Peter Palmer

Peter Palmer (born Igor Shouisky on September 3, 1925 in Kenosha, Wisconsin) was a bandleader, tenor saxophonist and composer. He recorded several albums for Mercury Records including "A Swingin' Love Affair", "A Swingin' Dance Date", and "Moonlight on the Campus", with a small singing group which included Ann Trendler, whom he would later marry.

Peter Palmer studied music at Northwestern University, graduating in 1950, and led on-campus orchestras there. The Peter Palmer Orchestra was featured at Chicago's Sherman House hotel and accompanied Tiny Tim (by his request) at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel in Nevada. The orchestra was often booked for a number of high school and college campus dances in the 1960s. Later in his career he changed his name to Johnny Palmer to avoid confusion with the popular Broadway singer and actor Peter Palmer of Li'l Abner fame. Eventually he abandoned his musical career to found the Johnny Palmer Speakers Bureau.