Chad Stuart obit

Chad Stuart, of the Hit British Duo Chad & Jeremy, Dies at 79

Mr. Stuart’s wistful tunes of summer romance brought him and Jeremy Clyde an intense but brief burst of stardom during the British Invasion of the 1960s. 

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Stuart has writing credits on four of the 11 Chad & Jeremy songs which entered the U.S. Hot 100. Stuart has sole credit for the duo's first hit, "Yesterday's Gone" (their only hit in the UK), and credits on "You Are She" (Stuart/Clyde), and "A Summer Song" (Stuart/Metcalfe/Noble), and "What Do You Want With Me" (Stuart/Clyde).

Stuart was born on 10 December 1941 in Windermere, Westmorland, a town in the North West of England. His father, Frank Chadwick, was a foreman in the lumber industry and his mother, Frieda Chadwick (née Bedford), was a nurse. At five, Stuart's family moved to Hartlepool in the North East of England when his father's job was transferred.

At 10, Stuart was recognized for his musical talent and earned a scholarship to attend the Durham Cathedral Chorister School. After graduation, Stuart briefly attended an art school for a year before switching to drama. Stuart won a scholarship to the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. There, Stuart met fellow student Jeremy Clyde.

Stuart began working with Clyde as the British music duo Chad & Jeremy in 1962 and they had their first hit song in the UK with "Yesterday's Gone" (1963). That song became a hit in the United States in the following year as part of the British Invasion. The duo had a string of hits in the United States, 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 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.

Following the breakup of Chad & Jeremy, Stuart worked as a staff producer at A&M Records and musical director for the Smothers Brothers. Over the years, Stuart and Clyde reunited to record and tour. In 2003, the duo were officially reunited again and had a semi-regular touring schedule until Stuart's retirement in 2016.

On 20 December 2020, Stuart died of pneumonia following a fall.

 

Actor

M.U.G.E.N (1999)

M.U.G.E.N

Video Game

1999

 

Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Friend Like Me (1993)

Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Friend Like Me

Flaps

Video

1993

 

Will Lyman in Crossbow (1987)

Crossbow

Prince FrederickYouth

TV Series

1987

2 episodes

 

Victoria Dorazi in Betty Boop for President (1980)

Betty Boop for President

British Announcer (voice)

Video

1980

 

Sterling Holloway, George Sanders, Sebastian Cabot, Phil Harris, Clint Howard, J. Pat O'Malley, Louis Prima, and Bruce Reitherman in The Jungle Book (1967)

The Jungle Book

Vulture (voice)

1967

 

Red Skelton in The Red Skelton Hour (1951)

The Red Skelton Hour

Chad

TV Series

1967

1 episode

 

Batman (1966)

Batman

Chad

TV Series

1966

2 episodes

 

Laredo (1965)

Laredo

Dudley Leicester

TV Series

1966

1 episode

 

The Patty Duke Show (1963)

The Patty Duke Show

Patrick

TV Series

1965

1 episode

 

Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke in The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)

The Dick Van Dyke Show

Ernie

TV Series

1965

1 episode

 

Partial discography

 

With Chad & Jeremy

Yesterday's Gone (July 1964)

Chad & Jeremy Sing for You (January 1965)

Before and After (1965)

I Don't Want to Lose You Baby (1965)

Second Album (1966)

Distant Shores (1966)

Of Cabbages and Kings (1967)

The Ark (1968)

3 in the Attic (1968)

Chad Stuart & Jeremy Clyde (1983)

In Concert (The Official Bootleg) (2002)

Ark-eology (2008)

Fifty Years On (2010)

Solo

"The Cruel War"/"I Can't Talk to You" (Chad & Jill single, 1966)

Don't Argue with an Elephant (2010)

Chad Stuart and the KGB (2013)

As producer

(List may be incomplete)

 

Year     Album            Artist

1969            Celebration of Life

Stuart also arranged

 

Gale Caldwell

1969            Tarantula            Taratula

1970    Silent Song Through the Land            Ron Davies

1970    At Home

Producers: Glyn Johns, David Anderle, Chad Stuart

 

Lambert & Nuttycombe

1970    Gift of Song    Judith Durham

1977    Tiny Little Star

Producers: Chad Stuart, Jimmie Haskell

 

Harry Sonoda

1983    Chad Stuart & Jeremy Clyde

Executive producer: Gary Davis

 

Chad & Jeremy

2002    Phil Hartman's Flat TV       Phil Hartman