Peter Asher remembers when his sister Jane’s boyfriend — some guy named Paul McCartney — woke up in his family’s London home with a melody stuck in his head. “He woke up with it fully formed. He was ...

Peter Asher participates in the "Soundbreaking" panel during the PBS Television Critics Association summer press tour on Thursday, July 28, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard ...

Peter Asher, whose career took him from center stage as part of a hit British pop duo to executive duties at Apple and Sony records, brings his musical memoirs to the Capitol Center for the Arts' ...

Ask a hundred Beatles fans their favorite song, and you might get a hundred different answers. It’s a testament to the band’s songwriting prowess. Even their lousy songs became fan favorites and ...

In The Beatles’ early career, their manager, Brian Epstein, arranged for them to move into a London apartment. However, Paul thought it was miserable. In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote ...

It's been 61 years since Peter & Gordon's first #1 single, "World Without Love," made the folk-pop duo the second U.K. act to top the charts in America, following The Beatles, sparking the British ...

British pop star-turned-producer Peter Asher has had his hand in many aspects of the music industry. From being one half of the duo Peter and Gordon, to fostering the careers of many hit musicians.

Concerning instruments, there exists a double bass so massive that playing it requires a platform and a lever system. It dwarfs even the 10-foot-tall man. There are some mechanical instruments that ...

Their respective British Invasion duos were collectively responsible for 30 Billboard chart hits. From the Chad & Jeremy catalog, they bring you “Distant Shores,” “Yesterday’s Gone,” “Willow Weep For ...