Peter Cox

Peter John Cox (born 17 November 1955, Kingston, Surrey, England) is an English singer-songwriter, currently the lead singer in Manfred Mann's Earth Band, but is best known as one half of the 1980s blue-eyed soul duo Go West. As a child, Cox was a member of his school choir, and at eighteen, he joined a soul band. It was whilst playing in clubs that he met Richard Drummie, with whom he signed a publishing deal. For the next few years, Cox and Drummie tried to land a recording contract, but failed. It was when their manager, John Glover, suggested they recorded a few tracks with the help of a new record producer that Go West began to succeed. After signing a deal with Chrysalis Records, their first single, "We Close Our Eyes", was a Top...