Peter Deary is an English

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and singer-songwriter. He was lead singer for 1980s band

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, went on to front Small, and then Smaller, who had two hit singles in the mid-1990s, and is now in The Sums. He has enjoyed a long friendship with

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, who guested on several tracks by Smaller. He was also the inspiration for the

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'', and was mentioned in the lyric to "Be Here Now" ("Your shit jokes remind me of Digsy's").Wright, Jade (2008) "Greater than the Sum of the parts ; THE NUMBER ONE PROJECT", ''

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'', 11 January 2008, p. 5

References

External links

Thesums.net

Digsy on Myspace

The Sums Myspace
{{DEFAULTSORT:Deary, Peter 1960s births Year of birth missing (living people) Living people English new wave musicians English male singer-songwriters English male guitarists Musicians from Liverpool