My Take
Peter Cetera is one of those voices that stops you cold the first time you hear it — that high, crystalline tenor floating over those lush arrangements is just something else entirely. He anchored Chicago for nearly two decades, helping the band evolve from a brassy rock outfit into one of the defining soft-rock acts of the late '70s and '80s, and his basslines were way underappreciated in all that. When he went solo in 1985, the results were immediate: "Glory of Love" for the Karate Kid II soundtrack became an era-defining power ballad, and "The Next Time I Fall" with Amy Grant was the kind of gentle duet that made AM radio feel genuinely warm. He's a Chicago native through and through, and there's something fitting about that — a city known for its grit producing one of pop music's most delicate and soaring voices.
Overview
Peter Paul Cetera Jr. ( sə-TERR-ə; born September 13, 1944) is an American retired 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.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Peter Cetera
- Name (Japanese)
- ピーター・セテラ
- Reading
- ぴーたー・せてら
- Born
- September 13, 1944 (age 81)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Monkey
- Origin
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / songwriter / singer-songwriter / record producer / guitarist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.petercetera.com/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%86%E3%83%A9
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.