Comments on: PETERS AND LEE – “Welcome Home”

By: punctum

punctum — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:26:48 +0000

TPL gets to Peters and Lee, or possibly vice versa: http://nobilliards.blogspot.com/2011/07/peters-and-lee-we-can-make-it.html

By: BRIAN

BRIAN — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:56:17 +0000

Dianne and Rick have sent me a copy of the peters and lee story from 1975 with comedy sketches and songs and guest acts on, very ITV!

By: Snif

Snif — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:22:15 +0000

The “A Brief History” bit on that site is worth reading – Rick Price comes across as the Adrian Mole of Pop in parts (although there’d be plenty of other contenders for that roles), but his candid honesty makes for a change.

By: wichita lineman

wichita lineman — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:32:52 +0000

Two Popular acts for the (presumably quite reasonable) price of one:

http://www.priceandlee.org/pricelee101_027.htm

heartwarming, isn’t it?

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:21:55 +0000

Lennie and Dianne appeared a lot on the Des Oconnor show too.
Oh how I miss the Fox

By: brian

brian — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:36:56 +0000

poor old peters & lee, they are often forgotton.

BRIAN

By: Billy Smart

Billy Smart — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:02:36 +0000

The complete Thames series from 1973 to 1975. A review of it that I saw mentioned that Peters & Lee are amongst the special guest performers. I couldn’t tell you what they perform, though.

By: brian

brian — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:16:14 +0000

what..when…were…..what do they do on this DVD in case I have it already….can you say more?????

BRIAN

By: Billy Smart

Billy Smart — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:27:53 +0000

Brian will be pleased to see that Peters & Lee’s appearance on ‘The Tommy Cooper Hour’ is now available on DVD.

By: Waldo

Waldo — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:59:36 +0000

Are you sure that’s not the other way round?!

Patrick Cargill was the uncle of Surrey and England paceman Robin Jackman, btw. I’m sure you were all twitching to know that…

By: brian

brian — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:09:11 +0000

yes, Ive known that info for a while and it is weird to think isn’t it!

BRIAN

By: Marcello Carlin

Marcello Carlin — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:23:28 +0000

While routinely leafing through Guinness I came across the unlikely info that Lennie Peters was Charlie Watts’ uncle. Can’t quite see it myself.

By: brian

brian — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:24:13 +0000

yes I know they were not the only act to have consecutive no 1s in the LP and single charts at the same time, but they are the first in the UK since the Beatles to do this.

By: Marcello Carlin

Marcello Carlin — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:02:15 +0000

Yes, Victor the Giraffe is still sadly missed…

By: Erithian

Erithian — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:21:25 +0000

Brian/Waldo – on a quick check Peters and Lee appear to have been the 5th case of an act having the UK number 1 album and single simultaneously in the 70s. First was George Harrison (My Sweet Lord/All Things Must Pass), then Rod as Waldo mentioned earlier, and T Rex did it twice, with Telegram Sam/Electric Warrior and Metal Guru/Bolan Boogie.

In the latter case Marc nearly replaced himself at the top of the album charts, as the reissued “My People Were Fair…” from Tyrannosaurus Rex days had been at the top a fortnight before. What a major star we lost 30 years ago last Sunday.

By: brian

brian — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:14:58 +0000

Do you all know Lennie has a few single flops pre-peters & lee? He had “for a lifetime”, “let the tears begin”, “stranger in paradise” and just found “here we go again” from 1970! He has an LP in 1981 called “unforgettable” but isn’t eally all that good without Dianne.

By: Marcello Carlin

Marcello Carlin — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:52:09 +0000

I knew about Littlehales but not about Sargent. I agree they were right not to go with that billing; makes them sound like a Windsor Davies and Don Estelle kind of deal.

By: brian

brian — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 23:16:20 +0000

I wonder if you lot also know that peters and lee are not even the real sir names of Lennie or Dianne? BUT Lenard sargent and Dianne littlehales….hmmmmm sargent & littlehales doesn’t sound right though does it. Also their act was “lennie peters and Melody” when they first got together. Ive no idea why Melody was chosen as a name. They won 7 or 8 opp knocks and none exsist now….

By: brian

brian — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:32:56 +0000

Its well known that at least here in the UK that Peters & lee were the first act to hold the no 1 singles and albums chart at the same time since the Beatles, Dianne also told me and its been mentioned a few times on TV as well. In the US it might be different, dunno…..but its a fact they were the first UK act to do this since the Beatles anyway.

By: Waldo

Waldo — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:06:11 +0000

Didn’t Rod the Mod have both single and album at the top at the same time both here and in the US – to wit: “Maggie May/Reason to Believe” and “Every Picture tells a story”? If so, would this not have been between the Beatles and Lennie and Dianne?

Nevertheless, a raised bat for “Welcome Home”. If Brian can get a message to Dianne, I’m sure she’d be delighted.

By: brian

brian — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:27:43 +0000

If only this could show that Peters & lee were not that bad as evidence. 100 COMMENTS! I mean, they were the first act ever to have a number 1 album and single at the same point in time since the Beatles! And now most of their op. knocks wins have also been wiped as well as their TV series….is there no justice in the world?

BRIAN

By: Marcello Carlin

Marcello Carlin — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:24:01 +0000

Doubt it.

By: Erithian

Erithian — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:57:10 +0000

And is this going to be the first thread on Popular that reaches 100 comments???

By: Marcello Carlin

Marcello Carlin — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:27:34 +0000

White Lines peaked at seven but has subsequently been outsold by LeAnn Rimes’ How Do I Live?

You’d think My Way would have been the number five champ but since Bing’s White Christmas, which is the second biggest selling single ever, did peak at the same position following his death at Xmas ’77 I might have to rule that one out (since the UK chart didn’t start until 1952, i.e. a decade after White Christmas’ commercial peak, it’s difficult to assess this for definite, though).

But I would reckon that A Scottish Soldier is the best-selling number 19 single.

By: Erithian

Erithian — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:41:46 +0000

So Marcello, do you have a list of the highest-selling singles at each chart position? (I imagine “White Lines” might feature on it somewhere. “My Way”? “A Scottish Soldier”?…)