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Assisted by Chris Bell's father, Peter, and inspired by The Everly Brothers, they formed a singing duo called The Allen Brothers. Allen began performing as "Peter Allen" around the same time. Within a year, they were based in Sydney performing on the Australian music television program Bandstand.
19 de jun. de 1992 · After the death of his alcoholic, abusive father, he dropped out of school and helped to support the family as a teen-age entertainer in Australia and the Orient.
Peter Allen (1944–1992), singer, songwriter, and entertainer, was born Peter Richard Woolnough on 10 February 1944 at Tenterfield, New South Wales, elder of two children of New South Wales-born parents Richard John Woolnough, soldier and grocer, and his wife Marion Bryden, née Davidson.
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Born Peter Woolnough Allen, February 10, 1944, in Tenterfield, Australia; died of AIDS, June 18, 1992, in San Diego, CA; son of Dick and Marion Allen; married Liza Minelli (a singer and actress), 1967 (divorced, 1973).
18 de jun. de 1992 · His father Dick Woolnough was the polar opposite. He had returned from the war depressed and drank himself into oblivion . Increasingly abusive and cruel, Dick committed suicide when Peter was in his late teens.
26 de feb. de 2022 · Taking a liking to each other, Allen and Chris formed somewhat of a duo. Assisted by Bell's father Peter Bell, they created the 'Allen Brothers'. From then on, Peter Woolnough became 'Peter Allen'.
6 de sept. de 2015 · Allen's father Dick — a war veteran — suffered from PTSD and drank heavily. And although mum Marion did her best to protect Peter and his sisters but home was a hostile place. Hi father...
