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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Peter Alsop
Person · male · United States · born 1946
American musician
Also known as Питер Элсоп
Timeline
1 events◦ Birth 1
1940s
Biography
English biography159 words · 5 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1372218304
Biography
Peter Alsop (born September 18, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter whose work has ranged from children's music to satirical music for adults.
Early life and education
Alsop was born in 1946 in Connecticut, and raised in an alcoholic family. He attended Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, graduating with a BA in Religion in 1968. He then attended Columbia University Teachers College and Columbia Pacific University, graduating with a PhD. in educational psychology.
Work with children
Prior to his musical career, Alsop worked as the director of The Harbor Schools Residential Treatment Center for emotionally disturbed adolescents in Maine, and as a New York City elementary school teacher in the South Bronx.
Musical career
Alsop has been producing children's, educational and humorous music since 1975. He received a Parents' Choice Award for his 2010 album Grow It At Home.
Personal life
Alsop married actress Ellen Geer, the daughter of actor Will Geer, in 1975. The couple live in Topanga, California; they have two daughters, artist/photographer Megan Geer-Alsop and actress Willow Geer-Alsop.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 2 | 7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Peter Alsop head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 2 | 7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peter_Alsop_with_guitar.JPGcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7172507seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Alsopbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Alsop
Why this artist is in the database
- List of singer-songwriters
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Moose School Productions · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q7172507 · MusicBrainz: 35a1da5c-7d9b-44f0-9d3a-929f895f7dfc
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