Peter Beckett

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Peter Beckett is a British musician and songwriter who has recorded written songs for many prominent recording artists and for several films, as well as produced solo work.

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Beckett was born in the Aigburth district of Liverpool, England. He was greatly influenced by going to see the Beatles perform at the famous Cavern Club At 16, he recorded his first record, "All Night Stand", with a band called The Thoughts. "One Night Stand" was written by Ray Davies from the Kinks. He then joined a band called Winston G and The Wicked, later renamed Whip. After they disbanded, Peter then joined a progressive rock band called Paladin, recording two albums called Paladin and Paladin Charge!.

Moving to Los Angeles in 1974 he joined Skyband before hooking up with JC Crowley, Ronn Moss, and John Friesen to form Player. Player enjoyed a Number One hit in 1978 with Baby Come Back - still regarded as a classic of 1970s music.

After four successful albums, Player split up and Peter began writing songs for other recording artists such as Olivia Newton-John, The Temptations and Kenny Rogers as well as music for films and television throughout the 1980s. In 1991, Peter released his first solo CD called Beckett, a combination of rock, pop, AOR tunes. He then joined up with Little River Band and toured with them for eight years.

Getting back together with Ronn Moss in 1996, they recorded Player's fifth album, and toured the United States. Since then, Peter has produced, written and played on two solo CDs for Ronn Moss and composed music for a television show: The Bold And The Beautiful. Peter and Ronn Moss have a world tour in 2006 as well as some dates in the United States. Peter is also working on a second solo CD and continues to write film scores as well as material for other artists.