Crispian St. Peters

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
You were on my mind
  DE 22nd 05/01/1966 (12 weeks)
  UK 2 01/08/1966 (14 weeks)
  US 36 07/01/1967 (6 weeks)
The Pied Piper
  DE 11 06/15/1966 (6 weeks)
  UK 5 04/02/1966 (13 weeks)
  US 4th 06/11/1966 (12 weeks)
Changes
  UK 47 09/17/1966 (4 weeks)
  US 57 09/17/1966 (7 weeks)

Crispian St. Peters (actually Robin Peter Smith , born April 5, 1939 in Swanley , County Kent , † June 8, 2010 ibid) was an English singer .

biography

Smith gained his first experience as a singer in various youth groups. There he also learned to play the guitar . The tall, skinny young man initially wanted to become a session guitarist, but then tried it as a singer. In the mid-1960s he got a record deal under the stage name Crispian St. Peters , but initially there was no success.

It wasn't until the beginning of 1966 that You Were on My Mind , the original of which was made by Ian & Sylvia in 1964, entered the English, and later also the German and American charts. The follow-up hit, The Pied Piper , was also a cover version and was able to seamlessly build on the success of its predecessor. The original song came from the group The Changin 'Times ( Artie Kornfeld and Steve Duboff). The third hit single, Changes , originally released by Gordon Lightfoot in 1966 , received significantly less attention and was the singer's final hit.

St. Peters was married from 1969 to 1974. He had a son and a daughter.

In 1995, at the age of 55, he suffered a stroke. In 2001 he retired as a musician. St. Peters died on June 8th, 2010 after a long illness.

Discography

Albums

  • 1966: The Pied Piper
  • 1966: Follow Me ...
  • 1970: Simply

Compilations

  • 1973: The World Of
  • 1982: The Pied Piper
  • 1996: The Anthology
  • 2009: The Pied Piper (2 CDs)

EPs

  • 1966: You Were on My Mind / What I'm Gonna Be / The Pied Pipper / Sweet Dawn My True Love
  • 1966: Changes
  • 1967: Almost Persuaded
  • 1969: The Golden Era of Hits Vol. 7

Singles

  • 1965: At This Moment
  • 1965: No, No, No
  • 1965: You Were on My Mind
  • 1966: The Pied Piper
  • 1966: Changes
  • 1966: But She's Untrue
  • 1967: Almost Persuaded
  • 1967: Free Spirit
  • 1968: That's the time
  • 1968: Low Bad Hurting (as Country Smith)
  • 1968: Carolina
  • 1968: Look into My Teardrops
  • 1968: Please Take Me Back
  • 1970: So Long
  • 1970: Wandering Hobo
  • 1972: Take Me Home Country Roads (as Wheels)
  • 1974: Do Daddy Do

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart discography Singles
  2. ↑ By Dennis Hevesi: Crispian St. Peters, Singer of the Hit 'Pied Piper', Dies at 71 , The New York Times , June 11, 2010
  3. ↑ Singer had too much competition on his mind: Crispian St Peters, 1939-2010 , Sydney Morning Herald , June 22, 2010
  4. ^ Crispian St Peters obituary , The Guardian , June 14, 2010
  5. ^ A b Biography of Crispian St. Peters , oldies.com after Colin Larkin : The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, p. 5101 [1]
  6. ↑ Crispian St Peters - 60's Hits Pop Star Died 9th June 2010 , mi2n.com, September 6, 2010

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personal data
SURNAME St. Peters, Crispian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Smith, Robin Peter (real name); Smith, Country; Wheels
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Swanley , Kent
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 2010
Place of death Swanley