In 1962 Chip (Len) Hawkes began with what would become an amazing music career. During a German tour with another band, the Tremeloes asked him to join their band as Bassist, songwriter and leadsinger. The Trems had many hits. To name a few: Here comes my baby, Silence is golden, Suddenly you love me, Even the bad times are good and not to forget Chip's self penned song "Call me number One" in 1969. Still well-known and still to be heard at many gigs and festivals in the 60s and 70s circuit.

The Tremeloes toured extensively with the Beatles, the Rollingstones, the Who, the Hollies, the Kinks and many more. Then in 1974 the band split up and Chip Hawkes went to America for a few years to write a couple of albums. After his return to the UK, in 1979, he reformed the Tremeloes because there was still a huge request for this band. The band played and toured all over the world again.

In 1988 they called it a day and Chip concentrated purely on his son Chesney's career. Chesney Hawkes got a worldwide number one hit with"The One and Only" in 1991 and got a lead part in a movie alongside Roger Daltrey.
In 1992 the charming and successful Chip Hawkes returned in the music scene to perform again.