PETE IS A 2 x GRAMMY WINNING PRODUCER AND A RECENT 2024 INDUCTEE TO THE ‘GRAMMY HALL OF FAME’ AS BOTH PRODUCER AND SONGWRITER.

He is credited with the many hits of Donna Summer as both Producer and Writer over a long period that amounted to some 10 albums. Pete has also produced and written for many other artists including Elton John, Janet Jackson, Tina Turner, The Three Degrees, Shalamar, Cliff Richard, Melba Moore, Pat Benatar, Bonnie Tyler, Irene Cara and Jon Anderson; has songs in films such as The Martian, The Full Monty, Scarface, Zoolander, Zoolander 2, Behind the Candelabra, American Hustle, Frost/Nixon, Flashdance and Rocket Man. His songs have been covered by Beyoncé, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Blondie, Madonna, Bronski Beat/Marc Almond, Blue Man Group, Sam Smith, Paul Hardcastle, Pet Shop Boys, Tom Tom Club, System of a Down and Kylie Minogue among others.

Pete is the recipient of countless worldwide Music Industry Awards, including Producer of the Year in the U.S.A for the two consecutive years of ’78/’79.

His song, the Grammy Award Winning ‘Hot Stuff’, is in Billboard’s All-Time Top 100 Songs and is placed 32nd in Rolling Stone Magazine’s ‘Best Summer Songs of All Time’ category.

In 2012, ‘I Feel Love’ was honoured by being one of only twenty-five historical recordings inducted into America’s Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry.

In the summer of 2022, Rolling Stone published the top 200 ‘Best Dance Songs of All Time’. I Feel Love was voted Number One.

Pete is a leading collector of the writings, letters and art of Mervyn Peake, who was probably the greatest illustrator of the 1940’s although nowadays more renowned for his Gormenghast Novels. Pete has written about Peake in various periodicals.

Living in the West Sussex countryside, Pete shares a state-of-the-art recording studio with his musician/songwriting wife, Ellie.