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Biography
Use dmy dates|date=February 2012Infobox musical artist | name = Peter Sarstedt| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Peter Eardley Sarstedt| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|df=yes|1941|12|10| origin = Delhi , India | instrument = Human voice|Vocals , Acoustic Guitarist.| genre = Pop music|Pop , Folk.| occupation = Singing|Singer , songwriter | years_active = 1968–present| label = United Artists Records|United Artists (UK) World Pacific (US)| associated_acts = Eden Kane Clive Sarstedt | website = URL|1=www.petersarstedt.com Peter Eardley Sarstedt cite web | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association | url = http://www.apra.com.au/site/public/searchworksresult.stm? worktitle=WHERE%20DO%20YOU%20GO%20TO& switchdet=Y | title = Search for 'where do you go to' dead link|date=May 2012 (born 10 December 1941, Delhi , India cite web | work = 45 rpm UK website | url = http://www.45-rpm.org.uk/dirp/peters.htm | title = Peter Sarstedt cite web | publisher = British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors | url = http://www.basca.org.uk/members-directory/petersarstedt/ | title = Peter Sarstedt | accessdate = 2012-05-14 ) is an Anglo-Indian singer-songwriter .
Career
Sarstedt was born in India and attended Victoria Boys' School in Kurseong, in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal. His family relocated to England in 1954. He is the younger brother of the 1960s pop star Eden Kane for whom he briefly played Bass guitar|bass and the elder brother of pop singer Clive Sarstedt .cite web|url= http://www.music.us/biography/artist/13905/peter_sarstedt.html|title=Peter Sarsedt Biography|last=Anon|publisher=Music Entertainment Network|accessdate=2009-10-02 He is best known for his 1969, United Kingdom|UK Chart-topper|number one hit record|hit , " Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? "; a portrait of a poor-born girl who becomes a member of the European jet-set . Set to a fake Europe an waltz melody|tune , it reached the top record chart|chart position in 14 countries and was a minor hit in the United States|U.S. The song was awarded the 1969 Ivor Novello Award (together with David Bowie 's " Space Oddity (song)|Space Oddity "). Other Sarstedt song s include "Beirut", "Take Off Your Clothes", "I Am A Cathedral" and "Frozen Orange Juice" ( UK Singles Chart|UK #10 in 1969). http://www.lyricszoo.com/peter-sarstedt/frozen-orange-juice/ Lyricszoo.com
In the 1980s and 1990s Sarstedt frequently toured the UK as part of the 'Solid Silver '60s' package concert tour|tours . "Where Do You Go To" was later used in the 2007 Wes Anderson films Hotel Chevalier and The Darjeeling Limited which sparked new interest in Sarstedt's music.cite web | url = Allmusic|class=artist|id=p144516|tab=biography|pure_url=yes | first1 = Richie | last1 = Unterberger | first2 = Bruce | last2 = Eder | title = Biography of Peter Sarstedt | publisher = Allmusic | accessdate= January 2008
Discography
Singles
"I Must Go On" / "Mary Jane" (Island WIP-6028, 1/1968)
"I Am a Cathedral" / "Blagged" (1968)
" Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? " / "Morning Mountain" ( UK Singles Chart|UK #1, US #70) (1969)cite book
| first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 482
"As Though It Were a Movie" / "Take Off Your Clothes" (1969)
"Without Darkness" / "Step into the Candlelight" (1969)
Albums
Peter Sarstedt ( UK Albums Chart|UK #8) (1969)
#"I Am a Cathedral" #"Sons of Cain Are Abel" #"No More Lollipops" #"Stay Within Myself" #"You Are My Life" #"Sayonara" #" Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? " #"Blagged!" #"My Daddy Is a Millionaire" #"Once Upon an Everyday" #"Time Was Leading Us Home" #"Many-Coloured, Semi-Precious Plastic Easter Eggs" #"Time, Love, Hope, Life"
As Though It Were a Movie (1969)
#"Overture" #"As Though It Were a Movie" #"Open a Tin" #"Step Into the Candlelight" #"Take Off Your Clothes" #"Letter to a Friend" #"Overture" #"Boulevard" #"Sunshine is Expensive" #"Artist" #"Friendship Song (Hey, Nena)" #"Juan" #"I'm a Good Boy" #"National Anthem/Doors Close at 10:45 P.M."
Every Word You Say Is Written Down (1971)
Another Day Passes By (1971)
Worlds Apart Together (1973) (credited to the Sarstedt Brothers)
Tall Tree (1975)
Ps... (1978)
Update (1982)
Colors: Asia Minor (1986) (credited to Peter and Clive Sarstedt)
Never Say Goodbye (1987)
''England's Lane (1997)
On Song (2006) (credited to Peter Sarstedt with Clive Sarstedt on guitar)
#"Scherazade" #"The Silken Thread" #"The Tango Anglais" #"Desperado" #"Save the Rhino" #"Amnesty" #"One Day" #"Strategy Chatterji" #"Chelsea" #"In That Once Tremendous War" #"Memsahib" #"I Set You Free From Loving Me" #"Come On, All You Foreigners"
The Lost Album (2008)
#"A Way Leading Out" #"I Need Her" #"Rain" #"Margueritte" #"Weaver, Weave Me a Coat" #"Jethro" #"Another Day" #"John Coltrane" #"Plain Chick" #"Muscle Twitch" #"It's a Road" #"Walk Down Real Streets" #"Hollywood Sign" #"Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)"
Siblings
Peter Sarstedt's brothers are:
Richard Graham Sarstedt, who also topped the UK Singles Chart himself in 1961, with " Well I Ask You ", under the stage name Eden Kane .
Clive Sarstedt|Robin Sarstedt , (born Clive Robin Sarstedt, 21 January 1944, Ajmer , Rajastan , Northern India ) (the youngest brother), who made his sound recording and reproduction|recording debut as Wes Sands (recorded by Joe Meek ), and then continued as Clive Sands. He had a hit in 1976 with "My Resistance Is Low".
See also
List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart
List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1960s
List of performers on Top of the Pops
United Artists Records
Anglo-Indian
References
Reflist
External links
Official website|1= http://www.petersarstedt.com
Persondata | NAME = Sarstedt, Peter | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 12 December 1943 | PLACE OF BIRTH = India | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Sarstedt, Peter Category:1943 births Category:Living people Category:People from Delhi Category:English male singers Category:English songwriters Category:Ivor Novello Award winners
