One half of sixties pop duo Peter & Gordon, Gordon Waller, has died after suffering a heart attack, aged 64.
Scotland-born Waller met Peter Asher at Westminster School in London. Asher was the older brother of Jane Asher who, in the early sixties, was Paul McCartney's girlfriend. Through that connection Peter & Gordon's pop music double act became increasingly associated with the Fab Four, with the duo recording a number of McCartney penned songs (credited, as was the tradition at the time, to Lennon/McCartney, even though they were written by Macca on his own).
Finding themselves in among the Brit Invasion of America in 1964, the duo enjoyed a number of hit singles on both sides of the Atlantic, with McCartney penned songs like 'A World Without Love', 'Nobody I Know', 'I Don't Want To See You Again' and 'Woman'.
The duo split in 1968, and while Asher moved into industry roles, initially for the Beatles' Apple Records, and later as an artist manger in the US, Waller attempted a solo career, but with limited success. Music wise little was heard of Peter & Gordon for the best part of three decades, until a few years ago when Waller released a new solo album of Beatles songs, and the duo subsequently reunited on several occasions on stage, most recently in LA last August.
Waller was married three times and is survived by two daughters.