mental lyrics in the hope that John Lennon might put them to music\\u201d.

\\u2026 signing and producing James Taylor and the album that changed the music business. And Taylor supporting the Who on US tours.

\\u2026 the secret of being a great manager.

... Linda Ronstadt singing barefoot at the Bottom End. 

\\u2026 Apple recording artist Brute Force and his non-chart-troubling single The King Of Fuh.

\\u2026 the other role model for Austin Powers.

\\u2026 and why music today is just as good as the past.

David Jacks\' memoir, Peter Asher: A Life In Music \\u2026

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Peter-Asher-Music-David-Jacks/dp/1493061216

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