Early career and songwriting When Andrews was in his mid teens, he had formed his own group, Chris Ravel and the Ravers. One of the records made by the Ravers, which according to Andrews probably only sold around five copies, is said to have been purchased by
Bill Wyman of
The Rolling Stones. On 14 March 1959, he made his British television debut, performing on the
Oh, Boy! show. He would later return in April to perform a cover of
Cliff Richard's, "
Move It". For
Adam Faith, Andrews wrote "The First Time" which peaked in Germany at number one for four weeks; followed up with a no. 13 hit in the UK "To Whom It Concerns". Later releases by Andrews were not as successful, but his own hits are seen as early examples of
bluebeat influenced white pop music. Although his chart appearances dwindled in Britain by 1966, his chart topping success continued in mainland Europe for a number of years, particularly in Germany, and Andrews often
recorded in foreign
languages. with "
Pretty Belinda" (1969) and the 1970 45s "Carol OK" and "Brown Eyes" all topping the charts there. "Yo Yo" reached no. 7 at the end of 1970. Throughout the 70s and 80s, Andrews worked mainly as a record producer. Those same four songs all went to number one in
Zimbabwe, where surprisingly, Andrews had the most number one singles in any country. Between 2009 and 2013, he released three songs in collaboration with Tobee. These include "Pretty Belinda – Schlauchboot" (2009), "Pretty Belinda – Skilift" (2010) and "
White Christmas" (2013). "Pretty Belinda – Schlauchboot" went to 58 on German charts, marking the first time he was on any music chart since 1970 with "Yo Yo". Andrews remains active in his career as a singer-songwriter, working primarily in Germany, continental Europe and in the United Kingdom. == Personal life ==