Services will be private. Nero colored his renditions of pop songs - from Cole Porter and George Gershwin to the Beatles and Bob Dylan - with classical, swing, Broadway, blues and jazz melodies.

PHILADELPHIA -- Peter Nero, a Grammy-winning pianist who interpreted pop songs through classical and jazz forms and served as the Philly Pops' conductor for more than three decades, has died. Nero ...

Peter Nero, a Grammy-winning pianist who interpreted pop songs through classical and jazz forms and served as the Philly Pops’ conductor for more than three decades, has died. Nero was 89.

Peter Nero, leader of the Philly Pops, smiles during a sound check on a stage on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art on the Fourth of July 2005. Nero, a Grammy-winning pianist who ...