Peter Roberts - Producer/Songwriter for La Toya Jackson, George Benson, Survivor, Under Suspicion, The Roberts Bros., Lisa Frazier, Irene Cara and others.
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Peter Roberts: Biography

 

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A classically trained musician, producer and songwriter who has recorded several highly acclaimed albums of his own material.

While living in Europe he was a well known session guitar player as well as a touring musician. Later on he established himself as a producer/songwriter working for numerous major and independent European record labels. So far over 200 of his songs were recorded and released by various artists.

After relocating to Los Angeles, Peter set up his recording studio and began writing and recording in collaboration with other writers and artists. In 1996 Peter produced two tracks for Irene Cara (Flashdance). Released in the States in '97, the second single ("All My Heart") leapt up to the Top 20 in the Dance Charts.

Peter had a song on a #1 album when George Benson recorded his song "All I Know" (GRP); the song he wrote for Bryan Duncan ("No Greater Love"), (Myrrh Records), went up the Christian Charts to #16. He has also recorded, produced and written for Stan Bush ("Always"), (Vivian/BMG), Vesta Williams ("Out On The Limb") (I.E.), The New York Voices ("4th Of July"), (Sony) and Vann Johnson ("Don´t Forget", "No One Else", (1022 Records).

Many of his songs and recordings are being used on TV shows, including "The Young & The Restless", "Speed Dating", "Guiding Light", "Another World" and "Malibu Shores". The song "4th Of July in Mid-December" was used in the Polygram Movie "How To Be A Player". Some of his other songs have been used in feature films like "Bratz", "Coming Soon", "Pure Danger", "I Think I Do", "Sinful Intrigue", "Actress" and "Primal Instinct". Movie scores include "Blind Mice" and "That Brief Moment" shown at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival.

Lisa Frazier, another artist Peter has been working with, was signed to the European label UDP/Universal. Her first Single "Somewhere Tonight" reached #2 in the DMA Dance Charts in England, #1 in the Dance Chart in Japan and turned into a classic in the US Dance Club Scene as well. Peter co-wrote eight of the ten songs and produced the album, which also charted in Europe and in Japan.

In collaboration with Klay Shroedel Peter produced the comeback album of the group Jimi Jamison´s Survivor ("Empires")/USG/Warner Bros. This highly acclaimed album was called the best or one of the best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal releases in 1999 by several international rock magazines and websites.

One of his latest musical endeavors is the duo "The Roberts Bros." in which Peter joined forces with legendary saxophonist Jimmy Roberts. Together they collaborated on writing and producing their first album "Sugar & Spice", which has been available on BDM Records since September 2000. The Roberts Bros. received extensive airplay on Smooth Jazz radio stations across the US and Canada and received a nomination for the Prism Award for the  "Best New Up and Coming Artist" by the Oasis Smooth Jazz Awards 2001. The Roberts Bros. just finished the production of their second album “Twins” which is due for release in 2007.

Peter was also a member of the AOR group Under Suspicion  (Jeff Adams (vocals, bass), Peter Roberts (guitars, keyboards) and Klay Shroedel (drums, keyboards). Peter co-wrote the album and produced again in collaboration with Klay Shroedel. Their first CD was released worldwide on Frontiers Records in fall 2001. It went up to #10 on the Rock Charts in Japan and was named one of the 20 best Rock albums of the year 2001 by several international Hard Rock Magazines and webzines.

In summer 2002 Peter finished the new album of Pop/Smooth Jazz vocalist Marcus Matthews ("All I Want"). Peter co-wrote six of the ten songs and produced in collaboration with Lupo Groinig . The first single "Tenderness" was released in October 2002. In 2004 the album was released on 24/7 Records in collaboration with BDM Records (distributed by Artemis Records) in the US and in Europe on Prestige Elite Records (distributed by Sony).

In spring 2003 Peter produced the hit song "Lathos i Sosto" for the Greek girl group Hi-5. The original version was called "Open Up The Door", written by Gordon Pogoda, Jason Blume & Peter Roberts. Hi-5's debut album was #1 in the Greek Album Charts for eight consecutive weeks.

One of the most recent projects Peter has been working on is the new CD for La Toya Jackson, titled "Startin´ Over" (Ja-Tail Records). Peter produced the entire album and co-wrote all songs with La Toya Jackson and Jeffré Phillips. The album is soon to be released worldwide through Universal Music.

Right on time for Christmas was the song “Home for Christmas” by The Beu Sisters. Peter produced and co-wrote the song which was released on the latest “Jingle Jams” album on Walt Disney Records and also featured as a single. Delta Airlines chose “Home For Christmas” as one of their featured songs on their In-Flight Radio program.

In collaboration with Misha Segal Peter produced and co-wrote a 6-track CD of singer Luisa Lubell named "Amigos".
Luisa, who just turned 15, is an incredibly gifted singer and already well known in the music industry since her early childhood days. She was recently on the new Telemundo TV show "QUINCEANERA". Her CD is a mixture of Latin Pop and Reggaeton.

End of January 2007 Billboard Magazine announced that Peter’s song “Fearless”, co-written with lyricist Ron Boustead and performed by singer Daechelle, won the Pop category of 14th Annual (2006) Billboard Songwriting Contest. There were in excess of 18,000 entries from around the world.
The same song “Fearless” has also been awarded the People’s Voice in the 2007 International Songwriting Competition, garnering far more votes than any other winning entry across all categories.

For the last year Peter has been working with the new singing sensation Daechelle. Daechelle just turned twelve and is quickly becoming a rising new star in the entertainment industry. Her first single "Fearless" is a featured song in the the motion picture "Bratz" (Lionsgate) as well as on the Bratz Motion Picture Soundtrack (Geffen). She is currently working on her first full length CD album.


 
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