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Peter Asher: A Life in Music

Peter Asher: A Life in Music


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As a musician, award-winning producer, and talent manager, Peter Asher has both witnessed and participated in seismic changes in the music business—from the British Invasion in the 1960s to corporate takeovers of independent labels in the 1970s; from the MTV era to the nearly unrecognizable industry of today. Throughout, he has been virtually alone in his success as a hitmaker and producer for world-famous artists. His ability to produce projects across a vast range of genres—rock, country, jazz, classical, movie soundtracks—is simply without peer.
In this extraordinary account—the product of over twelve years of research—author David Jacks tells Asher’s story with verve and warmth. It draws on hours spent interviewing Asher, who granted exclusive access to his personal archives. Jacks also weaves in recollections from artists and friends including James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Cher, David Crosby, Marianne Faithfull, Steve Martin, Robin Williams, and many more.
In a business rife with shady characters, Peter Asher’s intelligence, honesty, and business sense have earned the respect of all he’s worked with. As this unforgettable biography shows, he has quite a story to tell.



Table of Contents:

Introduction
1 The Carrots of Wimpole Street
2 Gordon and Peter
3 A World Without Love
4 I Go To Pieces
5 The Morning’s Calling
6 Woman
7 Lady Godiva
8 You’ve Had Better Times
9 Carolina in My Mind
10 On Our Way Home
11 The Ones Who Really Care
12 Sweet Baby James
13 Fire and Rain
14 You’ve Got a Friend
15 I Believe in You
16 Heart Like a Wheel
17 Prisoner in Disguise
18 Handy Man
19 Her Town Too
20 What’s New
21 In My Tribe
22 Mysterious Ways
23 Don’t Say Goodbye
24 Leaving on a Jet Plane
25 Run to Me
26 Time
27 Not Fade Away
28 Way Back in the Day
Acknowledgments
Index
Epilogue
Afterword to the Paperback Edition



About the Author :
David Jacks has worked as audio producer and video editor for various clients, including Walt Disney Home Video and the Universal Studios Tour. As a music supervisor for Comcast Entertainment, he selected music for hundreds of television shows and specials. Writing Peter Asher: A Life in Music, his first book, brings him full circle—telling the stories behind the records that have thrilled him since he was young. As a result of writing Peter's biography, David worked as Consulting Producer on the acclaimed documentary feature Peter Asher: Everywhere Man.

Review :
Peter Asher is a fascinating figure; he was an enormous influence on music in the '60s and '70s, first as a British pop star, then as an Apple Records executive, a three-time Grammy-winning producer, and a personal manager. I will always be grateful for the twenty-plus years we worked together. This book captures the excitement of his long and varied career. A warm-hearted, deep-dive biography. With this exhaustively researched, endlessly fascinating book, author David Jacks provides not only a vivid portrait of an extraordinary artist/producer/manager/executive, Peter Asher, but in the process, serves up an insightful overview of pop music's evolution over the past 60 years. Dense in detail yet breezy and conversational in style . . . a fascinating read. Asher began reading David Jacks’ biography of him in full . . . ‘And, you know, I realize that perhaps my life has been a bit more interesting than I thought.’


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798216460466
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO
  • Height: 226 mm
  • No of Pages: 424
  • Sub Title: A Life in Music
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8216460465
  • Publisher Date: 20 Aug 2026
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 22 mm
  • Weight: 575 gr


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