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3 unusual facts about Peter Appleyard


Peter Appleyard

Appleyard and Sinatra performed together several years later during a benefit concert in Ottawa that was arranged by Rich Little.

In 1976, Frank Sinatra requested Appleyard to join him in concert with the Count Basie Orchestra and Ella Fitzgerald at the Uris Theatre in New York City.

The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise

Canadian jazz musicians to record the song include Bert Niosi (1946), Peter Appleyard (1957), Ed Bickert (1979), and Oscar Peterson (1980).


Rick Lazaroff

During his long career, Alex Lazaroff accompanied such notable performers as Chet Baker, Lenny Breau, Mel Tormé, Peter Appleyard, Moe Koffman, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, Peggy Lee, Oscar Peterson, Joe Venuti, Jack Sheldon and many more.


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