Christopher Andrews
Chris Andrews
Chris Andrews was born on 15th October 1942 in Romford, United Kingdom. Chris started his career in music in his early teens, forming his group and playing Soho venues such as The 2i's Coffee Bar. In 1959 Chris had his television debut on the ‘Oh, Boy!’ show, to which he returned and performed a cover of Cliff Richard's "Move It".
As a songwriter Chris wrote "The First Time" for Adam Faith which reached number 5 in 1963. He followed this up writing a string of hits for Sandie Shaw including "Girl Don't Come" (Number 3, 1964/65), "I'll Stop at Nothing" ( Number 4, 1965), "Message Understood" (Number 6, 1965) and "Long Live Love" which made it to Number 1 in the UK in 1965. Chris had his own chart success in 1965 reaching number 3 in the UK and Number 1 in Ireland and Germany with "Yesterday Man". "To Whom it Concerns" made number 13 in the UK and the instrumental section of To Whom It Concerns was used by The Late, Late Show for a number of years.
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By 1966 his chart appearances began to dwindle in the UK but he continued his success in Europe, particularly in Germany, often writing songs in foreign languages. His own songs were seen as early examples of reggae influencing white pop music.
Chris is still active in the music industry today and works in both the UK and mainland Europe.
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