Gordon Waller — Scottish Musician born on June 04, 1945,

Gordon Trueman Riviere Waller was a British singer–songwriter–guitarist, best known as Gordon of the international 1960s Pop music duo Peter and Gordon, whose biggest hit was the No. 1 million-selling classic "A World Without Love"... (wikipedia)

A good idea for lyrics and a melody to expand on.
Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, and a lot of American artists were my greatest influences.
I didn't want to be anyone else.
It was a great time to be making music because everything else was changing.