Showing posts with label Peter Allen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peter Allen. Show all posts

March 25, 2015

Published March 25, 2015 by ad-vinylrecords with 0 comment

Peter Allen - The More I See You b/w Harbour (1978) - single

Peter Allen (born Peter Richard Woolnough; 10 February 1944 – 18 June 1992) was an Australian songwriter and entertainer. His songs were made popular by many recording artists, including Elkie Brooks, Melissa Manchester and Olivia Newton-John.
In 1976, Allen released an album “Taught By Experts”, which reached number one in Australia, along with the number one singles "I Go To Rio" and "The More I See You".

A - The More I See You  (3:30)
Written-By – H. Warren, M. Gordon / Producer – Brooks Arthur
B - Harbour  (3:36)
Written-By – P. Allen / Producer – Brooks Arthur

Label:  A&M Records
Genre:  Pop
Catalog#  AMS 5642

(P) 1978

February 14, 2015

Published February 14, 2015 by ad-vinylrecords with 0 comment

Peter Allen - I Go To Rio b/w This Time Around (1976) - single

"I Go to Rio" is a popular song written by Peter Allen and Adrienne Anderson, and performed by Allen. It became a signature song of Allen, as well as being covered by Peggy Lee, Pablo Cruise, French singer Claude François, among others, in addition to being subject to multiple soundtrack inclusions. The song was first released in 1976, on Peter Allen's fourth studio album, "Taught by Experts". In 1977, it was successfully released as a single in Australia, where it was Number 1 for five weeks.
The melody of the opening piano riff of the song has been re-used by Chocolate in "Ritmo de la noche", well as Mystic/The Sacados and Safri Duo's cover versions, and Coldplay in "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall".

A - I Go To Rio  (3:17)
written by: P. Allen, A. Anderson / produced by: Brooks Arthur
B - This Time Around  (3:15)
written by: P. Allen / prosuced by: Brooks Arthur

Label:  A&M Records
Genre:  Pop
Catalog#  AMS 5460

(P) 1976