Peter Skellern obituary

Singer, songwriter and pianist who enjoyed great success with his 1972 hit You’re a Lady and went on to become a popular TV and radio entertainerWith his lyrics and vocal stylings echoing those of George Formby, Hoagy Carmichael and Noël Coward, and his penchant for brass band arrangements, Peter Skellern, who has died of cancer aged 69, sometimes seemed a man out of tune with the prevailing pop music trends of the 1970s and 80s. Nevertheless, after his breakthrough with the 1972 hit