Often dismissed as a Peter and Gordon knock-off (which they were), the duo of Chad Stuart and Jermy Clyde recorded a number of nice singles and a few very worth-having albums.
Plus, they appeared on "Batman" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show" as, essentially, near-Beatles-type figures.
You've probably heard the big songs from 1964 : "A Summer Song" which hit #7 and Yesterday's Gone," which hit #21. "Willow Weep for Me," which hit #15 in 1965 also gets some oldies airplay.
Anyone who enjoys those--and gentler, folkish British Invasion sounds--will likely enjoy the duo's Before and After album. And you can even hear them getting a little psychedelic and far out--complete with sitar solos--on their 1967 LP Of Cabbages and Kings. The follow up to that was the pair's "concept album" The Ark.
The great Sundazed label has released those LPS and a few others in nicely remastered and expanded editions.
Chad and Jeremy CDs
Before & After
I Don't Want to Lose You Baby
Distant Shores
Of Cabbages & Kings
The Ark
Chad and Jeremy on YouTube:
Chad & Jeremy - Willow Weep For Me
Chad and Jeremy "Distant Shores"
Chad and Jeremy "The Truth Often Hurts The Heart"
Chad and Jeremy "Willow Weep For Me"
Plus, they appeared on "Batman" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show" as, essentially, near-Beatles-type figures.
You've probably heard the big songs from 1964 : "A Summer Song" which hit #7 and Yesterday's Gone," which hit #21. "Willow Weep for Me," which hit #15 in 1965 also gets some oldies airplay.
Anyone who enjoys those--and gentler, folkish British Invasion sounds--will likely enjoy the duo's Before and After album. And you can even hear them getting a little psychedelic and far out--complete with sitar solos--on their 1967 LP Of Cabbages and Kings. The follow up to that was the pair's "concept album" The Ark.
The great Sundazed label has released those LPS and a few others in nicely remastered and expanded editions.
Chad and Jeremy CDs
Before & After
I Don't Want to Lose You Baby
Distant Shores
Of Cabbages & Kings
The Ark
Chad and Jeremy on YouTube:
Chad & Jeremy - Willow Weep For Me
Chad and Jeremy "Distant Shores"
Chad and Jeremy "The Truth Often Hurts The Heart"
Chad and Jeremy "Willow Weep For Me"
Somewhere on tape, I have a Good Morning America episode from the eighties featuring a reunited Chad and Jeremy complete with the same style of humor and marvelous harmonies of their heyday. Jeremy also became a good actor, often playing truly evil villain roles.
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