Chesney Hawkes

Chesney Hawkes (2008)

Chesney Lee Hawkes (born September 22, 1971 in Windsor , Berkshire , England ) is a British pop singer and film actor .

Hawkes was best known for his single The One and Only and the accompanying film Buddy's Song . Released in early 1991, the single was written and produced by Nik Kershaw , a longtime friend of the Hawkes family.

Life

Chesney's parents are the former singer of the Tremeloes , Leonard "Chip" Hawkes and the actress Carol Dilworth, known from the movie Goosebumps . Chesney has a sister, Keely, who released an album herself as a pop singer in 1993 with moderate success, and a brother named Jodie, who is on drums in Chesney's band . Chesney was named after the comedian Chesney Allen .

Hawkes has been married since July 4, 1997 and has three children.

Career

1991–1992: Success through music and film

Chesney Hawkes (2004)

Hawkes' career began in early 1991 alongside The Who frontman Roger Daltrey in the movie Buddy's Song , in which he played the title role. Shortly after the film was released, he released his best-known single, The One and Only , which topped the UK charts for five weeks. The song was written by Nik Kershaw . With other singles like I'm a Man Not a Boy or Secrets of the Heart , he was able to stay in the charts, but no longer achieve the success of The One and Only . During those two years, Hawkes toured the world with his band.

1993–2001: Second album and creative break

In mid-1993, Chesney Hawkes released his second album Get the Picture . It was then almost nine years before the music of Hawkes was heard again, if only in parts of England. In late 2001, the single Stay Away Baby Jane was released , which was not very successful.

2005–2008: return through TV formats

In March 2005, the British broadcaster Channel 4 Hawkes made the offer to play in the third season of the program The Games , in which ten celebrities like Mel C ( Sporty Spice ) have to compete in Olympic disciplines . The offer from Channel 4 was followed by another TV offer from the British broadcaster ITV in April of the same year , which gave Hawkes the chance of a record deal . In Hit Me Baby One More Time , a kind of comeback show, he made it to the finals, but he lost to Shakin 'Stevens . Nevertheless, Hawkes released the single Another Fine Mess that same year , which rose to number 48 in the UK charts. In early 2008, Hawkes released Another Fine Mess album with Sargent Poppy Records (his own record company ) .

On April 26, 2020, Hawkes took part as a robot in a special edition of The Masked Singer . Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , jury members Jonathan Ross and Davina McCall assessed the recorded performances of the three candidates at home via video switch . They eventually named Hawkes and his cover of ... Baby One More Time the winner.

Projects

Hawks / Alexander / Hawkes

The idea for Hawks / Alexander / Hawkes was brought to life together with the English comedian Tony Hawks and Ash Alexander. Together they usually write less serious texts. On the official Hawks / Alexander / Hawkes MySpace page you can listen to some songs and watch a short film.

Songwriting

Hawkes made his mark as a songwriter for A1 , Caprice , Triple Eight , Jamie Benson , Bare Jr. and Tricky a name. He wrote the single Wasted for Jennifer Paige , who tried her comeback with it (after her hit Crush ). For the album To Be Frank by Nik Kershaw he wrote the song Jane Doe .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	UK	Remarks
1991	Buddy's song	DE28 (16 weeks) DE	AT2 gold (14 weeks)AT	CH25 (7 weeks) CH	UK18th silver (8 weeks)UK	First release: March 1991 soundtrack for the movie Buddy's Song , producer: Alan Shacklock; Sales: + 85,000

More albums

1991: The One and Only (US and Japan, released October 23, 1991)
1993: Get the Picture
2007: Another Fine Mess

Compilations

1996: The One and Only
2005: The Very Best Of

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
1991	The One and Only Buddy’s song	DE8 (24 weeks) DE	AT1 (15 weeks) AT	CH4 (15 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (16 weeks)UK	US10 (20 weeks) US	First published: February 1991 Author: Nik Kershaw ; Sales: + 625,000
	I'm a Man Not a Boy Buddy’s song	DE44 (13 weeks) DE	-	CH28 (2 weeks) CH	UK27 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 1991 Author: John Wesley Harding
	Secrets of the Heart Buddy’s Song	DE68 (7 weeks) DE	-	-	UK57 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 1991 Authors: Chesney Hawkes, Nigel Hinton
1993	What's Wrong with This Picture Get the Picture	DE71 (7 weeks) DE	AT29 (1 week) AT	-	UK63 (1 week) UK	-	First published: May 1993 Authors: Chesney Hawkes, Nik Kershaw, Peter John Vettese
2001	Stay Away Baby Jane Another Fine Mess	-	-	-	UK74 (1 week) UK	-	First published: December 2001
2005	Another Fine Mess Another Fine Mess	-	-	-	UK48 (1 week) UK	-	First published: May 2005

More singles

1992: Feel so Alive
1993: Missing You Already
1994: Black or White People

Awards for music sales

Golden record

Sweden Sweden
- 1991: for the single The One and Only

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Austria (IFPI)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	25,000	ifpi.at
Sweden (IFPI)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	25,000	sverigetopplistan.se
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	gold1	0! P-	460,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	3 × gold3	-

Filmography

1991: Buddy's Song (as Buddy)
1997: Prince Eisenherz (as a henchman)

swell

Jump up ↑ Rianne Addo: The Masked Singer judges left stunned as James Argent, Ore Oduba and Chesney Hawkes are unveiled as mystery celebs on lockdown special. In: Daily Mail . April 27, 2020, accessed on July 12, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US Singles (Chartsurfer) Albums (Chartsurfer)

personal data
SURNAME	Hawkes, Chesney
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hawkes, Chesney Lee
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English pop singer, songwriter and film actor
DATE OF BIRTH	22nd September 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH	Windsor , Berkshire , UK

[1] Jump up ↑ Rianne Addo: The Masked Singer judges left stunned as James Argent, Ore Oduba and Chesney Hawkes are unveiled as mystery celebs on lockdown special. In: Daily Mail . April 27, 2020, accessed on July 12, 2020 .

[charts-2] Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US Singles (Chartsurfer) Albums (Chartsurfer)