Peter Anders

Peter Anders

b. Peter Andreoni, April 28, 1941, Providence

Anders and Poncia, (peteranders.net).
Anders and Poncia, (peteranders.net).

Anders was one-half of the Providence-based songwriting team of Anders and Poncia. They had minor hits with "Mr. Lonely" (The Vidals, #73, 1960), "New York's a Lonely Town" (The Trade Winds, #32, 1965), "Mind Excursion" (The Trade Winds, #51, 1966), "There's Got to Be a Word!" (The Innocence, #34, 1966), and "Mairzy Doats" (The Innocence, #75, 1967). The pair, who broke up in 1969, also wrote songs for The Ronettes and The Crystals.

Anders was inducted into the Rhode Island Songwriters Association Hall of Fame in 1997, and Anders and Poncia were inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame in 2012.

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2020-08-03