Gordon Waller

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Gordon Trueman Riviere Waller (June 4, 1945 – July 17, 2009) was a Scottish singer–songwriter–guitarist, best known as "Gordon" of the 1960s duo Peter & Gordon Waller was born in Braemar, Scotland. While attending Westminster School, he met fellow student Peter Asher, and they began playing together as a duo — Peter and Gordon. Asher mentioned in a 2006 interview that "Our voices are quite different, Gordon's and mine, but we tried singing together experimentally and we found that we could achieve this very nice harmony". 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 "A World Without Love". Peter and Gordon disbanded in 1968. Afterward, Waller attempted a solo career with little success, releasing one record, and Gordon. On this album Gordon used New York-based group White Cloud featuring Teddy Wender on keyboards. He also appeared in a production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as Pharaoh in 1971,[1] a performance that he reprised on the LP. Gordon first performed "Joseph at the Edinburgh Festival, later reprising the role at the Albery Theatre in London's West End. In 1995 he came out to Los Angeles, CA. and started a publishing company, Steel Wallet International. Ltd. with long time friend and gir

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Travelling Man

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100 Best Songs from the Musicals

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The Rubble Collection 2

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The Rubble Collection Volume 2 - Pop-Sike Pipe Dreams

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Rubble 2 - Pop Sike Pipe Dreams

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Rubble Volume 2: Pop Sike, Pipe Dreams

Rosecrans Boulevard

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... And Gordon

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Blue Pie Vintage, Vol. 2

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Blue Pie Vintage Vol. 4

Race With Destiny

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