Peter Deary is an English musician and singer-songwriter.

He was lead singer for 1980s band Cook da Books, went on to front Small, and then Smaller, who had two hit singles in the mid-1990s, and is now in The Sums.

He has enjoyed a long friendship with Noel Gallagher, who guested on several tracks by Smaller.

He was also the inspiration for the Oasis song "Digsy's Dinner" on their album Definitely Maybe,[1] and was mentioned in the lyric to "Be Here Now" ("Your shit jokes remind me of Digsy's").

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