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Peter Beckett was in Liverpool England. “Being from Liverpool it would be hard not to have been influenced by the Beatles, whom I saw play at the Cavern a couple of times when I was very young."
Peter was obviously under age at the time the Beatles were playing at the Cavern, but his older brother managed to smuggle him into the club a few times to see the Beatles and other bands. Listening to the Beatles is why he decided he wanted to spend his life making music.
Peter’s group called Skyband re-located to Los Angeles and became a founder member of a group called Player who had a No. 1 hit with ‘Baby Come Back’ in 1977, which Peter co-wrote and sang lead on (the number has been in over 40 movies and TV commercials, the most recent being ‘Transformers’). After recording four successful albums, the band split up and Peter’s success as a songwriter began to bear fruit as his songs were recorded by a variety of artists including Olivia Newton John, Kenny Rogers, the Temptations, Heart, Sergio Mendez, Vanessa Hudgens and Grace Slick, to name a few.
Peter also recorded his solo album ‘Beckett’, joined the Little River Band for eight years and wrote several singles for them and also began composing for film and television in addition to continuing touring, both as a solo artist and with band.
Among his song writing credits in major movie soundtracks are ‘The Karate Kid’, ‘Cocktail’, ‘Two Of A Kind’, ‘Major League’, ‘Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, ‘Frankie & Johnny (the Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer film), ‘Basic’ and ‘Terminator 3’ – and he received a Grammy nomination for ‘St Elmo’s Fire.’
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THE LEGENDARY SINGER WITH 6 GRAMMY AWARDS
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In 1962, Warwick released her first single, "Don't Make Me Over." It became a hit the following year. A typo on the record led to an accidental name. Instead of "Dionne Warrick," the label read "Dionne Warwick." She decided to keep the new moniker and went on to greater chart success. In 1964, Warwick had two Top 10 singles with "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and "Walk On By"—both penned by Bacharach and David. "Walk On By" was also her first No. 1 R&B hit.
More hits, including many written by Bacharach and David, followed as the 1960s progressed. "Message to Michael" made the Top 10 in 1966, and her version of "I Say A Little Prayer" climbed as high as the No. 4 spot the following year. Warwick also found great success with her contributions to movie soundtracks. The theme song for the 1967 film Alfie, starring Michael Caine, was a solid success for her, as was "Valley of the Dolls," from the 1968 movie of the same name.
In 1968, Warwick had other hits, including her trademark tune "Do You Know the Way to San Jose," which earned Warwick her first Grammy Award. That same year, Warwick made history as the first African-American woman to perform for Queen Elizabeth II in England.
Warwick reached the top of the pop charts for the first time in 1974 with "Then Came You," which she recorded with the Spinners. But then Warwick suffered a career slump for several years. In 1979, she made a triumphant return to the charts with the ballad "I'll Never Love This Way Again." She also soon became a fixture on television with the music program Solid Gold, which she hosted in the early 1980s. Warwick also had several successful collaborative efforts. In 1982, she made the charts with "Friends In Love" with Johnny Mathis, and "Heart Breaker" with Barry Gibb.
Around this time, Warwick scored one of the biggest hits of her career with "That's What Friends Are For." Stevie Wonder, Elton John and Gladys Knight also appeared on this 1985 No. 1 hit, which was an AIDS charity single written by Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager. "Love Power," her duet with Jeffrey Osbourne two years later, marked her next major hit.
In 2012, Warwick celebrated her 50th year in music with the album Now. The recording features songs written by Bacharach and David. She once explained her longevity to Jet magazine, saying, "I really attribute it to remaining who I am and not jumping ship, being completely cognizant of what the people ... are accustomed to hearing from me."
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Human-behavior specialist, educator, business consultant, and internationally published author
Human-behavior specialist, educator, business consultant, and internationally published author Dr John Demartini is considered one of the world’s leading authorities on human behavior and personal development. He is the founder of the Demartini Institute, a private research and education organization with a curriculum of over 72 different courses covering multiple aspects of human development.
His trademarked methodologies, the Demartini Method®, the Demartini Value Determination Process®, and the Breakthrough Experience®, are the culmination of 44 years of cross-disciplinary research and study. His work has been incorporated into human-development industries across the world.
Dr John Demartini travels 360 days a year to countries all over the globe, sharing his research and findings in all markets and sectors. He is the author of 40 books published in over 29 different languages. He has produced over 60 CDs and DVDs covering subjects such as development in relationships, wealth, education, and business. Each program is designed to assist people in activating their leadership skills and empowering themselves in all seven areas of their lives: family, financial, mental, physical, social, spiritual, and vocational.
Email Address: brandi@drdemartini.com
Best-selling Author, International Speaker, and the Founder of Premier Coaching
Early in his career Ken D Foster was a Security Principal and Arbitrator for the National Association of Security Dealers. He is an Entrepreneur who has many successful startups in his portfolio including retail furniture, manufacturing, real estate, 2 networking companies and a securities company he and a team started from scratch and became a 200-million-dollar a year business in less than two years.
Today, Ken is considered a National expert in in the field of Life Coaching and Mentoring. For the last 21 years, Ken has empowered countless entrepreneurs to create sustainable businesses, grow their net-worth, and have more fulfillment. He is a leading expert in startups, funding, time management, team growth and leadership development.
He is a Best-selling Author, International Speaker, and the Founder of Premier Coaching a business coaching, and training organization. And Ken serves as President on the Governing Board of the Stars of Courage non-profit.
He conducts personal consultations at his office in San Marcos, Ca with clients throughout the US, Canada and Europe.
Writer and Psychic Healer
Born in the Soviet Ukraine, Michael Priv arrived to the USA in 1979 and went on to graduate the University of Pittsburgh to become a Construction Engineer. An insurance adjuster by day and a writer by night, Michael resides in San Francisco Bay Area with his family. Since 1987 Michael had been an avid student of Eastern religions and had achieved some fame as a psychic healer. Michael's writing career started in 2008 with the publication of his first novel, Friends of Fred. His first Sci-Fi novel, The Fifth Battalion, an auto-biography, The Golden Fleece, as well as several of his short stories, marked by lighthearted view of life and a spark of spirituality, are available on Amazon. Michael has recently released a full collection of his short stories, The Roto-Rooter, and a psychic healing guidebook, You Are a Psychic, The Healer’s Handbook. Michael is currently working on the sequel to The Fifth Battalion under the working title The Baltizor Conspiracy. Michael has recently achieved an International Best-Selling Author status with the Kindle edition of The Fifth Battalion in Australia (#1), Canada, UK and the US.
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My writing career started in 2008 with the publication of my first novel, Friends of Fred. My first Sci-Fi novel, The Fifth Battalion, an auto-biography, The Golden Fleece, as well as several of my short stories, marked by lighthearted view of life and a spark of spirituality, are available on Amazon. I have also published a collection of my selected short stories, The Roto-Rooter. Recently I have released a psychic healing guidebook, You Are Psychic, The Healer’s Handbook, my attempt to train anyone into a psychic. I have completed the screenplay for The Fifth Battalion and working on the sequel, The Baltizor Conspiracy.
“…YOU ARE PSYCHIC is an applied guide to remote viewing and energy healing. I am trying something here that has never been done before. I am attempting to enable anyone open up their psychic abilities and heal themselves and others. This is the culmination of over thirty years of search and research, which put me face to face and at times deep into a total of 28 different religions, got me stuck for 18 years in a cult at a secret desert location, introduced me up close and personal to a Puerto-Rican gang in New York and to Russian mafia hoods in Moscow, pitted me against the FSB in Moscow in 1993 in a battle of wits, made me a healer and an empath, got me seriously sick at times and then more or less well again, as I was developing a defense against the blackness I was coming in contact with, brought me repeatedly to the very top into the realm of complete clarity and immersion in peace and then crashing down, introduced me to God and happiness and opened up to me a whole new magical realm of spirits.
“How do you put out a simple textbook on training psychics? That is the question. Arguments on theology are of no interest to me. My moto is DO THE DRILLS in this book. If you feel questions bubbling up or discontent whaling inside as you read the theory, do me a favor, clamp it all down and just DO THE DILLS.” – Michael Priv
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