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'''Dorita y Pepe''' were the [[stage name]]s of British musicians '''Dorothy''' and '''Peter Sensier'''. They made many appearances as a duo on British television in the late 1950s and 1960s, performing Spanish and [[Music of Latin America|Latin American folk music]], and released several albums. Peter Sensier was also known as a [[luthier|guitar maker]], writer and radio broadcaster.
==Biography==
Peter Sensier (20 January 1918 – October 1977)<ref name=cooper/> was a [[Brentford]]-born musician who played guitar in [[jazz]] and [[swing music|swing]] bands, and became a friend of bandleader [[Edmundo Ros]]. He and [[Essex]]-born Joyce Dorothy Hamberger (26 September 1923 – December 2003)<ref>[https://imdb.to/2UCJP0M Dorothy Sensier, ''IMdB.com'']. Retrieved 15 April 2019</ref> married in London in 1948. Peter Sensier was an accomplished [[classical guitar|classical]] and [[Spanish guitar]] player, and shared with his wife a love of Latin American music. They began performing as a duo in London clubs in the mid-1950s.<ref name=45cat>[http://bit.ly/2Gdq45T Sleeve notes to ''Dorita y Pepe'', Saga Records, 1960]. Retrieved 15 April 2019</ref> By 1957 they had begun recording together as Dorita y Pepe, featuring on the [[extended play|EP]] ''[[Ken Sykora]]'s Guitar Club Vol.2''. She sang and played rhythm guitar.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2UCJRFW "Ken Sykora Guitar Club Vol.2", ''45cat.com'']. Retrieved 15 April 2019</ref>
The couple divorced in 1957 but maintained their professional relationship. Their first LP, ''Dorita y Pepe'', was released on the [[Columbia Graphophone Company|Columbia]] [[record label|label]] in 1961. They toured regularly in South America, and became popular there. They also performed in Russia, China, and elsewhere,<ref>[http://bit.ly/2Gdq5Xv "...a couple who are so much at home down South America way", undated newspaper article, c.1960s, ''Ken Sykora's Archive'']. Retrieved 15 April 2019</ref> and their music featured in the film ''[[Guns of Darkness]]'' (1962). They appeared regularly on BBC radio, in programmes including ''Guitar Club''.<ref name=45cat/> In 1962-63, they featured in their own [[ITV]] television series, ''Their Kind of Music'',<ref>[https://imdb.to/2UCJStu "Their Kind of Music", ''IMdB.com'']. Retrieved 15 April 2019</ref> and appeared many times during the 1960s on ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]''.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2Gdmk4u Robert Ross, ''Benny Hill - Merry Master of Mirth: the Complete Companion'', Pavilion Books, 2014]</ref> The duo's later albums included ''Viva Dorita y Pepe!'' (1964), ''En Buenos Aires'' (1965), and ''Latin American Folk'' (1968).<ref name=discogs>[http://bit.ly/2UCJU4A Dorita y Pepe, ''Discogs.com'']. Retrieved 15 April 2019</ref>
Peter Sensier was also known as a maker of guitars, [[vihuela]]s, [[charango]]s, [[tiple]]s and other exotic instruments. Under his real name, he wrote articles for the ''BMG (Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar)'' magazine , and presented programmes on BBC Radio in the 1960s and 1970s, including a regular monthly programme, ''The Classical Guitar''.<ref name=cooper>[http://bit.ly/2GgdbYL Colin Cooper, "Peter Sensier remembered for many things", ''Creative Guitar International'' vol.5, 1977]</ref>
After her divorce from Peter Sensier, Dorothy was married to Philip Beck from 1958 until her death. Peter's first marriage, from 1939 to 1948, was to Lily Lewis.
==References==
[[Category:British musical duos]]
==Biography==
Peter Sensier (20 January 1918 – October 1977)<ref name=cooper/> was a [[Brentford]]-born musician who played guitar in [[jazz]] and [[swing music|swing]] bands, and became a friend of bandleader [[Edmundo Ros]]. He and [[Essex]]-born Joyce Dorothy Hamberger (26 September 1923 – December 2003)<ref>[https://imdb.to/2UCJP0M Dorothy Sensier, ''IMdB.com'']. Retrieved 15 April 2019</ref> married in London in 1948. Peter Sensier was an accomplished [[classical guitar|classical]] and [[Spanish guitar]] player, and shared with his wife a love of Latin American music. They began performing as a duo in London clubs in the mid-1950s.<ref name=45cat>[http://bit.ly/2Gdq45T Sleeve notes to ''Dorita y Pepe'', Saga Records, 1960]. Retrieved 15 April 2019</ref> By 1957 they had begun recording together as Dorita y Pepe, featuring on the [[extended play|EP]] ''[[Ken Sykora]]'s Guitar Club Vol.2''. She sang and played rhythm guitar.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2UCJRFW "Ken Sykora Guitar Club Vol.2", ''45cat.com'']. Retrieved 15 April 2019</ref>
The couple divorced in 1957 but maintained their professional relationship. Their first LP, ''Dorita y Pepe'', was released on the [[Columbia Graphophone Company|Columbia]] [[record label|label]] in 1961. They toured regularly in South America, and became popular there. They also performed in Russia, China, and elsewhere,<ref>[http://bit.ly/2Gdq5Xv "...a couple who are so much at home down South America way", undated newspaper article, c.1960s, ''Ken Sykora's Archive'']. Retrieved 15 April 2019</ref> and their music featured in the film ''[[Guns of Darkness]]'' (1962). They appeared regularly on BBC radio, in programmes including ''Guitar Club''.<ref name=45cat/> In 1962-63, they featured in their own [[ITV]] television series, ''Their Kind of Music'',<ref>[https://imdb.to/2UCJStu "Their Kind of Music", ''IMdB.com'']. Retrieved 15 April 2019</ref> and appeared many times during the 1960s on ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]''.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2Gdmk4u Robert Ross, ''Benny Hill - Merry Master of Mirth: the Complete Companion'', Pavilion Books, 2014]</ref> The duo's later albums included ''Viva Dorita y Pepe!'' (1964), ''En Buenos Aires'' (1965), and ''Latin American Folk'' (1968).<ref name=discogs>[http://bit.ly/2UCJU4A Dorita y Pepe, ''Discogs.com'']. Retrieved 15 April 2019</ref>
Peter Sensier was also known as a maker of guitars, [[vihuela]]s, [[charango]]s, [[tiple]]s and other exotic instruments. Under his real name, he wrote articles for the ''BMG (Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar)'' magazine , and presented programmes on BBC Radio in the 1960s and 1970s, including a regular monthly programme, ''The Classical Guitar''.<ref name=cooper>[http://bit.ly/2GgdbYL Colin Cooper, "Peter Sensier remembered for many things", ''Creative Guitar International'' vol.5, 1977]</ref>
After her divorce from Peter Sensier, Dorothy was married to Philip Beck from 1958 until her death. Peter's first marriage, from 1939 to 1948, was to Lily Lewis.
==References==
[[Category:British musical duos]]
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