Chesney Hawkes: After The One And Only, fame chewed me up and spat me out

• My dad Chip used to say that I came out of the womb singing. Because he was in the band The Tremeloes, we had guitars in every corner of the house and all his friends were 1960s superstars like Gerry Marsden from Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Searchers, Herman’s Hermits, and Marmalade. My parents were always throwing parties – it was a very rock ‘n’ roll and liberal upbringing. I guess I was never going to be an accountant!