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Peter Skellern Autograph
Peter Skellern (born 14 March 1947, Bury, Lancashire) is an English singer-songwriter and pianist. Skellern’s first hit song was “You’re a Lady” in 1972. The record featured choir-rockers the English Congregation, who had recorded the hit “Softly Whispering I Love You” and reached number three in the UK Singles Chart and number 50 in the United States Billboard Hot 100. He followed this three years later with “Hold On to Love” which reached number 14 in the UK chart. He also sang the theme song to the TV series Billy Liar. For three years in the 1970s he worked on BBC Radio 4’s Stop the Week, writing topical songs. A non-charting song ‘Too much I’m in love’ also received much radio play.
In 1978 Skellern had a minor hit with the 1930s song “Love is the Sweetest Thing” (which featured backing by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band), winning the Music Trades Association award for bestMiddle of the Road song. His album Astaire is regarded by many as a minor classic.
In 1981 he wrote, composed and performed in a series of musical playlets for the BBC called Happy Endings. Two years later Skellern hosted the Private Lives television chat show. He wrote the lyrics for the song “One More Kiss, Dear”, from the 1982 film, Blade Runner. In 1984, He performed the theme song for the London Weekend Television programme Me and My Girl. In the same year, Skellern formed a group called Oasis with cellist Julian Lloyd Webber and Mary Hopkin. The group released a self-titled album in 1984 on the Warner Bros. Records label which earned a silver record. The group performed live on television, but a planned concert tour was cancelled when Mary Hopkin became ill.
Peter Skellern Autograph