Peter & Gordon

About

British pop duo and formed by Peter Asher and Gordon Waller, who achieved fame in 1964 with A World Without Love, and followed that with numerous worldwide hits, including True Love Ways, Five Hundred Miles, Lady Godiva, I Go To Pieces, Nobody I Know, I Don't Want To See You Again, Woman, To Know You Is To Love You, Knight In Rusty Armour and Sunday For Tea. Peter Asher subsequently became head of A&R for Apple Records. He continued his career as a recording executive in California, where he managed and produced Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Asher also produced recordings for Cher, 10,000 Maniacs, and Diana Ross. His daughter, Victoria Asher, is a member of the alternative group Cobra Starship. Gordon Waller died of a heart attack on 17 July 2009 at the age of 64.