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Peter Sarstedt
British singer-songwriter (1941–2017)
Peter Sarstedt | |
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Sarstedt in 1969 | |
| Birth name | Peter Eardley Sarstedt |
| Also known as | Peter Lincoln (briefly recorded as in 1967[1]) |
| Born | (1941-12-10)10 December 1941 New Delhi, British India |
| Origin | Croydon, London, England |
| Died | 8 January 2017(2017-01-08) (aged 75) Sussex, England |
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| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician |
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| Years active | 1960–1965 (as member of The Saints") 1969-2010 (as sololist and "Sarstedt Brothers" groups)[2] |
| Labels | United Artists Island Records Angel Air Singer Records Warner |
Musical artist
Peter Eardley Sarstedt[3] (10 December 1941 – 8 January 2017) was a British singer-songwriter and instrumentalist. He was the brother of singers Eden Kane, a teenage pop idol and Clive Sarstedt, with both of whom he also recorded and performed as The Sarstedt Brothers. The Sarstedts had the distinction of being the on
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THREE BROTHERS:
EDEN KANE, PETER
& ROBIN SARSTEDT
Unique in British Top Forty history, the three Sarstedt brothers
had three separate careers across three distinct and different
eras of Pop. Andrew Darlington traces the stories of
Eden Kane, Peter Sarstedt and Robin Sarstedt…
In the statistics of British Pop history, studied and analysed by chart academics, the Sarstedt clan are unique in one distinct aspect, they’re the only sibling trio to rack up separate solo hits independent of each other. There have been dynasties, Frank and Nancy Sinatra. John and Julian Lennon. While the Osmonds and the Jacksons – two brothers and a sister each with solo hits, komma close to the Sarstedt achievement, as do the Gibbs – of whom Andy and Robin have hit as soloists while Barry has charted in partnership with Barbra Streisand. But no family has yet ganska matched the Sarstedt record of•
Like Cliff Richard and Engelbert Humperdinck, Eden Kane was born in India, but returned to Britain as a child. He first created some interest for his talent, with an advertising jingle for Cadbury's, called "Hot Chocolate Crazy". This was played almost as often as Horace Batchelor's football pools advertisement on Radio Luxembourg.
This was quickly followed in 1961, by his only number one hit in the UK singles chart - "Well I Ask You". The song was written by Les Vandyke, who had earlier penned two chart topping singles for Adam Faith. These were "What Do You Want", and "Poor Me". The further quirky connection is that both artist's stage names owed more than a little of their originality to Genesis, Chapter One.
Success was short-lived for Eden Kane. A couple of flops, financial problems, and a change in record labels did little to sustain his career. One comeback hit with "Boys Cry" in 1964, was just a hiccup on the