Peter Asher & Gordon Waller were called "the Everly Brothers of the British Invasion". They harmonized in ear pleasing intervals, strummed acoustic guitars in tandem, and recorded an impressively consistent string of hit songs. They blended folk, blues and rock 'n' roll with their own pop-flavoured English sensibility. The results included, among other things, the first British invasion single by an artist other than The Beatles to go to #1.
When Capitol signed the two, Peter's relationship with Paul McCartney, who was living in the Asher family home, soon proved advantageous. For most of the sixties, McCartney's steady girlfriend was Jane Asher, Peter's sister. McCartney taught them "World Without Love", a song the Beatles had never used, that he had written earlier in his career. The track sounded like an early Beatles song, and Peter and Gordon took it to #1 on both sides of the Atlantic in 1964. The duo also scored hits with the Lennon and McCartney songs "Nobody I Know" and "I Don't Want to See You Again", both left unused by the Beatles, along with "Woman" (written by McCartney under an alias). Suddenly Peter and Gordon were among the most recognizable faces of the British Invasion.
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