Family While promoting "Hello World" on
The Golden Shot on 9 March 1969, he met the show's co-host Carol Dilworth, and married her later that year. Their relationship started poorly; Hawkes made an inane remark about Dilworth's mini-skirt, to which she responded by lecturing him on how popstars thought they could sleep with any women they wanted, and only agreed to a date several months later, following repeated phone calls to her from around the world, during the Tremeloes' hectic touring schedule. The pair have had three children, who are all in the music business: •
Chesney Hawkes, who topped the
UK Singles Chart in 1991 with "
The One and Only" and the Tremeloes, • Keely Hawkes, the lead singer of the California-based alternative rock band
Transister, who were active between 1995 and 1997, and included
Gary Clark, formerly of
Danny Wilson.
Allegations In December 2015, it was reported that Hawkes and Tremeloes associate Richard Westwood would stand trial for the April 1968
indecent assault of a fifteen-year-old girl at a hotel in
Chester. The trial caused Hawkes to have to cancel a tour of Australia with Brian Poole, and caused Chesney to be taunted at his concerts. In July 2016, it was reported that both parties had been acquitted after their accuser failed to enter evidence. In December 2015, while leaving
Chester Crown Court, both he and Richard Westwood were assaulted by an intoxicated photographer, who had to be restrained by their barrister. which caused him to shrink six inches after six vertebrae collapsed and require the use of a wheelchair, His cancer relapsed during his assault trial, during which time he also suffered from depression. In November 2021, Chesney announced that due to Chip struggling with his health, he would be deputising for him during the Tremeloes' nationwide tour. == Discography ==