His dad was a factory worker. In 1966 Rod Richards (born Rod Cox) joined The Sunliners on guitar and vocals; And Kenny James (born Ken Folcik) was added on keyboards. They had 43 years together until her untimely passing in 2013. Joined: Oct 16, 2018 Location: Oregon. 1: Peter Hoorelbeke (aka Peter Rivera) of Rare Earth. It’s ok, if they ‘ll change with us. In 1962 John Parrish (aka John Persh) joined The Sunliners on bass guitar, trombone and vocals. This guy was certainly one of the most recognizable, and purest rock and roll voices of the late 60’s and early 70’s. There were other people in Detroit like Mitch Ryder, MC5, Grand Funk Railroad and Ted Nugent. Detroit was suffering a lot and jobs were gone. As time went on, the artists started to make their recordings themselves in their own little studio. It was unusual. This is his story of the founding of the band, being signed as the first white act by Motown Records, the hits, the tours, the drugs, the deaths and the eventual dissolution of the band.

Today Peter tours and writes material for his musical projects and his latest Album is Peter is considered to be one of the premier singers/drummers of all time. A few years ago, automobile factories started closing down. Χρησιμοποιώντας τον ιστότοπο, συμφωνείτε με τη χρήση των cookies. 3bolt79 Most Honored Senior Member Strat-Talk Supporter. I have a little studio here, in my house. Their next single, “So In Love” was a doo-wop influenced tune. Shop for Vinyl, CDs and more from Peter Hoorelbeke at the Discogs Marketplace. There were albums that selling good but we didn’t have hits.That was a very-very amazing show. It was a standard rock effort that resembled much of what was on the pop charts at the time. In Detroit in 1960, a group of high school buddies formed a band and called themselves The Sunliners. They had also written other hit records: “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor, Peaches & Herb’s “Reunited”… Anyway, our songs came from some writers. Then I go out and I play shows too. It was the start they needed.As the years rolled on from club to club, The Sunliners were quickly becoming one of Detroit’s top bands. “Up on Cripple Creek”! Rivera formed a band called The Sultans. Everybody gives it a try, I guess.I just thought: “Well, ok. Messages: 7,619. So, I had to play the drums and sing too. I like to see him, but he doesn’t live here.

Although Peter played on stage at the age of 5 with spoons to a record his dad gave him, he had no other musical experience in an otherwise normal childhood. Last edited: Mar 31, … Well, I grew up in Detroit, Michigan and my father, my uncles and my cousin, they all worked at these factories all my life. We had “Get Ready”, “Born to Wander”, “(I Know) I’m Losing You”, “I Just Want to Celebrate” and “Hey Big Brother”. HIT CHANNEL EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: September 2017.We had the honour to talk with a great musician: Peter Hoorelbeke aka Peter Rivera.He is best known as the original drummer and lead vocalist of Rare Earth, the first successful white band of Motown.They had three groundbreaking hit singles: “Get Ready”, “(I Know) I’m Losing You” and “I Just Want to Celebrate”. In 1963 they released an instrumental titled “The Islander”, which had a hint of Bossa nova. Peter was asked if he could sing to bring some new sound and material to the setlist. Years of touring took Peter all over the world, and in 1970 he married Dabar. So, we did decent songs that didn’t turn out that great and the band was on the road a lot and there was a lot of trying to do new songs. It was just a great show. Although not the first white band signed to Motown, Rare Earth was the first big hit-making act signed by Motown that consisted only of white members. We played at Madison Square Garden. I started out singing and little by little learned how to do more and more. Hope that is not too soon.A huge “THANK YOU” to Mr Peter Hoorelbeke for his time.Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Rare Earth is an American rock band affiliated with Motown's Rare Earth record label (named after the band), which prospered from 1970–1972. The group’s recording style evolved over time.Peter Rivera started playing drums at the age of eleven after he bought the drums from his savings from working on two paper routes. Peter Hoorelbeke (aka Peter Rivera) – trummor, sång (1960–1974, 1976–1983) John Persh (aka John Parrish) – basgitarr, trombon, sång (1960–1972; död 1981) Rod Richards (född Rod Cox) – sologitarr, sång (1960–1971) Kenny James (född Ken Folcik) – keyboard (1960–1971) Eddie Guzman – percussion (1969–1993; död 1993) He was the voice of all the Rare Earth hits as well as the man behind the drums. Some of the big artists don’t get record company promotion anymore. Later on we had to deal with that kind of stuff – “You guys sound too white on this record” – but we never even thought of that back then. I attacked the floor and I believe I am winning.” Otherwise, the only future they can look forward to is one where Big Brother will be watching them.In 2013 ongoing news reports in the international media have revealed operational details about the United States National Security Agency (NSA) and its international partners’ global surveillance “Hey Big Brother” was the last AM-Top 40 single for Rare Earth. Eventually, we didn’t have any more hit records. It was a hot day and everyone was excited, so when I hear our songs back… we were playing pretty fast (laughs).It wasn’t. That was one of the highlights throughout the years: Madison Square Garden with Sly. Levon was very good, yeah.