732 Peter (1944- ) and Gordon (1945-2009) “A World Without Love” 1964

“Peter and Gordon were also known as Asher and Waller (their last names) and, originally, as Gordon and Peter! They were not managed by Brian Epstein. Better yet, Peter’s sister Jane was a sweetheart of Beatle Paul McCartney, so (you guessed it) Peter and Gordon were handed Lennon-McCartney songs to record and release. The first, ‘World Without Love,’ was Top 20 in England, but #1 in the states. These two singers did affect Beatle haircuts, and Peter was probably the world’s first redheaded moptop! They sang deep in an echo chamber, and were about as well received in the United States as any group short of the Beatles themselves” (Michael Bryan Kelly, The Beatle Myth, 1991). 

Peter and Gordon “A World Without Love”