Peter Posa
Peter Posa MNZM | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Peter Paul Posa |
Born | West Auckland, New Zealand | 8 August 1941
Died | 3 February 2019 Hamilton, New Zealand | (aged 77)
Occupation(s) | Entertainer |
Years active | 1961–2019 |
Peter Paul Posa
Career
Posa was born in West Auckland, New Zealand, on 8 August 1941 to Paul and Millie Posa, who had migrated from Croatia.[3] Posa started learning the ukelele at the age of seven and formed his first band when he was 18 years old.[4]
In the
Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to entertainment.[5][6][7] Posa died at Waikato Hospital on 3 February 2019 at the age of 77.[8]
In 2012, White Rabbit The Very Best of Peter Posa went to the top of the New Zealand album charts, spending six weeks at the number-one spot.[9][10][3][11]
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Details |
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String Along With Peter |
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Tiki Tunes |
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The White Rabbit and Other Tunes for Playboys |
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Tiki Tunes |
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Mad Hatter |
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The Hitch-Hiker (with His Golden Guitar) |
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Flying High (with His Golden Guitar) |
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The Sound Of Peter Posa (with His Golden Guitar) |
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Beat Guitar (with His Golden Guitar) |
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This Is Peter Posa |
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The Posa Scottish & Irish Album (with The Thistlemen) |
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Guitar Sounds |
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My Kind of Pickin |
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Internationally Yours |
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Guitar Pops |
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South Seas Guitars (with Bill Wolfgramme and His Islanders and Trevor Edmondson) |
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Live albums
Title | Details |
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On Stage with Lou & Simon & Peter Posa (with Lou & Simon) |
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Extended plays
Title | Details |
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Peter Posa Hits (with His Golden Guitar) |
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More Peter Posa Hits (with His Golden Guitar) |
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Posa Plays Guitar Boogie (with His Golden Guitar) |
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Posa Plays Westerns (with His Golden Guitar) |
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Peter Posa Goes Gonk |
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Maori Melodies On Guitar |
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Do You Want to Dance? |
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Gizmo |
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Positively Posa |
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Charting compilation albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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NZ [13] | ||
The Best of Peter Posa |
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37 |
My Pick |
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44 |
White Rabbit: The Very Best Of |
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1 |
Golden Guitar: The Peter Posa Anthology |
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9 |
Plays The Hits of the British Invasion |
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10 |
Awards
In the
Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
, for services to entertainment.
Aotearoa Music Awards
The
New Zealand music
and have been presented annually since 1965.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2004 | My Pick | Worship of the Year | Nominated | [14] |
2013 | White Rabbit: The Very Best of | Highest Selling Album the Year | Won | |
2020 | Peter Posa | New Zealand Music Hall of Fame | inductee | [15] |
References
- ^ a b Screen, NZ On. "Sunday - Peter Posa | Television | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
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- ^ ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2008". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ "Only the lonely". Otago Daily Times. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ "Peter Posa". www.sergent.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ McConnell, Glenn (4 February 2019). "'The end of an era': legendary NZ guitarist Peter Posa dies, aged 77". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ "50 years on, Peter Posa's still on top". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ "The musical career of Peter Posa". Radio New Zealand. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ "Peter Posa & His Golden Guitar* – The White Rabbit And Other Tunes For Playboys - LP *USED*". MINT MUSIC - NZ. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Peter Posa NZ Charts". charts.nz. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Aotearoa Music Awards". aotearoamusicawards.nz. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "HOME INDUCTEES". www.musichall.co.nz. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
External links
- Peter Posa biography at AudioCulture
- Pictures and biography
- EMI Catalogue biography[permanent dead link]