CHESNEY HAWKES SINGER/SONGWRITER
	Chesney's career took off in 1991 when he stared in the film 'Buddy's Song' alongside Roger Daltrey & Michael Elphick. He played a young boy called 'Buddy Clark' who claws his way up the treacherous ladder of the pop world with the help of Terry his dad played by Roger Daltrey. Terry is a dodgy dealer who wants the best for his family but finds it had to toe the line. During the entire nineties, out of approximately 50,000 releases, only 13 of these spent more than 5 weeks at No.1. The other seven that make up the Top Twenty for the entire decade, all of which spent exactly 5 weeks at No.1 include the Fugees (Killing Me Softly), Cher (It's In His Kiss), Elton John (Sacrifice/Healing Hands), Queen (Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days Of Our Lives) and an 19 year old Chesney Hawkes with a song called 'The One and Only'. This made Chesney's record the twentieth most successful release of the entire decade. 1993 saw the return of Chesney with the release of his single "What's Wrong With This Picture?" shortly followed by the release of his album "Get the Picture". During the latter half of 2000, Chesney had been recording an album of his own new songs in London and Los Angeles with producer Charlton Pettus. A number of tracks have been mixed by Neil Dorfsman who has worked with Sting. Dire Straits and Paul McCartney. The single 'Stay Away Baby Jane', from these sessions was released on December 31st 2001 and entered the charts at 74. The video for this single was filmed in LA with director Rory Rooney. In March, Chesney embarked on a 'mini tour with his four piece band which, initially intended to take in five dates, but continued to be extended due to the overwhelming response that the performances of his new songs generated. Nottingham, Leeds, York, London, Norwich, Bristol, Bradford, Birmingham, and numerous college dates continuing to come in covering the new term up until Christmas. Chesney has combined touring with appearing on 'Top Ten Teen Idols' (Channel 4), Banzai (Channel 4) and "Question of Pop' (BBC1). Interviews in The Sunday Express and The Telegraph have centred on his writing and the tour, and his current media profile (the above plus Heat, loaded, ILR interviews and sharing a Sunday Express (not the above) centre spread with The Beatles and The Spice Girls is being watched by the media itself with Ally Ross in July congratulating Chesney on his ubiquity in his News of The World column. Chesney has worked with numerous writers and producers, amongst them Mark Goldberg who co-wrote The Eel's "Novocain For The Soul", Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne, Jesse Vellenswealla of The Gin Blossoms, and Counting Crows producer Marvin Etzioni. Other collaborators include Howard Jones, the Police's Stuart Copland, Nick Kershaw & Bijou Phillips.