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Artist Biography For Chad & Jeremy

Chad & Jeremy Was An English Musical Duo Consisting Of Chad Stuart Born In Windemere On 10 December 1941 Died 20 December 2020 And Jeremy Clyde Born In Buckinghamshire On 22 March 1941 . The Duo Began In 1962 And Had Its First Hit Song In The UK With "Yesterday's Gone". That Song Became A Hit In The United States In The Following Year As Part Of The 'British Invasion'. The Duo Subsequently Had A String Of Hits In The US Including "Willow Weep For Me" "Before And After" And Their Biggest Hit "A Summer Song". After Some Commercial Failures And Divergent Personal Ambitions Chad & Jeremy Initially Disbanded In 1968. In The Early 1980s The Duo Reunited To Record A New Album And Perform Concerts Including A Multi-Band British Invasion Nostalgia Tour. After Another Long Period Of Separation In The Early 2000s Chad & Jeremy Began Performing Again And Developed A Semi-Regular Schedule Of Touring For Many Years. The Duo Finally Split When Stuart Retired In 2016. Clyde Continues To Tour And Record As A Solo Artist. Of The Many British Invasion Acts That Stormed The Charts In The Wake Of The Beatles Chad & Jeremy Possessed A Subtlety And Sophistication Unmatched Among Their Contemporaries Essentially Creating The Template For The Kind Of Lush Sensitive Folk-Pop Embraced By Followers From Nick Drake To Belle & Sebastian. The Pair Met While Attending London's Central School Of Speech And Drama. The Two Became Fast Friends And After Stuart Taught Clyde To Play Guitar They Formed A Folk Duo As Well As A Rock & Roll Group The Jerks. Because He Graduated A Year Ahead Of His Bandmates Clyde Relocated To Scotland And Performed With The Dundee Repertory Theatre. When The Jerks Dissolved Stuart Dropped Out Of School Studied Arranging And Wrote Songs With Composer Russell Franks. Clyde Returned To London Soon After But In The Face Of An Actors' Strike He Resumed His Music Career Reunited With Stuart And The Duo Landed A Residency At The Local Coffeehouse Tina's. Chad & Jeremy Quickly Earned A Fan Following And In Mid-1963 Composer And Producer John Berry Signed The Duo To The Small Independent Label Ember Records. They Released Their Debut Single "Yesterday's Gone " That Autumn And It Entered The U.K. Top 40. Remarkably It Would Prove Their Only British Hit Of Any Real Substance. By The Time Their Sophomore Effort "Like I Love You Today " Was Released In Early 1964 Chad & Jeremy Were Headlining The West End Landmark Hatchett's. Despite The Increased Exposure The Record Flopped And Berry Bought Out His Ember Contract Relegating The Duo's Planned LP To Producer Shel Talmy In The Process. Soon After The Release Of Chad & Jeremy Sing For You The Daily Express Published A Photo Of A Young Clyde A Graduate Of The Prestigious Private School Eton And A Descendent Of The Famed Duke Of Wellington In Royal Garb At The 1952 Coronation Of Queen Elizabeth. Given The Credibility Afforded The Working-Class Backgrounds Of Rockers Like John Lennon And Paul McCartney The Publicity Proved A Near-Fatal Blow Effectively Branding Chad & Jeremy Upper-Crust Nancy-Boys Merely Pretending At Careers In Music. But As The Album Tanked At Home Chad & Jeremy's U.S. Label World Artists Scored A Top 20 American Hit With "Yesterday's Gone " Followed In August Of 1964 By "A Summer Song " A Gorgeously Nuanced And Pastoral Folk-Pop Masterpiece That Cracked The Billboard Top Five. When "Willow Weep For Me" Also Charted In The U.S. Chad & Jeremy Relocated To California And Signed With The Infamous Manager Allen Klein Who Negotiated A Buyout Of Their World Artists Contract And Landed The Duo A New Deal With Columbia. In Late 1964 Chad & Jeremy Made Their American Television Debut On The Hollywood Palace. William Morris Agent John Hartman Was So Impressed With Their Performance That He Offered His Representation Which Resulted In Appearances On The Sitcoms The Dick Van Dyke Show And The Patty Duke Show. Chad & Jeremy Were Television Fixtures For Years To Come Additionally Appearing On The Danny Kaye Show Shindig And Hullabaloo. Between Tour Stops And Studio Dates The Pace Was Relentless And In The Spring Of 1965 Stuart Was Leveled By Mononucleosis. When Clyde Accepted A Role In The London Musical Passion Flower Hotel A Nine-Month Commitment He And Stuart Quickly Recorded An LP I Don't Want To Lose You Baby While The Latter Continued His Rehabilitation. The Duo Maintained They Were Not Breaking Up But Rumors Reached A Fever Pitch When Clyde Failed To Return To The U.S. For A Scheduled Chicago Performance And Forced Stuart To Take The Stage Alone With A Cardboard Cutout Of His Partner Under His Arm. Stuart Next Released A Record Called "The Cruel War" With His Wife Jill While Clyde Cut A John Barry-Produced Solo Single "I Love My Love." Neither Earned Much Attention And At Year's End Chad & Jeremy Reunited To Make A New Album Distant Shores And Film A Proposed Pilot For NBC. The Show Was Rejected In Favor Of Another Project With A Rock & Roll Theme The Monkees And Chad & Jeremy Instead Guested On Two Episodes Of The Blockbuster Batman. Chad & Jeremy Spent Close To A Year In The Studio With Producer Gary Usher To Create 1967's Of Cabbages And Kings A Dense Ambitious Record Dubbed "a Soundtrack Without The Film" By Clyde. The Album Served To Alienate Much Of The Duo's Core Fan Base However And Sales Proved Dismal. Usher Nevertheless Produced The Follow-Up Single "Painted Dayglow Smile " Followed In Early 1968 By "Sister Marie." Tensions Between Chad & Jeremy Continued Prompted In Large Part By The Latter's Burgeoning Acting Career And After Completing The Ark -- A Project So Expensive It Led Columbia To Terminate Usher's Contract -- The Duo Split Although The Soundtrack To The Film Three In The Attic Essentially A Stuart Solo Effort Appeared In 1969 Under The Chad & Jeremy Aegis. Clyde Turned To Acting Full-Time And Appeared Alongside Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones In The Long-Running Stage Production Conduct Unbecoming. Stuart Meanwhile Signed On As Music Director For The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Followed By A Stint As A Staff Producer With A&M Records. Chad & Jeremy Reunited In 1977 To Record A Handful Of Unreleased Demos And Five Years Later They Signed To RCA's Rocshire Subsidiary To Release A Comeback LP Chad Stuart & Jeremy Clyde. The Record Went Nowhere But Their Partnership Continued First In A London Production Of Pump Boys And Dinettes And Then As Part Of The 1986 "British Invasion II" Package Tour. The Duo Finally Split When Stuart Retired In 2016. Clyde Continues To Tour And Record As A Solo Artist.

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A Summer Song Chad And JeremyChad & JeremyTrees Swayin' In The Summer Breeze Showin Off Their Silver Leaves As We Walk By......................
" A Summer Song" Chad & JeremyChad & Jeremy"A Summer Song," Written By David Stuart And Keith Noble Was The Second Big Hit For Chad & Jeremy, Reaching #7 On The ...
Chad & Jeremy - Yesterday' S Gone 1964Chad & JeremyFrom The 60's Era, Another Chart Buster. Talk About Feel Good Music, Not Only Good Music, Good Times As Well, A Great Throwback ...
" Yesterday' S Gone" Chad & JeremyChad & JeremyChad & Jeremy Were Among The First Successful Groups In The U.S. During The British Invasion. Their First Single, "Yesterday's Gone" ...
Chad & Jeremy - A Summer Song - 1964Chad & JeremyTrees Swayin' In The Summer Breeze, Showin' Off Their Silver Leaves As We Walked By Soft Kisses On A Summers Day, Laughing All ...
Chad & Jeremy -- A Summer SongChad & JeremyTrees Swayin' In The Summer Breeze Showin' Off Their Silver Leaves As We Walked By Soft Kisses On A Summer's Day Laughing All ...
A Summer Song - Lyrics - Chad And JeremyChad & JeremyStudents Are Returning To Campus This Week For Fall Semester So It Seemed A Good Time To Post This : ..............A Summer Song Is A ...
Chad & Jeremy " If I Loved You"Chad & JeremyFollowing Their Success With "Yesterday's Gone","A'Summer Song", And "Willow Weep For Me" In 1964, Chad & Jeremy Released ...
Donna Donna By Chad And JeremyChad & JeremyChad And Jeremy Was A Singing Folk Rock Duo In The 1960s, Comprising Chad Stuart born David Stuart Chadwick, 10 December ...
A SUMMER SONG CHAD & JEREMYChad & Jeremy"A Summer Song" Is The Title Of A 1964 Top Ten Hit By Chad & Jeremy The Song Was Written By Group Member Chad Stuart With ...
Funny How Love Can Be CHAD & JEREMYChad & JeremySong Recorded By A British Musical Duo 'Chad & Jeremy' In 1965. Originally Recorded By The Ivy League. Written By John Carter ...
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