Crispian St Peters obituary

British pop singer known for his 1966 hit The Pied PiperPopular music has spawned many one-hit wonders. Crispian St Peters, who has died aged 71, had the distinction of being a two-hit wonder, remembered for You Were On My Mind and The Pied Piper, both Top 10 hits in 1966, as well as for his extravagant stage name. His real name was the more prosaic Robin Peter Smith. His parents, Phyllis and Gerald, had a plant nursery in Swanley, then a rural Kentish village. The Smiths were a musical family a...

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