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Heart Remembers Longtime Manager, Carol Peters, Dead At 72
Carol Peters
Carol Peters, Heart’s longtime manager, died from cancer Sept. 18. She was 72.
“Carol
was a remarkable human being. She poured her soul into everything she
was—mother, wife, friend, guiding force, businesswoman and
inspiration,” Heart’s Ann Wilson said in a statement to Billboard. “Generous, realistic and optimistic, Carol loved completely...so she was loved completely.”
Added
Heart’s Nancy Wilson, “Carol was my beloved Jewish mother, matchmaker,
deal maker and a ferocious Sunday dinner baker. Carol was a ball of fire
in a very small package. She lit up every room she walked into and
couldn't help but dance to the music that surrounded her life. She is
now an angel among the angels.”
Peters managed Heart for 17 years, guiding them through a resurgence
in their career that saw great success on the road, in addition to an
induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.
Peters was
a pioneering female in the music industry, who generously shared her
knowledge and experience. She started her career at Ampex Records in
1965 in Chicago. When her husband was stationed in the U.K. in the Air
Force, she moved to London and joined Tetragrammaton Records, where she
worked closely with Deep Purple. She then moved into an International
role at Elektra Records in London in the late ‘60s.
By 1971, she
and her husband relocated to Los Angeles, where she joined United
Artists Records’ publicity department, only to move to Nepal a few years
later while her husband completed his doctoral thesis on Tibetan
Shamanism.
Following her return to Los Angeles in 1976, she worked at a series
of labels, including Capitol, Planet Records, Warner Bros. and then
Pasha Records, where, as general manager, she helped break Quiet Riot.
Peters
moved into artist management at Left Bank, helping guide the careers
of The Bee Gees, Richard Marx, John Mellencamp, The Cranberries, The
Go-Go’s, En Vogue, Meatloaf, and Blondie, among others. In the early
2000s, she started her own management company, Peters Management
Syndicate with clients Heart and Deana Carter.
Survivors include
her husband of 54 years, four children, and nine grandchildren. No
public memorial service is planned at this time.
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