Biography

                                                  


1939          Born April 5, in Swanley, Kent, England
                  Second son of Phyllis and Gerald Smith.
1956          First live performance as 'The Hard Travellers'.
1961          First performed as 'The Two Tones'.
1962          First performed as 'The Country Gentlemen'.
1963          First performed as 'Beat Formula Three'.
1964          First performed as 'Peter & The Wolves'
                  Made first acetate as Peter & The Wolves.
1965          Made first acetate, for Decca, as Crispian St Peters.
                  First Hearing On Radio - 'Invecto Show', Radio London
                  Released first record, on Decca, 'At This Moment.'
                  First TV appearance - 'Scene At 6.30' February 1965
                  Appeared On 'Ready, Steady, Go' 19/2/65
1966          First top ten hit - 'You Were On My Mind'.
                  Second top ten hit - 'The Pied Piper'.
                  First LP released - 'Follow Me'1967
                  First EP released - 'Almost Persuaded'.
1969          Married wife Collette.
1970          Dropped by Decca.
                  First of three nervous breakdowns.     
                  Second LP released - 'Simply.... ' On Square records.
                  Birth of daughter - Samantha.
1973          Birth of son - Lee Waylon.
1974          Divorced from Collette.
1986          Release of first cassette - 'The Gospel Tape'.
1990          Release of second cassette - 'New Tracks On Old Lines'.
1991          Release of first CD - 'Follow Me' (with extra tracks).
1993          Release of third cassette - 'Night Sessions Vol1'.
1995          Suffered major stroke.
1996          Release of second CD - 'The Anthology'.
1998          'Night Sessions - Vol1' released on CD.
1999          'The Gospel Tape' released on CD.
1999          Birth of Crispian's first grandson - Guy
1999          Last public performance - with the Fortunes at Dartford.
2000          'Songs From The Attic' released on CD.
2001          Announces final retirement due to constant and worsening ill health.
2003          Enters hospital suffering from pneumonia.

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