Peter Oxendale

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Peter Oxendale (born {{birth based on age as of date|69|2020|08|11}}) is an English forensic musicologist and an expert witness on copyright infringement in music.{{cite web | last=Marshall | first=Alex | title=The Man Musicians Call When Two Tunes Sound Alike | website=The New York Times | date=2016-10-11 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/12/arts/music/the-man-musicians-call-when-two-tunes-sound-alike.html | accessdate=2016-10-13}}{{sfn|Easlea|2010|p=414}} He was involved as an expert in the notable Blurred Lines lawsuit.{{citation|title=Music industry 'paranoid' after Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke Blurred Lines case

|author=Chi Chi Izundu|date=October 13, 2015|publisher=BBC|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/34389573/music-industry-paranoid-after-pharrell-williams-robin-thicke-blurred-lines-case}}{{cite news | url = http://www.seattletimes.com/nwshowcase/careers/forensic-musicologists-get-the-call-when-2-songs-sound-alike/ | title = Forensic musicologists get the call when 2 songs sound alike | date=16 October 2016 | accessdate = 2 November 2016 | newspaper = Seattle Times | author = Alex Marshall}} He was a keyboardist in the glam rock bands Sparks{{sfn|Easlea|2010}}{{sfn|Talevski|2010|p=590}} and Jet and musical director for Chris de Burgh.{{citation|title=What have they done with my song?|author=John Ryle|newspaper=The Guardian|date=February 1, 1999|url=https://www.theguardian.com/Columnists/Column/0,5673,234148,00.html}} Oxendale also played keyboards on Ian Hunter's Overnight Angels album in 1977. He also played keyboards for the new wave bands Dead or Alive and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. In 1983, he served as touring keyboardist for John Foxx. In 1983/4, he appeared numerous times on Top of the Pops as part of Bonnie Tyler's band on her long running number one hit "Total Eclipse of the Heart".