William Peter Wingfield (born 7 May 1948) is an English record producer, keyboard player, songwriter, singer and music journalist.
Whilst at Sussex University Wingfield and three other students formed the group Jellybread. In 1969, he played keyboards and sang on their First Slice album, which was produced by Mike Vernon for the Blue Horizon label.
In the 1970s, Wingfield was a specialist in soul music and regularly contributed articles and reviews to the monthly journal, "Let It Rock" and "Melody Maker". As a performer, he played with the British soul band Olympic Runners, and Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes.
In 1971, Wingfield played the piano on the B.B. King in London album, and in the following year received similar credits for Seventy-Second Brave, the Keef Hartley Band album. Wingfield played keyboards on Bryn Haworth's 1974 album, Let the Days Go By and on his 1975 follow-up Sunny Side of the Street. In 1983, Wingfield played keyboards on Haworth's album, Pass It On. He also played on several albums by Colin Blunstone including his 1974 album Journey.
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Links to Peel[]
Peel seemed to have first played Pete Wingfield's old band, Jellybread, in 1970, according to available tracklistings on this site. Impressed by their records, he invited the group to do a live performance at the Paris Theatre in 1970 as well as two sessions for his radio shows in 1972. After the group split in 1971, Wingfield pursued a solo music career and was a member of the Olympic Runners. Peel praised Wingfield's solo hit single, 'Eighteen With A Bullet', as his single of the week on Singles Reviews, published in Sounds music paper on 7th June 1975. He also praised in the same publication, Olympic Runners' new single, 'Drag It Over Here', as very good and very tight. After the emergence of punk in the late 70's, Pete Wingfield's music was rarely played on Peel's show and there is no evidence that he ever revisited the musician's material during the 80's or beyond, according to available tracklistings on this site.
Sessions[]
- Jellybread
1. Recorded: 1972-02-08. First Broadcast: 15 February 1972. Repeated: 11 April 1972
- Down Along The Cove / Nadine / Sister Lucy / Mynah Bird
2. Recorded: 1972-04-10. First Broadcast: 28 April 1972. Repeated: 23 June 1972
- Sister Lucy / Hound Dog / Green-Eyed Gypsy Woman / Michigan Gun (the song was played on 1972-06-23)
Live[]
- Pete Wingfield (solo guest appearance)
Recorded at the Paris Theatre, London. First Broadcast: 11 January 1970
- Boogie Sandwich
- Jellybread
Recorded at the Paris Theatre, London: 1970-12-10. First Broadcast: 20 December 1970
- Old Before Your Time
- Missing Link
- Boogie Sandwich
- Medley
Other Shows Played[]
- 11 July 1970: Rockin' Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flu (7") Blue Horizon
- Pete Wingfield
- 24 May 1975: Eighteen With A Bullet (7") Island
- 12 June 1975: Eighteen With A Bullet (7") Island
- 19 June 1975: Eighteen With A Bullet (7") Island
- 28 August 1975: A Whole Pot Of Jelly (For A Little Slice Of Toast) (7") Island