Donald Peers
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Donald Rhys Hubert Peers (born July 10, 1908 in Ammanford , Wales , † August 9, 1973 in Brighton , England ) was a particularly popular Welsh singer in Great Britain in the 1950s .
Career
Peers grew up in the village of Betws in Wales and began his career in the 1930s as a crooner for various dance bands. After the war he celebrated his breakthrough as a singer in his own radio show "Cavalier of Song" on the BBC at the age of 42. His biggest success at the time - and his lifelong signature tune - was "In a Shady Nook by a Brabbling Brook" . At a time when there were no official charts , he was one of the most popular singers in the country for five years. Then Peers went to Australia , where he spent two years; when he came back the British had almost forgotten him.
But Peers started again from the bottom and made the comeback ; again on the BBC, this time on television , he presented his program "Donald Peers Presents ..." , in which his compatriot Tom Jones appeared in public for the first time in 1962 . At the end of the 1960s he made it into the top 10 of the British charts again with the single "Please Don't Go" (3rd place, 1969 ), an adaptation of the barcarole from Jacques Offenbach's " Hoffmanns Erzählungen ". Another small hit followed in 1972 , "Give Me One More Chance" (36th place).
At a concert in Sydney , Australia, Peers fell into a hole on stage - so badly that he broke his spine . Contrary to the first medical diagnosis that he would never walk again, he managed to overcome the paralysis and later reappeared.
Donald Peers died in 1973 aged 65 in a Brighton nursing home at a pneumonia .
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| SURNAME | Peers, Donald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Peers, Donald Rhys Hubert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | welsh singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ammanford , Wales |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 9, 1973 |
| Place of death | Brighton , England |