Chris Andrews
Chris Andrews (born October 15, 1942 in London ; bourgeois Christopher Frederick Andrews ) is a German - British hit and pop singer who lives today in Selm , a town near Dortmund, and on Mallorca.
Live and act
The composer and singer Andrews began his singing career in England at the age of 13. In the early 1960s he appeared in the Hamburg Star Club at the same time as the Beatles . Back in England he founded the band Chris Ravel and the Ravers , where he recorded his first record on Decca Records .
He wrote his first hits for Adam Faith and Sandie Shaw . For the latter he wrote 15 hits alone, including Yesterday Man , which she did not want to record. So he produced the song himself and had his first number one hit. The title became a million seller and also landed first in other European countries, as well as in South Africa and Australia.
Other hits by Chris Andrews in the 1960s were To Whom It Concerns and Pretty Belinda ; the latter has been translated into 9 languages. With the title Sugar Daddy he was seen and heard in 1973 in the film Blue Blossoms of the Gentian . The titles Girl don't come and Yesterday man can be heard in the international cult film The Boat that rocked / Radio Rock Revolution 2009. Chris Andrews has written more than 700 titles for himself and many other national and international artists such as Agnetha Fältskog von Abba , Cher , The Mamas and the Papas , and Peter Orloff .
In July 2007 he married his long-time German partner Alexandra, who also leads his management.
Andrews composes for himself and other artists and appears with and without a band at numerous events, concerts, oldie festivals and TV shows.
Chris Andrews has had German citizenship since 2016.
Discography
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Singles
- 1965: Yesterday Man
- 1966: To Whom It Concerns
- 1966: Something On My Mind
- 1966: Whatcha Gonna Do Now
- 1966: Stop That Girl
- 1966: That's What She Said
- 1967: I'll Walk To You
- 1967: Hold On
- 1968: Man With The Red Balloon
- 1969: Pretty Belinda
- 1969: Carol OK
- 1969: With our luck everything is okay
- 1969: Brown Eyes
- 1970: Brown eyes look at me
- 1970: Yo Yo
- 1971: A girl with a heart
- 1972: Michigan River
- 1972: Stop that girl
- 1973: Sugar Daddy
- 1974: My shy child
- 1975: The thoughts are with you
- 1986: Heart to heart
- 1986: Let go
- 1988: Girls of Brazil
- 1992: Get up and Party
- 1996: Exile
- 2008: Country Boy At Heart (Maxi-CD)
- 2009: Pretty Belinda - inflatable boat (with Tobee )
- 2010: Pretty Belinda - ski lift (with Tobee )
- 2010: Africa 2010
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Ruhrnachrichten from July 18, 2008
- ^ A b Joseph Murrells: The Book of Golden Discs: The Records That Sold a Million . 2nd Edition. Limp Edition, London 1978, ISBN 0-214-20512-6 , pp. 293 .
- ↑ Ruhr news from April 3, 2017
- ↑ Chart sources: DE AT UK US
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| SURNAME | Andrews, Chris |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Andrews, Christopher Frederick (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British songwriter and singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |