Peter Skellern - Cheek To Cheek

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1993
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:59
Size: 106,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:36)  1. Cheek To Cheek
(4:32)  2. The Continental (You Kiss While You Dance)
(2:41)  3. Puttin' On The Ritz
(2:24)  4. Top Hat, White Tie And Tails
(3:49)  5. Stormy Weather
(2:30)  6. All Or Nothing At All
(3:07)  7. Busy Line
(3:23)  8. Love Is The Sweetest Thing
(2:35)  9. Two Sleepy People
(3:08) 10. Deep Purple
(3:31) 11. Raining In My Heart
(3:55) 12. Where Do We Go From Here
(2:46) 13. They All Laughed
(3:53) 14. The Way You Look Tonight

A composer, singer, and musician, Peter Skellern played trombone in a school band and served as organist and choirmaster in a local church before attending the Guildhall School of Music, from which he graduated with honors in 1968. Because "I didn’t want to spend the next 50 years playing Chopin," he joined the vocal harmony band March Hare which, after changing their name to Harlan County, recorded a country-pop album before disbanding in 1971. Married with two children, Skellern worked as a hotel porter in Shaftesbury, Dorset, before striking lucky at the end of 1972 with a self-composed U.K. number three hit, "You're a Lady." The album Not Without a Friend consisted entirely of original material (aside from a rendition of Hoagy Carmichael's "Rockin' Chair"), and another U.K. hit single with the title track to 1975's Hold on to Love established Skellern as a purveyor of wittily observed if homely love songs of similar stamp to Gilbert O'Sullivan. He earned the respect of Beatles fans (already manifested following Derek Taylor's production of Not Without a Friend) when George Harrison assisted on Hard Times and the title number was later recorded by Ringo Starr. 

A minor hit in 1978, "Love Is the Sweetest Thing" (featuring Grimethorpe Colliery Band) was part of a tribute to Fred Astaire that won a Music Trades Association Award for Best MOR Album of 1979. Skellern subsequently wrote and performed six autobiographical programs for BBC television, followed by a series of musical plays (Happy Endings), and also hosted the chat show Private Lives in 1983. A year later he formed Oasis with Julian Lloyd Webber, Mary Hopkin, and guitarist Billy Lovelady in an attempt to fuse mutual classical and pop interests, but the band's recordings failed to make a major impact. In 1985, Skellern joined Richard Stilgoe for Stilgoe and Skellern Stompin' at the Savoy, a show in aid of the Lords Taverners charity organization. This led to the two entertainers working together on several successful tours and in their two-man revue, Who Plays Wins, which was presented in London's West End and New York City. After becoming disenchanted with the record business for a time, in 1995 Skellern issued his first album in nearly eight years. Originally conceived as a tribute to the Ink Spots, it eventually consisted of a number of songs associated with that legendary group, and a few Hoagy Carmichael compositions "just to break it up." He later wrote sacred choral music and was ordained as a deacon and priest in the Church of England. After developing an inoperable brain tumor, he died in February 2017 at 69 years of age. 

~ Rovi Staff https://www.allmusic.com/artist/peter-skellern-mn0000687269/biography

Cheek To Cheek

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Peter Skellern - Sentimentally Yours

Styles: Vocal And Keyboards Jazz
Year: 1996
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:42
Size: 171,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:18)  1. Too Much, I'm In Love
(3:31)  2. Raining In My Heart
(4:25)  3. They Can't Take That Away From Me
(4:21)  4. Still Magic
(3:23)  5. Love Is The Sweetest Thing
(4:08)  6. Isn't This A Lovely Day
(3:55)  7. Where Do We Go From Here
(4:32)  8. The Continental (You Kiss While You Dance)
(3:27)  9. When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful
(3:48) 10. Skylark
(3:08) 11. Deep Purple
(3:53) 12. The Way You Look Tonight
(4:28) 13. Over Her
(2:35) 14. Two Sleepy People
(3:53) 15. You And I
(3:36) 16. Cheek To Cheek
(3:15) 17. While I'm Away
(2:44) 18. Sweet Words
(4:14) 19. Put Out The Flame
(2:58) 20. Night And Day

A composer, singer, and musician, Peter Skellern played trombone in a school band and served as organist and choirmaster in a local church before attending the Guildhall School of Music, from which he graduated with honors in 1968. Because "I didn’t want to spend the next 50 years playing Chopin," he joined the vocal harmony band March Hare which, after changing their name to Harlan County, recorded a country-pop album before disbanding in 1971. Married with two children, Skellern worked as a hotel porter in Shaftesbury, Dorset, before striking lucky at the end of 1972 with a self-composed U.K. number three hit, "You're a Lady." The album Not Without a Friend consisted entirely of original material (aside from a rendition of Hoagy Carmichael's "Rockin' Chair"), and another U.K. hit single with the title track to 1975's Hold on to Love established Skellern as a purveyor of wittily observed if homely love songs of similar stamp to Gilbert O'Sullivan. He earned the respect of Beatles fans (already manifested following Derek Taylor's production of Not Without a Friend) when George Harrison assisted on Hard Times and the title number was later recorded by Ringo Starr. A minor hit in 1978, "Love Is the Sweetest Thing" (featuring Grimethorpe Colliery Band) was part of a tribute to Fred Astaire that won a Music Trades Association Award for Best MOR Album of 1979. Skellern subsequently wrote and performed six autobiographical programs for BBC television, followed by a series of musical plays (Happy Endings), and also hosted the chat show Private Lives in 1983. A year later he formed Oasis with Julian Lloyd Webber, Mary Hopkin, and guitarist Billy Lovelady in an attempt to fuse mutual classical and pop interests, but the band's recordings failed to make a major impact. In 1985, Skellern joined Richard Stilgoe for Stilgoe and Skellern Stompin' at the Savoy, a show in aid of the Lords Taverners charity organization. This led to the two entertainers working together on several successful tours and in their two-man revue, Who Plays Wins, which was presented in London's West End and New York City. After becoming disenchanted with the record business for a time, in 1995 Skellern issued his first album in nearly eight years. Originally conceived as a tribute to the Ink Spots, it eventually consisted of a number of songs associated with that legendary group, and a few Hoagy Carmichael compositions "just to break it up." He later wrote sacred choral music and was ordained as a deacon and priest in the Church of England. After developing an inoperable brain tumor, he died in February 2017 at 69 years of age. ~ Rovi Staff https://www.allmusic.com/artist/peter-skellern-mn0000687269/biography

Sentimentally Yours

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Peter Skellern, Mary Hopkin - Oasis

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1984
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:09
Size: 110,1 MB
Art: Front

(2:17)  1. Prelude [Instrumental]
(4:20)  2. If This Be The Last Time
(3:57)  3. I Wonder Why
(4:20)  4. Hold Me
(5:45)  5. Oasis
(6:33)  6. Sirocco
(5:03)  7. Who Knows?
(5:06)  8. Weavers Of Moonbeams
(5:17)  9. Loved And Lost [Instrumental]
(4:27) 10. True Love

Oasis is a studio album by 1980s group Oasis (not the 1990s rock band of the same name). The album was recorded at Solid Bond Studios and Trident II Studios in London. It was mixed at Trident II Studios. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_(Oasis_album)

Personnel:  Peter Skellern - vocals, keyboards, synths; Mary Hopkin - vocals; Julian Lloyd Webber - cello; Bill Lovelady - guitar; Mitch Dalton - guitar; Andy Pask - bass; Charlie Morgan - drums; Tristan Fry - marimbas; Frank Ricotti - percussion
 

Thank You Dave!

Oasis

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Peter Skellern - Astaire

Styles: Vocal And Keyboards Jazz 
Year: 1987
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:20
Size: 81,7 MB
Art: Front

(4:11)  1. Isn't It A Lovely Day
(3:39)  2. Cheek To Cheek
(4:29)  3. They Can't Take That Away From Me
(3:58)  4. The Way You Look Tonight
(4:34)  5. The Continental
(2:43)  6. Putting On The Ritz
(2:46)  7. No Strings
(3:32)  8. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
(2:59)  9. Night And Day
(2:25) 10. Top Hat, White Tie And Tails

A composer, singer, and musician, Peter Skellern played trombone in a school band and served as organist and choirmaster in a local church before attending the Guildhall School of Music, from which he graduated with honors in 1968. Because "I didn’t want to spend the next 50 years playing Chopin," he joined the vocal harmony band March Hare which, after changing their name to Harlan County, recorded a country-pop album before disbanding in 1971. Married with two children, Skellern worked as a hotel porter in Shaftesbury, Dorset, before striking lucky at the end of 1972 with a self-composed U.K. number three hit, "You're a Lady." The album Not Without a Friend consisted entirely of original material (aside from a rendition of Hoagy Carmichael's "Rockin' Chair"), and another U.K. hit single with the title track to 1975's Hold on to Love established Skellern as a purveyor of wittily observed if homely love songs of similar stamp to Gilbert O'Sullivan. He earned the respect of Beatles fans (already manifested following Derek Taylor's production of Not Without a Friend) when George Harrison assisted on Hard Times and the title number was later recorded by Ringo Starr. A minor hit in 1978, "Love Is the Sweetest Thing" (featuring Grimethorpe Colliery Band) was part of a tribute to Fred Astaire that won a Music Trades Association Award for Best MOR Album of 1979. Skellern subsequently wrote and performed six autobiographical programs for BBC television, followed by a series of musical plays (Happy Endings), and also hosted the chat show Private Lives in 1983. 

A year later he formed Oasis with Julian Lloyd Webber, Mary Hopkin, and guitarist Billy Lovelady in an attempt to fuse mutual classical and pop interests, but the band's recordings failed to make a major impact. In 1985, Skellern joined Richard Stilgoe for Stilgoe and Skellern Stompin' at the Savoy, a show in aid of the Lords Taverners charity organization. This led to the two entertainers working together on several successful tours and in their two-man revue, Who Plays Wins, which was presented in London's West End and New York City. After becoming disenchanted with the record business for a time, in 1995 Skellern issued his first album in nearly eight years. Originally conceived as a tribute to the Ink Spots, it eventually consisted of a number of songs associated with that legendary group, and a few Hoagy Carmichael compositions "just to break it up." He later wrote sacred choral music and was ordained as a deacon and priest in the Church of England. After developing an inoperable brain tumor, he died in February 2017 at 69 years of age. ~ Rovi Staff https://www.allmusic.com/artist/peter-skellern-mn0000687269/biography

Astaire

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Peter Skellern - A String Of Pearls

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1982
Time: 34:17
Size: 79,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:06)  1. Busy Line
(4:30)  2. The Clouds Will Soon Roll By
(3:27)  3. Tell Me That That Ain't Wrong
(3:09)  4. Deep Henderson
(3:55)  5. I'll String Along With You
(2:47)  6. They All Laughed
(3:46)  7. About a Quarter To Nine
(2:31)  8. All or Nothing at All
(3:51)  9. Stormy Weather
(3:10) 10. Symphony In Riffs

A composer, singer, and musician, Peter Skellern played trombone in a school band and served as organist and choirmaster in a local church before attending the Guildhall School of Music, from which he graduated with honors in 1968. Because "I didn’t want to spend the next 50 years playing Chopin," he joined the vocal harmony band March Hare which, after changing their name to Harlan County, recorded a country-pop album before disbanding in 1971. Married with two children, Skellern worked as a hotel porter in Shaftesbury, Dorset, before striking lucky at the end of 1972 with a self-composed U.K. number three hit, "You're a Lady." The album Not Without a Friend consisted entirely of original material (aside from a rendition of Hoagy Carmichael's "Rockin' Chair"), and another U.K. hit single with the title track to 1975's Hold on to Love established Skellern as a purveyor of wittily observed if homely love songs of similar stamp to Gilbert O'Sullivan. He earned the respect of Beatles fans (already manifested following Derek Taylor's production of Not Without a Friend) when George Harrison assisted on Hard Times and the title number was later recorded by Ringo Starr. 

A minor hit in 1978, "Love Is the Sweetest Thing" (featuring Grimethorpe Colliery Band) was part of a tribute to Fred Astaire that won a Music Trades Association Award for Best MOR Album of 1979. Skellern subsequently wrote and performed six autobiographical programs for BBC television, followed by a series of musical plays (Happy Endings), and also hosted the chat show Private Lives in 1983. A year later he formed Oasis with Julian Lloyd Webber, Mary Hopkin, and guitarist Billy Lovelady in an attempt to fuse mutual classical and pop interests, but the band's recordings failed to make a major impact. In 1985, Skellern joined Richard Stilgoe for Stilgoe and Skellern Stompin' at the Savoy, a show in aid of the Lords Taverners charity organization. This led to the two entertainers working together on several successful tours and in their two-man revue, Who Plays Wins, which was presented in London's West End and New York City. 

After becoming disenchanted with the record business for a time, in 1995 Skellern issued his first album in nearly eight years. Originally conceived as a tribute to the Ink Spots, it eventually consisted of a number of songs associated with that legendary group, and a few Hoagy Carmichael compositions "just to break it up." He later wrote sacred choral music and was ordained as a deacon and priest in the Church of England. After developing an inoperable brain tumor, he died in February 2017 at 69 years of age. ~ Rovi Staff https://www.allmusic.com/artist/peter-skellern-mn0000687269/biography

Personnel:  Piano – Peter Skellern

A String Of Pearls

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