Peter Cetera

Peter Paul Cetera Jr. (/səˈtɛrə/ sə-TERR-ə; born September 13, 1944) is a retired American musician best known for being a frontman, vocalist, and bassist for the American rock band Chicago from 1967 until his departure in 1985. His career as a recording artist encompasses 17 studio albums with Chicago and eight solo studio albums. With the song "If You Leave Me Now", written and sung by Cetera on the group's tenth album, Chicago received its first Grammy Award. It was also the group's first number one single. As a solo artist, he has scored six Top 40 singles, including two that reached number one on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in 1986, "Glory of Love" and "The Next Time I Fall". "Glory of Love", the theme song from the film The Karate Kid Part II (1986), was co-written by Cetera, David Foster, and Diane Nini and was nominated for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for best original song from a motion picture. In 1987, he received an ASCAP award for "Glory of Love" in the category "Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures". His performance on "Glory of Love" was nominated for a Grammy Award for best pop male vocal. That same year, he and Amy Grant, who performed as a duet on "The Next Time I Fall", were nominated for a Grammy Award for best vocal performance by a pop duo or group. Besides Foster and Grant, he has collaborated throughout his career with other recording artists from various genres of music. His songs have been featured in soundtracks for movies and television. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Chicago in April 2016, and he, Robert Lamm, and James Pankow were among the 2017 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees for their songwriting efforts as members of the group. He, along with other members of Chicago, received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Peter Paul Cetera (* 13. September 1944 in Chicago, Illinois) ist ein US-amerikanischer Sänger, Songwriter und Bassist. Bekannt wurde er mit der Rockband Chicago, die er 1985 verließ. Danach war er als Solokünstler erfolgreich. Nachdem Cetera in den 1960er Jahren bereits erste Erfahrungen in der Band The Exceptions gesammelt hatte, wurde er 1967 Mitglied von The Big Thing, die sich später in Chicago Transit Authority und dann in Chicago umbenannte, mit denen er in den folgenden Jahren erfolgreich war. 1985 stieg er zugunsten einer Solokarriere aus der Band aus. Seine erste Solo-Single nach der Trennung von Chicago, Glory of Love, schaffte es auf Anhieb auf Platz 1 in den US-Charts und ist Bestandteil des Soundtracks von Karate Kid II – Entscheidung in Okinawa. Im Duett mit Amy Grant und dem Song The Next Time I Fall konnte er diesen Erfolg im selben Jahr wiederholen. Sein Lied Save Me war 1989 der Titelsong der ersten Staffel der US-Serie Baywatch – Die Rettungsschwimmer von Malibu. Peter Cetera versuchte sich auch als Schauspieler. Neben einem Auftritt in einem Fernsehfilm 1991 war er in Harley Davidson 344 (1973) in einer Nebenrolle zu sehen.