Peter Nero

Person1934-2023

Peter Nero's albums, compilations, singles and EPs, and live albums discography with cataloged releases, editions, and credits

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American pianist and conductor. Director of The Philadelphia Orchestra "Pops" from 1979 to 2013. Born: May 22, 1934, in Brooklyn, New York, USA Died: July 6, 2023, in Eustis, Florida, USA Though Nero's family was non-musical, he began piano lessons at age seven and from the start showed a remarkable natural ability. By age eleven, he could play Haydn’s Piano Concerto in D Major from memory; in his early teens he was performing at small, local engagements. In 1960 he was signed to a three-year contract with RCA Victor records, which was then renewed for another five years, producing more than 26 albums. He won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1961 for his first album followed by another Grammy Award in the next year. Nero directed the Philly Pops from 1979 to 2013.

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New Piano In Town

1961

Peter Nero

Discography

New Piano In Town

Piano Forte

The Colorful Peter Nero

For The Nero-Minded

Hail The Conquering Nero

Peter Nero Plays Songs You Won't Forget

Sunday In New York

Reflections

The Music Of George Gershwin

Career Girls

The Screen Scene

Peter Nero Plays Born Free And Others

Up Close

Peter Nero On Tour

Peter Nero - Up Close

Peter Nero Plays A Salute To Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

Xochimilco

Nero-ing In On The Hits

L'Amore È Blu

Peter Nero Plays Love Is Blue

Impressions (The Great Songs Of Burt Bacharach & Hal David)

If Ever I Would Leave You

Fantasy And Improvisations (First Recording) / Concerto In F

I've Gotta Be Me

Hits From "Hair" To Hollywood

I'll Never Fall in Love Again / Peter Nero Plays the Great Love Songs of Today

Love Story

Summer Of '42

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Peter Nero Plays Music From Great Motion Pictures

'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin

Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose

A Quadraphonic Concert!

Disco, Dance And Love Themes Of The 70's

Peter Nero Plays The Best

Now

Peter Goes Pop

The Sounds Of Love

Peter Nero's Greatest Hits

Peter Nero Plays the Music of Duke Ellington

Classic Connections

My Way

Anything But Lonely

It Had To Be You

As Time Goes By

Great Songs From the Movies

On My Own And Other Broadway Ballads

Holiday Pops