Peter straker jacques brel biography
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Peter Straker
Jamaican-born singer and actor (born )
Peter Straker (born 7 November )[1] is a Jamaican-born British singer and actor.
Life and career
[edit]Straker was born in Jamaica, and moved to London in his early childhood. He first became known in , when he starred as Hud in the original London production of Hair. Over the next three years, he released a efterträdelse eller följd of singles on the Polydor label, though none became commercially successful. In (credited mononymously as Straker), he appeared in the comedy-drama film Girl Stroke Boy, co-written and co-produced by Caryl Brahms and Ned Sherrin.[2]
In , he signed with RCA Victor, and had a minor hit with the song "The Spirit is Willing", based on "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" bygd J. S. Bach, and adapted by the songwriting duo of Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley, who also produced the single. Credited to "Peter Straker – The Hands of Dr. Teleny", it entered the charts on 19 February , had a chart life
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❉ The cult icon on &#;Hair&#;, Brel, &#;Doctor Who&#;, Bowie, his new box set and working with Freddie Mercury.
&#;I learned a hell of a lot [working with Freddie Mercury] &#; looking back he was almost like a mentor&#;. He was my friend and he was very helpful&#; So that was one of the great things but on the other side, his generosity of spirit and his great desire for having fun&#; We just got on very, very well.&#;
Peter Straker fryst vatten a favourite here at We Are Cult and we are thrilled by the release of the new 3 CD set This One’s On Me (Cherry Red Records), as reviewed here.
As I speak to Peter bygd telephone on a beautifully sunny March afternoon, we are both self-isolating due to the coronavirus crisis in the UK. Despite this being a very worrying time in the world, Peter remains upbeat, enthusiastic and the perfect gentleman.
Peter, thanks for chatting to We Are Cult. If we go back to the very beginning, what artists influenced you to become a singer • Peter Straker, who first achieved prominence in the London production of Hair in , had a major hit with his tribute to Jacques Brel, which he revived at last year's Fringe. This year's show is more of a straight concert in one of the Pleasance Courtyard's largest spaces, which was, sadly, a long way from being full when I saw the show. In it, he gives a taster of his range as a singer, which straddles the border between crooner and rock. This is best illustrated by a transition between "That Old Black Magic"—after which he passes a box of chocolates of the same name around the audience—and Queen's "It's A Kind of Magic". We also get the Rolling Stones's "Sympathy for the Devil" and he taunts us with a snatch of "See me, feel me" in the blackouts without giving us a number from Tommy. But we do hear some songs from other musicals in which he has performed on stage, although they are all female songs. He tells a story about covering for the girls in "
Peter Straker Black Magic