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There is more than one artist by the name of Peter Wolf:
1) American lead singer of The J. Geils Band from 1967 to 1982 and subsequently a solo artist;
2) Austrian composer, songwriter and producer

(1) American Peter Wolf, born Peter Blankfeld, was the lead singer of J. Geils Band from 1967 to 1982 and is currently a solo artist, his most recent release in April 2010, “Midnight Souvenirs.”

(Peter Wolf’s Historical Biography was written & researched by Bryan Wiser, and Sheila Warren with Mimi Fox): born in New York City, Peter grew up in the Bronx during the mid-1950’s in a small, three-room apartment where he lived with his parents, older sister, two cats, dog and parakeet.

For some time, Peter lived with his grandmother, an actress in New York City’s Yiddish Theater. She and Peter had a strong bond, and she affectionately named him “Little Wolf” for his energetic and rambunctious ways.

His father was a musician, vaudevillian and singer of light opera. Like Peter did years later, his father left home at age fourteen to join the Schubert Theater Touring Company with which he traveled the country performing light operas such as The Student Prince and Merry Widow. He had his own radio show called The Boy Baritone, which featured new songs from Tin Pan Alley, and was a member of the Robert Shaw Chorale. As a result of such artistic pursuits, Peter’s father underwent long periods of unemployment that created a struggle to make financial ends meet.

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  • Endy9

    Come As You Are is such an amazing video. Also hooked on the song and to Lights Out. Been playing both on repeat all day.

    12 Jun 2012 Reply
  • Endy9

    Midnight Souvenirs is awesome!

    9 Jun 2012 Reply
  • strajnic

    My friend Saveall is damn right!

    21 Jul 2010 Reply
  • Saveall

    New album "Midnight Souvenirs" ...even tops "Sleepless." Great stuff.

    27 Apr 2010 Reply
  • gioguanny

    catcy7's dad is very wonderful 2

    27 Jun 2009 Reply
  • gioguanny

    catcy7 is very wonderful

    27 Jun 2009 Reply
  • catcy7

    I have one of his album Lights Out. It used to belong to my dad,now it's mine. Very wonderful~~

    26 Jun 2009 Reply
  • EasyEB23

    Why aren't there more tracks available?? Sleepless is an incredible record. That whole record should be available.

    26 Jan 2009 Reply
  • sonofsand

    Just joined and so far this sucks . Everytime I go looking they don't have

    9 Apr 2008 Reply
  • Salt_The_Fries

    Better than that over-hyped Patrick Wolf.

    31 Mar 2008 Reply
  • jennschiffah

    LIGHTS OUT UH HUH BLAST BLAST BLAST

    27 Aug 2007 Reply
  • GritJoel

    How can such fuck all people listen to this?

    13 May 2007 Reply
  • snirtle

    I can't do my homeowrk anymore. Or sing that as low as he can.

    23 Dec 2006 Reply

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