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Use Canadian English|date=October 2011Infobox musical artist | name = Andy Kim| caption =| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Andrew Youakim| birth_date = 5 December 1946 (most probably) or 1952|birth_place = Montreal , Quebec , Canada | instrument =| genre = Pop-rock | occupation = Singer, songwriter| years_active = 1968–present| associated_acts =| website = http://www.andykimmusic.com/ www.andykimmusic.com Andrew Youakim , performing as Andy Kim , is a Lebanese Canadians|Lebanese Canadian pop rock singer and songwriter. He grew up in Montreal , Quebec in Canada. Kim is known for a number of hit record|hit singles that he released in the late 1960s and early 1970s such as " Rock Me Gently (Andy Kim song)|Rock Me Gently ", which topped the US singles charts. In 1968, he co-wrote " Sugar, Sugar " for The Archies . The song was No. 1 for four weeks and in 1969 was certified "Record of the Year" by the RIAA .
Kim has also recorded under the stage name Baron Longfellow since the mid 1980scite web|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p25256|pure_url=yes|title=Andy Kim|accessdate=30 October 2009|first=John|last=Bush|publisher=AllmusicCite book|title=The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits|author= Fred Bronson |year=2003|ISBN=0-8230-7677-6|publisher= Billboard Books |page=377|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=PgGqNrqfrsoC& pg=PT386& dq=%22andy+kim%22#v=onepage& q=& f=false or just as Longfellow in the early 1990s.
Life and career
Andy Kim was born in Montreal, Quebec. The date of his birth has been reported variably as either 5 December 1946 as cited by VH1 , United Press International , and Rolling Stone ,cite news | url= http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2002/12/05/Today-in-Music-a-look-back-at-pop-music/UPI-53001039073400/ | publisher=United Press International | date= | accessdate=31 October 2009 | title=Today in Music: a look back at pop musiccite web| url= http://www.vh1.com/news/rock_clock/12_5/index.jhtml | title=Today in Music: December& nbsp;5 | publisher= VH1 | accessdate=31 October 2009Cite book|title=The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll|author1=Holly George-Warren|author2=Patricia Romanowski|author3=Jon Pareles|ISBN=978-0-7432-0120-9|page=25|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=9lYYAAAAIAAJ& q=%22andy+kim%22& dq=%22andy+kim%22& lr= or 5 December 1952 as cited by the Allmusic and Billboard Books . Various published interviews with Kim from the mid-1970s support the 1946 dating,cite news|url= http://news.google.com/newspapers? id=ZaUSAAAAIBAJ& sjid=VPcDAAAAIBAJ& pg=2254,4808860& dq=andy-kim|title= Andy Kim returns with smash hit|publisher= |work= The Bulletin|date= 21 September 1974|accessdate= 16 October 2011|cite news|url= http://news.google.com/newspapers? id=HeMLAAAAIBAJ& sjid=JlgDAAAAIBAJ& pg=5253,1907995& dq=andy-kim|title= Scene Action|publisher= |work= Evening Independent|date= 21 September 1974|accessdate= 16 October 2011 while Kim's current biography on his official website offers no specific year of birth.
He is the third of four sons of Lebanese people|Lebanese Immigration to Canada|immigrants . He moved to New York at age 16 to pursue a career in music.
In 1968 under the new stage name Andy Kim, he released the single (music)|single " How'd We Ever Get This Way? " on the Steed Records|Steed record label|label . He used the different last name as a way to obscure his Lebanese people|Lebanese ethnic ancestry.Cite book|ISBN=978-0-922915-69-9|page=44|year=2001|title=Bubblegum Music Is the Naked Truth|author1=Kim Cooper|author2=David Smay "How'd We Ever Get This Way? " just missed the United States|U.S. Top 20.
Still in 1968, with Jeff Barry , Kim co-wrote " Sugar, Sugar " which was a hit single for The Archies ,cite web|author=Darryl Sterdan, Qmi Agency |url= http://www.edmontonsun.com/entertainment/music/2010/04/09/13528361.html |title=Andy Kim back with new album & #124; Music & #124; Entertainment |publisher=Edmonton Sun |date=9 April 2010 |accessdate=16 October 2011 reaching Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1969 (US)|No. 1 on the United States|U.S. Billboard Hot 100 record chart|chart and ultimately becoming the RIAA Record of the Year. Kim/Barry wrote more songs for the Archies, and also for Changes (The Monkees album)|Changes , by The Monkees in 1970, which Barry record producer|produced .
In 1969, Kim had two chart-topper|hit singles, " Rainbow Ride ," which made the US Top 50, and " Baby, I Love You ," which got to #9 and was popular enough in Canada to earn him a Gold Leaf Awards of 1970|Gold Leaf (Juno) Award in 1970 as his country's Juno Award for Artist of the Year|Best Male Vocalist . "Baby, I Love You" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a music recording sales certification|gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in October 1969.Cite book| first= Joseph| last= Murrells| year= 1978| title= The Book of Golden Discs| edition= 2nd| publisher=Barrie and Jenkins Ltd| location= London| page= 262 & 346| isbn= 0-214-20512-6
Over the next few years, Kim sound recording and reproduction|recorded a few minor hits (such as " Be My Baby " in late 1970) and toured North America extensively. In the spring of 1974, he released the self-penned " Rock Me Gently (Andy Kim song)|Rock Me Gently ", which went to Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1974|#1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and rose to #2 on the UK Singles Chart .cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 301 "Rock Me Gently" sold three million copies globally, earning Kim his second gold disc.
Kim had shied away from touring for years before then, when he was working with the Steed Records|Steed record label|label . He has said that he had created a persona in his music in the vein of a white people|white blond hair|blond surfer and that fans were shocked to see his dark skin color and appearance. As well, he had altered his voice on his earlier records to sound younger.
By the end of 1976, Kim stopped recording and disappeared from public life. He returned under the stage name 'Baron Longfellow' with a self-titled album Baron Longfellow in 1980 and, also under the same pseudonym, in 1984 released Prisoner by Design . Both of these albums met with moderate success. In 1991, Kim again went by the name 'Longfellow' and recorded the single "Powerdrive", which received airplay (radio)|radio airplay on several radio stations across Canada.
In 1995, Kim played at the Kumbaya Festival at which the Barenaked Ladies were also performing. Nearly a decade later, the band's Ed Robertson convinced Kim to come out of retirement.cite web|author=Mary Dickie |url= http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/K/Kim_Andy/2005/11/29/pf-1328766.html |title=Andy Kim gets into the holiday spirit |publisher=Jam.canoe.ca |date=29 November 2005 |accessdate=16 October 20112006 Andy Kim Christmas Show, as aired on Mix 99.9 Robertson co-wrote the song "I Forgot to Mention" with him and offered to produce the track. The single was released on a 5-track EP in 2004 which included a re-recording of "Powerdrive".
In March 2005, Kim received the annual "Indie Award" for Favorite Solo Artist during Canadian Music Week. The music video for "Love Is...", released in the summer of 2005, reached #1 at Bravo.ca. In 2005, he co-wrote "What Ever Happened to Christmas" with Ron Sexsmith . The same year, he established the Andy Kim Christmas Show – a live concert at the Mod Club in Toronto in which a variety of artists were invited to perform mostly Christmas music. Kim's band acted as house band for the artists, who donated their time for the show. Proceeds were donated to the CHUM/CITY Christmas Wish. The show repeated in 2006, with a similar lineup. Proceeds from the show went to support the Children's Aid Foundation, and the edited show was aired on Mix 99.9 on Christmas Eve and Day.
More recently, Kim's music has again come into the public eye, as "Rock Me Gently" was sped up slightly and used by Jeep for their Jeep Liberty commercial ("Pouring In"). His name can be seen on the radio display near the beginning of the commercial.cite news | url= http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20071105-9999-lz1c5grant.html | title=Lee Grant's Outtakes |work= The San Diego Union-Tribune | first=Lee | last=Grant | date=5 November 2007 | accessdate=31 October 2009 cite web| url= http://www.cutwatersf.com/ | title=Jeep Liberty – Pouring In | publisher=Cutwater (advertising agency) | accessdate=31 October 2009 From menu, select Work --> Jeep to TV ad.
In 2009 Andy Kim was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.
In March 2010, E1 Music Canada released Happen Again , Kim's first album in over 20 years.cite news | url= http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx? e=2528403& auth=DARRYL%20STERDAN,%20QMI%20AGENCY | title=Andy Kim making it happen | first=Darryl | last=Sterdan | newspaper= The Recorder and Times | location= Brockville | date=11 April 2010 | accessdate=4 November 2010 'Happen Again' is set for release in the United States on 5 April 2011.
2010: "Happen Again" (Single released to radio 2 February 2010 in Canada)
See also
Portal|Music of Canada
Canadian rock
Music of Canada
References
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External links
http://www.andykimmusic.com/ Official website
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