Chad & Jeremy
Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde were an English musical duo. They had a string of hits in the United States, including \”Willow Weep for Me\” The duo disbanded in 1968 after some commercial failures and divergent personal ambitions. In the early 1980s, the duo reunited to record a new album and perform concerts. They are still active today and have released a number of albums.
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Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde were an English musical duo. They had a string of hits in the United States, including \”Willow Weep for Me\” The duo disbanded in 1968 after some commercial failures and divergent personal ambitions. In the early 1980s, the duo reunited to record a new album and perform concerts, including a multi-band British Invasion nostalgia tour. Stuart retired in 2016 and died in December, 2020, while Clyde continues to tour and record as a solo artist. Chad Stuart was born David Stuart Chadwick on 10 December 1941 in Windermere, Westmorland. Jeremy Clyde was born Michael Thomas Jeremy Clyde on 22 March 1941 in Dorney, Buckinghamshire. The two met while attending London’s Central School of Speech and Drama. Chad taught Jeremy to play the guitar and by 1962 they were performing together as a folk-music duo. Chad & Jeremy frequently performed in London at a basement coffeehouse called Tina’s, where they were discovered by John Barry. The influential composer quickly got them a contract with a small British record label, Ember. Their first single was \”Yesterday’s Gone\”, a Stuart composition that became their only hit record in the UK, reaching No. 37 in December 1963. Their second US single \”A Summer Song\” was a surprise hit that was released as a single and it rose to No.7 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 17 October 1964. They became World Artists’ most bankable act; Stuart said: \”After that, the record company goes, ‘Gee whiz, we’ve got a goldmine here, so let’s start churning out those ballads, boys!’ All three hits were included on their 1964 debut, Yesterday’s Gone, which spent 39 weeks on the US Billboard 200 and eventually peaked at No.
22. In January 1965, Chad and Jeremy were in talks with a major label with Columbia Records. On 27 March 1965, they signed a contract giving Columbia control over all of their recordings. The first World Artists single of 1965, a Rodgers and Hammerstein and theatre song named If I Loved You, was a hit in the US. Their follow-up singles were a cover version of a Ann Ronell standard, \”What Do You Want With Me\” and a cover of a U2 song named You Loved Me. The duo had a new batch of recordings in the early 2000s and began performing again and developed a semi-regular schedule of touring for many years. The last of the duo to perform was Chad Stuart, who died in October, 2016, at the age of 76. The band’s last gig was in London on November 17, 2013. The group’s last UK gig was on November 18, 2013, at London’s O2 Arena, in front of a crowd of 2,000 people. They are still active today and have released a number of albums, including their most recent, Chad Stuart & Jeremy, which was released in April 2014. They have also released a live album, which is expected to be released later this year.
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