Peter Cetera

Peter Paul Cetera Jr səˈtɛrə səTERRə born September 13 1944 is a retired American musician best known for being a frontman vocalist and bassist for the American rock band Chicago from 1967 until his departure in 1985 His career as a recording artist encompasses 17 studio albums with Chicago and eight solo studio albums With the song If You Leave Me Now written and sung by Cetera on the groups tenth album Chicago received its first Grammy Award It was also the groups first number one single As a solo artist he has scored six Top 40 singles including two that reached number one on Billboards Hot 100 chart in 1986 Glory of Love and The Next Time I Fall Glory of Love the theme song from the film The Karate Kid Part II 1986 was cowritten by Cetera David Foster and Diane Nini and was nominated for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for best original song from a motion picture In 1987 he received an ASCAP award for Glory of Love in the category Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures His performance on Glory of Love was nominated for a Grammy Award for best pop male vocal That same year he and Amy Grant who performed as a duet on The Next Time I Fall were nominated for a Grammy Award for best vocal performance by a pop duo or group Besides Foster and Grant he has collaborated throughout his career with other recording artists from various genres of music His songs have been featured in soundtracks for movies and television He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Chicago in April 2016 and he Robert Lamm and James Pankow were among the 2017 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees for their songwriting efforts as members of the group He along with other members of Chicago received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020 From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia