Peter Sarstedt

Peter Sarstedt (born Peter Eardley Sarstedt,^[1] 12 December 1942, Delhi, India^[2][3]) is a singer-songwriter.

[edit] Career

He is best known for his 1969, UK number one hit, "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)"; a portrait of a poor-born girl who becomes a member of the Euro jet-set. Set to a faux European waltz tune, it reached the top chart position in 14 other countries, but was only a minor hit in the U.S.^[4] The song was awarded the 1969 Ivor Novello Award, (together with David Bowie's "Space Oddity"). Other Sarstedt songs include "Beirut", "Take Off Your Clothes", "I Am A Cathedral" and "Frozen Orange Juice" (UK #10 in 1969).^[5]

In the 1980s and 1990s he frequently toured the UK as part of the 'Solid Silver '60s' package 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.^[4]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

• "I Must Go On" / "Mary Jane" (1968)
• "I Am a Cathedral" / "Blagged" (1968)
• "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)" (US #70) / "Morning Mountain" (UK #1) (1969)^[6]
• "Frozen Orange Juice" / "Arethusa Loser" (UK #10) (1969)^[6]
• "As Though It Were a Movie" / "Take Off Your Clothes" (1969)
• "Without Darkness" / "Step into the Candlelight" (1969)

[edit] Albums

• Peter Sarstedt (UK #8) (1969)^[6]

1. "I Am a Cathedral"
2. "Sons of Cain Are Abel"
3. "No More Lollipops"
4. "Stay Within Myself"
5. "You Are My Life"
6. "Sayonara"
7. "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)"
8. "Blagged!"
9. "My Daddy Is a Millionaire"
10. "Once Upon an Everyday"
11. "Time Was Leading Us Home"
12. "Many-Coloured, Semi-Precious Plastic Easter Eggs"
13. "Time, Love, Hope, Life"

• As Though It Were a Movie (1969)

1. "Overture"
2. "As Though It Were a Movie"
3. "Open a Tin"
4. "Step Into the Candlelight"
5. "Take Off Your Clothes"
6. "Letter to a Friend"
7. "Overture"
8. "Boulevard"
9. "Sunshine is Expensive"
10. "Artist"
11. "Friendship Song (Hey, Nena)"
12. "Juan"
13. "I'm a Good Boy"
14. "National Anthem/Doors Close at 10:45 P.M."

• Untitled, unreleased album (recorded 1970)
• 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")

1. Scherazade
2. The Silken Thread
3. The Tango Anglais
4. Desperado
5. Save the Rhino
6. Amnesty
7. One Day
8. Strategy Chatterji
9. Chelsea
10. In That Once Tremendous War
11. Memsahib
12. I Set You Free From Loving Me
13. Come On, All You Foreigners

• The Lost Album (2008)

1. A Way Leading Out
2. I Need Her
3. Rain
4. Margueritte
5. Weaver, Weave Me a Coat
6. Jethro
7. Another Day
8. John Coltrane
9. Plain Chick
10. Muscle Twitch
11. It's a Road
12. Walk Down Real Streets
13. Hollywood Sign
14. Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)

[edit] 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 of Eden Kane.
• Robin Sarstedt, (born Clive Robin Sarstedt, January 21, 1944, Ajmer, Rajastan, Northern India) (the youngest brother), who made his recording debut as Wes Sands (recorded by Joe Meek), and then continued as Clive Sands. He finally had a hit in 1976 with "My Resistance Is Low".

[edit] 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

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official homepage
• Biography at Allmusic website