Chad the willow is not the only one weeping for you. Thank you and Jeremy both for the years of phenomenal music that like yourself will never be forgotten. RIP 12/20/20
Chad Stuart, of the English singing duo of Chad & Jeremy, died on December 20th, 2020 at his home in Hailey, Idaho of pneumonia. He was 79 years old... Between 1963 and 1966 the duo had eleven records on Billboard's Top 100 chart, one made the Top 10, "A Summer Song", it peaked at #7 {for 2 weeks} in October of 1964... They had two Top 20 records, "Willow Weep For Me" {#15 in 1964} and "Before and After" {#17 in 1965}... Surprisingly, they had only one charted record in their native England, "Yesterday's Gone", it reached #37 in 1963... May Mr. Stuart R.I.P. Note: Their above performance is from the November 28th, 1964 episode of 'American Bandstand'...
Such a truly beautiful song. Beautifully sung, beautifully orchestrated and with its own unique kind of dreamlike sadness. How did we descend from that kind of beauty in song to the chaos and superficiality we have now.
In 1964 when, the British invasion began. The Beatles started the great era. The Rolling Stones, Herman Hermits. Peter and Gordon. Chad and Jeremy. 64 was one of best years of my life. I was going on 15 the summer of 64 going through changes. The fact of the matter people at time., the baby boomers we left child hood and was turning to young Gentlemen. Going up conservative. Like Happy Days. Then the drug culture. That what I couldn't understand why. I had friend O D wow I kept my distance from the dangerous. Like today Heroin leave that stuff alone it will mess you up. It will destroy your life.
I was listening to our local Oldies station and they played this song, and I was thrown back into the past and how much I enjoyed their music. So when I got home I came to You Tube and looked up their songs!!! First comment I saw though was that Chad had passed away and that made me sad. He's making beautiful music in Heaven!
I was too young to understand this sound it was rough but the white man's blues. At 7 I heard Hendrix, Joplin, guess who, Aretha Franklin, al green, and the sound of the animals. The bank stole it after 50 years. May your children suffer the same pain.
Great musicican s & singers.Cahd & Jeremy even did a cover of the Rogers & Hammerstein song"If I Loved You".God bless them & the sweet Memories which they made.BEautiful Memories to cherish in these conflicted,troubled times here in America,sad to say.
"Another lip-sync performance. Really nice song, but seen form the perspective of today, it's just the studio version that we have totally preserved on several albums. Wouldn't it be a richer world if we could have had their live performance of it on this show?" Network executives never believed in taking chances.
I saw Chad & Jeremy at Hollywood Bowl summer 1966. They were one of many opening bands for The Beach Boys who were headlining. They sounded great and sang a few of their big hits.
I liked their songs. Should have performed alone. I did not like their production. Who ever did the strings and horn did a poor job. Also, the mixes were bad.
Another lip-sync performance. Really nice song, but seen form the perspective of today, it's just the studio version that we have totally preserved on several albums. Wouldn't it be a richer world if we could have had their live performance of it on this show?
