Английская Википедия:Chris Andrews (singer)
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:EngvarB Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox musical artist Christopher Frederick Andrews (born 15 October 1942) is an English-German singer-songwriter whose musical career started in the late 1950s.[1][2][3][4]
Career
Andrews was born in Romford, Essex, England, and by his mid teens had formed his own group, Chris Ravel and the Ravers.[5] On 14 March 1959, he made his British television debut, performing on the Oh, Boy! show. He would later return in April to perform a cover of Cliff Richard's, "Move It".
For Adam Faith, Andrews wrote "The First Time"[6] (No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart, 1963)[7] and "We Are in Love" (No. 11, 1964),[7] and then a string of hits for Sandie Shaw. They included "Girl Don't Come" (No. 3, 1964/65), "I'll Stop at Nothing" (No. 4, 1965), "Message Understood" (No. 6, 1965) and "Long Live Love" (No. 1, 1965).[5] The latter remained a chart topper in the UK Singles Chart for three weeks.[8][9] "Girl Don't Come" was covered by Cher on her debut album, All I Really Want to Do.[10]
Also in 1965, Andrews as a solo artist, reached No. 3 in the UK with the single "Yesterday Man",[11] which peaked in Germany at No. 1 for four weeks;[12] followed up with a No. 13 hit in the UK "To Whom It Concerns".[8] The instrumental section of this song was used as the theme for RTÉ's long-running TV programme, The Late Late Show, until 1999, and a re-arranged version returned as the show's theme music in September 2009.[2] As well as obtaining a high placing in the UK chart, "Yesterday Man" climbed to No. 1 in Ireland and Germany. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.[6]
Later releases by Andrews were not as successful, but his own hits are seen as early examples of bluebeat influenced white pop music. Although his chart appearances dwindled in Britain by 1966, his chart topping success continued in mainland Europe for a number of years, particularly in Germany, and Andrews often recorded in foreign languages.[1] It is possible that Chris Andrews' huge success in Germany was connected to the fact that his two UK hits, at least, were rhythmically redolent of Oom-pah music (although not intentionally so; see above), thus making them more acceptable to older German audiences who would not have liked many of the other Anglophone songs which became hits there.Шаблон:Citation needed
In South Africa, his later single releases proved particularly popular,[13] with "Pretty Belinda" (1969), "Carol OK" and "Brown Eyes" (both 1970) all topping the charts there. "Yo Yo" reached No. 7 at the end of 1970.
Andrews remains active in his career as a singer-songwriter, working primarily in continental Europe and in the United Kingdom. He lives with his second wife Alexandra, who is also his manager, in Selm, Germany, and Mallorca. Because of the Brexit vote, Andrews also obtained German citizenship in 2016.[14]
Songwriting credits
- "To Whom It Concerns" – Keith
- "Groovy Baby 1969
- "As Long as You're Happy Baby" – Sandie Shaw
- "Come Closer" – Adam Faith
- "Don't Run Away" – Sandie Shaw
- "The First Time" – Adam Faith
- "Girl Don't Come" – Sandie Shaw
- "Heart of Stone" – Suzi Quatro
- "Here's Another Day" – Adam Faith
- "How Can You Tell" – Sandie Shaw
- "If Ever You Need Me" - Sandie Shaw
- "I'll Remember Tonight" – The Mamas & the Papas
- "I'll Stop at Nothing" – Sandie Shaw
- "Long Live Love" – Sandie Shaw
- "Message Understood" – Sandie Shaw
- "Nothing Comes Easy" – Sandie Shaw
- "Nothing Less than Brilliant" – Sandie Shaw
- "Our Love Has Gone" – The Fortunes
- "Run" – Sandie Shaw
- "Show Me" – Sandie Shaw
- "Think It All Over" – Sandie Shaw
- "Think Sometimes About Me" – Sandie Shaw
- "Today" – Sandie Shaw
- "Tomorrow" – Sandie Shaw
- "We Are in Love" – Adam Faith
- "You Don't Love Me" – The Roulettes
- "You've Not Changed" – Sandie Shaw[15]
Discography
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [16][8] |
AUS [17] |
AUT [18] |
BE (FLA) [19] |
BE (WA) [20] |
CAN [21] |
GER [22] |
IRE [23] |
NL [24] |
NOR [25] |
NZ [26][27] |
SA [28] |
US [29] |
ZIM [30] | ||
| "I Do" (as Chris Ravel and the Ravers) | 1963 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Someone's Taken Maria Away" (with Adam Faith and the Roulettes) | 1965 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Yesterday Man" | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 94 | 2 | |
| "To Whom It Concerns" | 13 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 45 | — | 3 | 9 | 3 | — | 4 | 4 | — | 3 | |
| "Something on My Mind" | 1966 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | — |
| "What'cha Gonna Do Now" | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Stop That Girl" | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "That's What She Said" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "You're Gonna Like This" (Germany-only release) | 1967 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "I'll Walk to You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Hold On" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "The Man with the Red Balloon" | 1968 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Pretty Belinda" | 1969 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | — | 8 | 3 | 10 | 1 | — | 1 |
| "Carole OK" | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | |
| "Maker of Mistakes" (Netherlands-only release) | 1970 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Brown Eyes" (Germany and South Africa-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | |
| "Yo Yo" | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 1 | |
| "Lovely Lorraine" (as Tony Sumner; Germany-only release) | 1971 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Michigan River" (Germany and Sweden-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Seltsam sind die Wege der Liebe" (Germany-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Maybe You're the Love of My Life" (Sweden-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Hallo Lovely Lorraine" (as Tony Sumner; Germany-only release) | 1972 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Lazy Days" (Germany-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Sugar Daddy" (Germany, Austria and Spain-only release) | 1973 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "I Love Ya" (Germany and Spain-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Do You Wanna Love Me" (Germany-only release) | 1974 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Rainstorm" | 1977 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "The Girls of Brazil" (Germany and Netherlands-only release) | 1985 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Let Go!" (Netherlands-only release) | 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Get Up and Party" (Germany-only release) | 1993 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Pretty Belinda – Schlauchboot" (with Tobee) | 2009 | — | — | 75 | — | — | — | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Pretty Belinda – Skilift" (with Tobee) | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Take Me to the Limit" (with Leticia) | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Life in England" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "White Christmas" (with Tobee) | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Die Nacht ist da zum Feiern" (with Guido Westermann) | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Never Miss the Water" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
See also
- List of artists under the Decca Records label
- Number 1 Singles in Ireland 1965
- List of artists who reached number one in Ireland
- Number-one hits of 1966 (Germany)
- List of performances on Top of the Pops
References
External links
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- ↑ His birth date is sometimes stated as 1938, notably in Larkin, C., Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music (Muze UK Ltd, 1997) Шаблон:ISBN
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