Chad Stuart

David Stuart Chadwick (10 December 1941 – 20 December 2020), better known by his stage name Chad Stuart, was an English musician. He was one half of the duo Chad & Jeremy.

Stuart has writing credits on four of the 11 Chad & Jeremy songs which entered the U.S. Hot 100. Stuart has sole credit for the duo's first hit, "Yesterday's Gone" (their only hit in the UK), and credits on "You Are She" (Stuart/Clyde), and "A Summer Song" (Stuart/Metcalfe/Noble), and "What Do You Want With Me" (Stuart/Clyde).

Early life

Stuart was born on 10 December 1941 in Windermere, Westmorland, a town in the North West of England. His father, Frank Chadwick, was a foreman in the lumber industry and his mother, Frieda Chadwick (née Bedford), was a nurse. At five, Stuart's family moved to Hartlepool in the North East of England when his father's job was transferred.

At 10, Stuart was recognized for his musical talent and earned a scholarship to attend the Durham Cathedral Chorister School.

On 20 December 2020, Stuart died of pneumonia following a fall.

Personal life Stuart was called Chad as a teenager and in 1964 legally changed his name.

Stuart has several children and step-children. One of Stuart's sons, from his first marriage, is American television, film, and voice actor James Patrick Stuart.

Stuart later settled in the state of Idaho in the northwestern U.S.A.

Stuart supported and donated to Habitat for Humanity, the Humane Society, Horse Rescue, and other benefits.

Partial discography

With Chad & Jeremy Yesterday's Gone (July 1964) Chad & Jeremy Sing for You (January 1965) Before and After (1965) I Don't Want to Lose You Baby (1965) Second Album (1966) Distant Shores (1966) Of Cabbages and Kings (1967) The Ark (1968) 3 in the Attic (1968) Chad Stuart & Jeremy Clyde (1983) In Concert (The Official Bootleg) (2002) Ark-eology (2008) Fifty Years On (2010) Rien ne va Plus (2013)

Solo "The Cruel War"/"I Can't Talk to You" (Chad & Jill single, 1966) Don't Argue with an Elephant (2010) Chad Stuart and the KGB (2013)

As producer (List may be incomplete)