Peter Cox is one of the most popular and richest Singer-Songwriter who was born on November 17, 1955 in Kingston upon Thames, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom. Peter John Cox (born 17 November 1955) is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the British pop duo Go West.
Cox moved to Los Angeles in 1993 to pursue a solo career. His debut album Peter Cox was released in 1997 to critical acclaim. Subsequent CDs include Flame Still Burns (2001), Nine Miles High (2002), Desert Blooms (2002), Game For Fools (2005) and Motor City Music (2006). Cox also teamed up with Tony Hadley on the album Tony Hadley vs Peter Cox & Go West, released in 2004 and collaborated with Bernie Nolan on what was to be her final studio recording.
In April 2010 Cox recorded The S1 Sessions. The album includes cover versions of Lonestar’s song “Amazed” and the Leon Russell song “This Masquerade”. In 2012 Cox released Riding The Blinds, an album of alt-country songs written by Nashville luminaries. His most recent CD is Damn The Brakes, released in 2013.
In 1987, the band reached the Top 40 in the U.S. with the single “Don’t Look Down – The Sequel”. In 1990, Go West had a no. 8 hit in the U.S. with “King of Wishful Thinking” from the film Pretty Woman. In 1992, the duo released the Indian Summer album, which included “Faithful”; the song reached the Top 20 in Canada and the United States.
