Gordon Waller
June 4, 1945 – July 17, 2009
Gordon Waller and Peter Asher were the popular ’60s duo, Peter and Gordon. Since Asher’s sister, Jane Asher dated Paul McCartney at the time, Peter and Gordon were lucky enough secure unrecorded Lennon-McCartney songs for their own use. One of those songs, “A World Without Love” became their biggest hit. They broke up in 1968 after which Waller recorded a handful of solo albums and appeared in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Peter and Gordon reunited a few times in later years. Gordon Waller went into cardiac arrest on July 16, 2009 and died the next day.
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Peter Asher’s sister was Jane Asher (not June). In 1963, Asher interviewed The Beatles. A photographer for the BBC’s Radio Times asked them to pose with Asher. Asher subsequently commenced a five-year relationship with Paul McCartney, becoming engaged in 1967. She inspired many of McCartney’s songs, such as “All My Loving”, “And I Love Her”, “I’m Looking Through You”, “You Won’t See Me”, “We Can Work It Out”, “Here, There and Everywhere”, and “For No One” (all credited as Lennon/McCartney). Lennon/McCartney penned the number one hit “A World Without Love” for her brother Peter, who was part of the Peter & Gordon duo.
Thanks for the additional info and correction on Jane’s name, Roger. I appreciate the help
Vince