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After some success with the British progressive band Paladin, he was invited to come to the United States to form a group called Skyband. That band was short-lived, but during a Hollywood party he met J.C. Crowley. They began writing songs together. A short time later they were joined by Ronn Moss and John Friesen …and Player was born.
In January 1978, the band had an international number one hit with their first single: "Baby Come Back" which was co-written and sung by Beckett. The self- titled album went platinum and the band toured extensively. These classic outings included Boz Scagg's Silk Degrees Tour, Eric Clapton's Slowhand Tour, Heart's Dog & Butterfly Tour and Kenny Loggin's
Nightwatch Tour, playing always to sold out
arena audiences. Four albums followed rendering four more top forty singles,
including "This Time I'm In It For Love" which
reached number ten on Billboard's top 100 chart.
Peter Beckett has written hit songs for many artists including: Heart, Olivia Newton-John, Kenny Rodgers, The Temptations, Poco, Janet Jackson, The Commodores, Cliff Richards, Survivor, Grace Slick, and more recently Vanessa Hudgens of "High School Musical" fame.
Between the years 1989-1997, Peter was a featured member of The Little River Band and has written several singles for them.
He has also garnered many movie credits as artist, producer and/or writer. These include: The Karate Kid, Two of a Kind, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Major League, St Elmo's Fire (Grammy Nomination), Frankie and Johnny, Rock Star, Terminator 3, Basic, Beyond Borders, Life or Something Like It, Dirty Dancing 2 and Transformers to name a few.
Peter started performing again with his band Player in 2003, always featuring an all star line-up, which has included at various times members of The Cars, REO Speed Wagon, Foreigner and Little River Band. Peter is also a featured guest performer with The Yacht Rock Revue performing all over the U.S. Peter and Ronn recently toured with Christopher Cross, Gary Wright, Al Stewart and many other artists throughout the US and Canada.
Recently Peter has performed with his band Player at the House of Blues, the Canyon Club, The Rams Head on Stage and on national TV as the featured band for the Nurses’ Ball on General Hospital. Peter also took part in a tribute event honoring Smokey Robinson at the House Of Blues in Hollywood.
A new Player CD “Too Many Reasons” was released on Frontiers Records in 2013. It was written and produced by Peter. Having always had a soft spot for country music, in 2010 he developed a hankering to record a country styled CD. And so The Limey Cowboys were born. He is about half way through the writing stage to date, but you can sample some early demos here.
Check out the great music, exciting videos, historic pictures and the latest updates at www.player-theband.com or www.peterbeckett-player.com
Peter Beckett has written hit songs for many artists including: Heart, Olivia Newton-John, Kenny Rodgers, The Temptations, Poco, Janet Jackson, The Commodores, Cliff Richards, Survivor, Grace Slick, and more recently Vanessa Hudgens of "High School Musical" fame.
Between the years 1989-1997, Peter was a featured member of The Little River Band and has written several singles for them.
He has also garnered many movie credits as artist, producer and/or writer. These include: The Karate Kid, Two of a Kind, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Major League, St Elmo's Fire (Grammy Nomination), Frankie and Johnny, Rock Star, Terminator 3, Basic, Beyond Borders, Life or Something Like It, Dirty Dancing 2 and Transformers to name a few.
Peter started performing again with his band Player in 2003, always featuring an all star line-up, which has included at various times members of The Cars, REO Speed Wagon, Foreigner and Little River Band. Peter is also a featured guest performer with The Yacht Rock Revue performing all over the U.S. Peter and Ronn recently toured with Christopher Cross, Gary Wright, Al Stewart and many other artists throughout the US and Canada.
Recently Peter has performed with his band Player at the House of Blues, the Canyon Club, The Rams Head on Stage and on national TV as the featured band for the Nurses’ Ball on General Hospital. Peter also took part in a tribute event honoring Smokey Robinson at the House Of Blues in Hollywood.
A new Player CD “Too Many Reasons” was released on Frontiers Records in 2013. It was written and produced by Peter. Having always had a soft spot for country music, in 2010 he developed a hankering to record a country styled CD. And so The Limey Cowboys were born. He is about half way through the writing stage to date, but you can sample some early demos here.
Check out the great music, exciting videos, historic pictures and the latest updates at www.player-theband.com or www.peterbeckett-player.com
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