FORMER Tremeloes singer Chip Hawkes brings his group Class of 64 to Northwich Memorial Hall in Chesterway on Friday, December 7.

The band performs an extraordinary set of some of the greatest 60s music, including Tremeloes hits Silence is Golden, Here Comes My Baby and Even The Bad Times Are Good.

They also play hits by other acts such as The Kinks, The Hollies and Smokie.

Father to 1990s pop star Chesney Hawkes - famous for topping the charts with The One And Only, which ironically was his one and only hit - Chip left the Tremeloes in 1988 to put all his efforts into managing his son's career.

That paid off when Chesney had his monster 1991 hit.

But he missed performing and the following years he was back on the road as a solo artist before forming the Class of 64.

The band started its journey in 2004 as special guests on the 40th anniversary tour of The Animals, when Chip Hawkes was asked to put a band together as an opening act for the shows.

Former Kinks drummer and bassist Mick Avory and Eric Haydock, also a founder member of the Hollies, joined up with Chip Hawkes, the voice and songwriter of The Tremeloes, to embark on an amazing voyage of rock and roll.

Ted Tomlin and Graham Pollock joined the group, which was named the Class of 64 because Chip, Mick, and Eric first met in that year.

When Eric left the band due to legal reasons. and Graham quit to join Herman's Hermits, Chip recruited new members Alan Lovell, Pete Spencer and Micky Clarke.

Tickets, priced £16.50, can be booked by calling John Bayley on 01606 833 343.