Player (band)
Player (English for 'player') is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles.
history
Peter Beckett and John Crowley met at a party in New York and soon after formed the band with three other musicians. They had their biggest hit with their first single Baby Come Back in 1977, with which they had a million seller in the USA and landed at number 1 . It was the only song that made it into the charts internationally, while in the US it was in the charts until 1982.
From 1988 John Crowley switched to the country genre as a composer and solo performer. Peter Beckett joined the Little River Band in 1992 . Ronn Moss made a career as a serial actor in the television series Reich und Schön .
Since 1995, Beckett and Moss do it again as a player music together.
Members
- Peter Beckett (singer, guitar)
- John C. Crowley (born November 13, 1947 in Houston, Texas; singer, guitar)
- Wayne Cooke (keyboards)
- Ronn Moss (born March 4, 1952 in Los Angeles, California; bass)
- John Friesen (drums)
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
 US
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| 1977 | Player |
US26th  (34 weeks)US |
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| 1978 | Danger Zone |
US37 (23 weeks)US |
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| 1981 | Spies of Life |
US152 (7 weeks) US |
More albums
- 1980: Room with a View
- 1995: Electric Shadow
- 1996: Lost in Reality (re-release of Electric Shadow)
- 2013: Too Many Reasons
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 UK
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US
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| 1977 | Baby Come Back Player |
UK32 (7 weeks) UK |
US1 (32 weeks)US |
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| This Time I'm in It for Love Player |
- |
US10 (17 weeks) US |
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| 1978 | Prisoner of Your Love Danger Zone |
- |
US27 (11 weeks) US |
|
| Silver Lining Danger Zone |
- |
US62 (6 weeks) US |
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| 1980 | It's For You Room with a View |
- |
US46 (8 weeks) US |
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| 1981 | If Looks Could Kill Spies of Life |
- |
US48 (9 weeks) US |
|
More singles
- 1980: Givin 'It All
- 1982: I'd Rather Be Gone