'Donald Peers' (
10 July 1908 -
9 August 1973) was a popular
Welsh singer.
Peers was born in
Betws, near
Ammanford and quickly established himself as a
crooner with several
British dance bands in the
1930s. After the
war he achieved enormous success as a balladeer on
Radio Luxembourg. At the peak of fame he displaced
Bing Crosby as the number one male singer in the
UK. He died in 1973 after falling onstage in
Brighton.
External link
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Donald Peers - The 1950s Pop Idol