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Peter Gabriel (1980 album)
Peter Gabriel (1980), aka Melt or Peter Gabriel III, is Peter Gabriel's third self-titled solo album, produced by Steve Lillywhite; it introduced the gated reverb drum sound on "Intruder", featured Kate Bush on the UK No. 4 single "Games Without Frontiers", and closed with the political song "Biko".
Peter Gabriel (1982 album)
Peter Gabriel (1982 album), also called Security or Peter Gabriel 4, is Gabriel's fourth self-titled solo album, released 10 September 1982, co-produced with David Lord, his first fully digital recording, featuring the Fairlight CMI and the US top 40 hit Shock the Monkey.
Peter Gabriel discography
Peter Gabriel discography: solo albums by the former Genesis singer, from four self-titled records (1977-1982) through So (1986), Us, Up, i/o (2023) and o\i (2026), plus soundtracks, live albums, and full-moon single releases.
Peter Garrett
Peter Garrett AM (born 1953, Wahroonga, Sydney) is an Australian singer, activist, and former Labor minister: Midnight Oil frontman of Beds Are Burning fame, two-term Australian Conservation Foundation president, and federal Environment then Education Minister 2007-2013.
Peter Grant (music manager)
Peter Grant (1935–1995), English rock manager of Led Zeppelin 1968–1980, ex-wrestler (Count Bruno) and actor; won $210,000 Atlantic advance, 90% gate splits, founded Superhype and Swan Song Records.
Peter Green (musician)
Peter Green, born Peter Allen Greenbaum (1946 to 2020), was an English blues-rock guitarist who founded Fleetwood Mac and wrote Albatross, Black Magic Woman, and Oh Well.
Peter Grimes
Peter Grimes is Benjamin Britten's three-act opera (1945) with a libretto by Montagu Slater after George Crabbe's poem The Borough, about a fisherman suspected of killing his apprentices; premiered at Sadler's Wells with Peter Pears, famous for its Four Sea Interludes.
Peter Hook
Peter Hook (born 1956), English bassist and co-founder of Joy Division and New Order, known for high-register melodic 'lead bass' on 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' and 'Blue Monday'; later led Peter Hook and The Light and wrote memoirs after leaving New Order in 2007.
Peter Hook & The Light (group)
Peter Hook & The Light is an English rock band formed in 2010 by Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook to perform their catalogs live.
Peter Manjarrés
Peter Manjarrés, born Pedro Rafael Manjarrés Romero, is a Colombian vallenato singer from Valledupar known as "El Caballero del Vallenato", winner of Latin Grammys in 2008 and 2009.
Peter Michael Escovedo
Peter Michael Escovedo III (born 1961, Alameda County, California) is an American percussionist, producer, and Emmy-nominated musical director, son of Pete Escovedo, brother of Sheila E., music director of The Wayne Brady Show, and producer of Sex Cymbal and Rhythm of the Night.
Peter Miles
Peter Miles, born Peter Kanyike, is a Ugandan reggae and dancehall artist from Entebbe, best known for his 2003 debut single "One Time"; he announced his retirement from music in 2026.
Peter Murphy (musician)
Peter John Murphy (born 1957) is the English baritone vocalist of Bauhaus, pioneers of gothic rock, and a solo artist behind Deep and "Cuts You Up"; his eleventh album Silver Shade appeared in 2025.
Peter Noone
Peter Noone (Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone), born 1947 in Manchester, is the English singer and actor known as Herman, frontman of 1960s British Invasion pop band Herman's Hermits, later a solo artist, Broadway performer, and touring bandleader.
Peter Orloff
Peter Orloff (real name Pjotr Nikolajewitsch von Orlow) is a German Schlager singer and composer, born 1944, who wrote million-selling hits for Peter Maffay and Bernd Clüver.
Peter Pan (1954 musical)
Peter Pan (1954 musical): Broadway musical by Mark Charlap, Carolyn Leigh, Jule Styne, Comden and Green, directed by Jerome Robbins, starring Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard; 152 performances at the Winter Garden and a record 65-million-viewer NBC telecast.
Peter Piper
Peter Piper is a famous English tongue twister that first appeared in 1813 in London. It is known for its alliterative structure and its use in pronunciation studies.
Peter Rivera (musician)
Peter Rivera (born Peter Hoorelbeke), American drummer and lead vocalist, founding frontman of Rare Earth, Motown's first white rock act; hits "Get Ready" and "I Just Want to Celebrate"; later Classic Rock All Stars and solo albums.
Peter Sarstedt
Peter Sarstedt (Peter Eardley Sarstedt, 1941-2017) was a British singer-songwriter born in Delhi, best known for the 1969 UK and European No. 1 'Where Do You Go to (My Lovely)', Ivor Novello winner shared with Space Oddity.
Peter Schickele
Peter Schickele (1935–2024), American composer and satirist, also known as P.D.Q. Bach's discoverer, creator of the fictional last son of J.S. Bach; Juilliard-trained, four consecutive Best Comedy Album Grammys, host of Schickele Mix.
Peter Steele
Peter Steele (Peter Thomas Ratajczyk, 1962–2010), American singer and bassist, frontman of gothic metal band Type O Negative and earlier thrash band Carnivore; 6 ft 8 in, deep bass voice, Bloody Kisses and October Rust.
Peter Tägtgren
Peter Tägtgren (born 1970) is a Swedish metal musician and producer, founder of Hypocrisy (1991) and the industrial project Pain, owner of Abyss Studio, and former co-creator of Lindemann with Till Lindemann until 2020.
Peter Tork
Peter Tork (Peter Halsten Thorkelson, 1942-2019), American folk musician and actor who was the Monkees' bassist and keyboardist, recommended by Stephen Stills, oldest member at 24, first to quit in 1968, later teacher, counselor, and reunion touring musician.
Peter Tosh
Peter Tosh (Winston Hubert McIntosh, 1944–1987), Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter and founding Wailer with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer; solo albums Legalize It and Equal Rights; Grammy winner for No Nuclear War; murdered in Kingston in 1987.
Peter Van Hoesen
Peter Van Hoesen is a Belgian electronic music producer, sound designer, and mastering engineer, born in 1970 in Schoten, Belgium, known for a bass-heavy, psychedelic take on techno.
Peter Watts (road manager)
Peter Anthony Watts (1946–1976) was Pink Floyd's English road manager and sound engineer from 1967 to 1974, built the band's custom PA, co-designed a 20-input WEM console, supplied the laughter on Dark Side of the Moon, and was Naomi Watts's father; distinct from other Peter Watts namesakes.
Peter Wolf
Peter Wolf is an American singer, painter, and former radio disc jockey. He is known for his solo career and his work with the J. Geils Band.
Peter Yarrow
Peter Yarrow (1938-2025), American folk singer-songwriter of Peter, Paul and Mary, co-writer of Puff the Magic Dragon, civil rights performer, 1970 conviction and 1981 Carter pardon, founder of Operation Respect.
Peter, Paul and Mary
Peter, Paul, and Mary: American folk trio formed in New York in 1961 (Peter Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey, Mary Travers), managed by Albert Grossman; known for "Blowin' in the Wind," "Puff the Magic Dragon," and the 1963 March on Washington.
Peterpan (group)
Peterpan was an Indonesian pop-rock band formed in Bandung in 2000, whose debut album Taman Langit sold over 650,000 copies; the band renamed itself NOAH in 2012.