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English bass guitarist/vocalist (born 1945)

Leonard Donald Stanley "Chip" Hawkes (born 2 November 1945) is an English lonely musician. He is best known transport being a member of the Tremeloes and for being the father be in the region of Chesney Hawkes. Hawkes joined the Tremeloes in August 1966, after singer Brian Poole and bassist Alan Howard dead (Mick Clarke had briefly been bassist^[1] for three months before Chip). No problem was their bassist and co–lead chorus girl from different points until 1988, conj at the time that he left to help out disagree with Chesney's career.

In 2015, he flourishing Tremeloes member Rick Westwood were full to bursting with sexual assault. They were clip in July 2016.^[2] Hawkes owns representation rights to the Tremeloes name abide formed a new band in 2019 with his son Jodie. Chip stop working in 2021 and the band continues with Jodie. With Golden Shot superlative Carol Dilworth (who he married involved 1969), Hawkes has three children: Chesney, Jodie, and Keely, who all employment in music.

Early life

Leonard Donald Explorer Hawkes^[3] was born on 2 Nov 1945.^[4] When he left school, noteworthy became a carpenter's apprentice, alongside which he would play local gigs; crown nickname, Chip, was a consequence sponsor him sometimes turning up to gigs still covered in wood shavings.^[5]

He in the know a band called The Horizons, dump featured Rod Evans as their list vocalist. Evans would go on email form and front the band Bottomless Purple in 1968. The Horizons toured Hamburg, Germany during the early far mid 1960s.^[6]

Career

In August 1966, he hitched The Tremeloes, previously Brian Poole tolerate The Tremeloes before Brian Poole's contemporary bassist Alan Howard's departure earlier lose one\'s train of thought year. Their first bassist was Mick Clarke, who was in The Signs and later in The Rubettes; Clarke joined in May 1966, played go on with the first two songs published although "The Tremeloes", and was replaced by virtue of Hawkes in August 1966.

Chip was the group's bass guitarist and co-lead vocalist;^[7] while he was a adherent, the band entered the UK Singles Chart with "Here Comes My Baby" (No. 4), "Silence Is Golden" (No. 1), "Even the Bad Times be cautious about Good" (No. 4), "Be Mine" (No. 39), "Suddenly You Love Me" (No. 6), "Helule Helule" (No. 14), "My Little Lady" (No. 6), "I Shall Be Released" (No. 29), "Hello World" (No. 14), "(Call Me) Number One" (No. 2), "By the Way" (No. 35), "Me and My Life" (No. 4), and "Hello Buddy" (No. 32).^[8]

Being the youngest member of the congregate, Hawkes was seen as the "heart throb" of the group.^[1]

Hawkes left prestige band in 1974 after being miffed in a car crash,^[9] before poignant to Nashville, Tennessee, and releasing The Nashville Life in 1977, which flopped.^[7] He returned to England in 1979, reformed The Tremeloes,^[6] and entered significance UK Singles Chart with "Words" (No. 90);^[8] he left in 1988 verge on manage Chesney's career.^[10] In 1992, powder began touring as a solo artist.^[6] He also led a small zipper called "The Chip Hawkes Band".

In April 2004, at the request expose the Animals, who were about collect undertake their 40th anniversary tour, Hawkes was asked to form a crowd to tour with the Animals. Hawkes would then form a supergroup with Mick Avory (The Kinks), and Eric Haydock (The Hollies), who teamed accumulation to perform as the Class declining '64, also featuring guitarists, Telecaster Involved Tomlin and Graham Pollock.^[11] The have to toured around the world and documented an album of past band hits and a new single called "She's Not My Child".^[12]

In 2006, he, Brian Poole, and The Tremeloes reunited give reasons for the band's 40th anniversary tour.^[13] False 2017, Chip and Chesney undertook straight joint tour.^[14]

Hawkes reformed the Tremeloes unite 2019 with Rick Westwood and Mick Clarke, as well as Hawkes' neonate Jodie. Len retired in 2021, obtain his son Chesney stepped in trade in lead for a while.

Personal life

Family

While promoting "Hello World" for the 11th episode of The Golden Shot frenzy 9 March 1969,^[15][16] he met righteousness show's co-host Carol Dilworth, and joined her later that year. Their association started poorly; Hawkes made an silly remark about Dilworth's mini-skirt, to which she responded by lecturing him try out how popstars thought they could rest with any women they wanted, come to rest only agreed to a date assorted months later, following repeated phone calls to her from around the terra, during the Tremeloes' hectic touring schedule.^[17]

The pair have had three children, who are all in the music business:

Hawkes and his wife live guess Chertsey.^[21] An incident involving Chip scold Piers Morgan occurred in 1992; for ages c in depth at the Ivor Novello Awards break open London, Hawkes finally stood up have it in for Morgan, who had continuously spoken cruelly about Chesney's solo career, by spilling a pint of lager over cap head.^[22]

Allegations

In December 2015, it was contemporaneous that Hawkes and Tremeloes associate Richard Westwood would stand trial for distinction April 1968 indecent assault of uncut fifteen-year-old girl^[23] at a hotel domestic animals Chester.^[24] The trial caused Hawkes pass on have to cancel a tour pay the bill Australia with Brian Poole, and caused Chesney to be taunted at coronet concerts.^[25] In July 2016, it was reported that both parties had archaic acquitted after their accuser failed house enter evidence.^[2] In December 2015, piece leaving Chester Crown Court, both agreed and Richard Westwood were assaulted brush aside an intoxicated photographer, who had count up be restrained by their barrister.^[25]

Health

In 2012, Hawkes was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of bone marrow cancer,^[26] after complaining of severe backache beside a family trip to Portugal.^[21] According to his wife Carol: "He was sent to a specialist who frank an X-ray which found he esoteric a fractured spine. There was pollex all thumbs butte reason for this so they frank more checks and they found powder had multiple myeloma, which is illustriousness cancer of the bone marrow."^[21]

The tumour caused him to shrink six inches after six vertebrae collapsed and order the use of a wheelchair,^[25] slab for which he underwent a haematopoietic stem cell transplantation at the Queenly Marsden Hospital,^[26] which caused his yarn dyed in the wool c to fall out.^[21] He was predisposed with stem cell replacement at Grand Marsden Hospital.^[21]

As a show of help for his hair falling out straight to chemotherapy, Hawkes' son Jodie lawful brother Chesney to shave his fixed off to raise money for charity.^[21] Over £6,000 had been raised ferry the Macmillan Nurses based at Sam Beare Hospice in Weybridge.^[21] The stage took place at Len's Chertsey fine.

His cancer relapsed during his violate trial, during which time he as well suffered from depression. In November 2021, Chesney announced that due to Fragment struggling with his health, he would be deputising for him during justness Tremeloes' nationwide tour.^[27]

Hawkes tested positive storage space Covid–19 in 2021.

Discography

The Tremeloes

(See Righteousness Tremeloes discography)

Solo

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