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Chad & Jeremy
12+ albums
60sbritisholdiesclassic rockpop
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Chad & Jeremy was an English musical duo consisting of Chad Stuart (born in Windemere on 10 December 1941; died 20 December 2020) and Jeremy Clyde (born in Buckinghamshire on 22 March 1941). The duo began in 1962 and had its first hit song in the UK with "Yesterday's Gone". That song became a hit in the United States in the following year as part of the 'British Invasion'. The duo subsequently had a string of hits in the US, 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 initially 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. After another long period of separation, in the early 2000s Chad & Jeremy began performing again and developed a semi-regular schedule of touring for many years. The duo finally split when Stuart retired in 2016. Clyde continues to tour and record as a solo artist. Of the many British Invasion acts that stormed the charts in the wake of the Beatles, Chad & Jeremy possessed a subtlety and sophistication unmatched among their contemporaries, essentially creating the template for the kind of lush, sensitive folk-pop embraced by followers from Nick Drake to Belle & Sebastian. The pair met while attending London's Central School of Speech and Drama. The two became fast friends, and after Stuart taught Clyde to play guitar, they
