Peter Asher to Perform at Club Cafe; ‘Little Women’ Continues on Local Screens (Thurs., 1/09/20)

1) Peter Asher hosts a delightful program on SiriusXM’s Beatles Channel titled “From Me to You.” He sounds as much a fan as any Beatlemaniac, and it’s arguably easy to forget his own remarkable career. He was one half of the pop duo Peter and Gordon with the late Gordon Waller. Their biggest hit was 1964’s “A World Without Love,” credited Lennon-McCartney but really written by Paul McCartney. (McCartney was dating Asher’s sister, Jane, at the time.) Peter Asher ran the A&R department at Apple Records, which the Beatles founded in 1968. He signed James Taylor and later was Taylor’s manager. Asher is also a successful producer. His credits include many Linda Ronstadt albums, two of which (1977’s Simple Dreams and 1989’s Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind) earned him Grammys for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical. He’ll talk about his career and perform music during Peter Asher: A Musical Memoir of the ’60s and Beyond at Club Cafe. 8 p.m. 56-58 S. 12th St., South Side. (CM)

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