Chesney Hawkes

British teen heartthrob Chesney Hawkes scored one of the U.K.'s biggest hits in 1991 -- the pop single "I Am the One and Only," which topped the charts for five straight weeks -- only to vanish as quickly as he had arrived. Born on September 22, 1971, Hawkes had the right pedigree for show business. His father, Len "Chip" Hawkes, played bass for the Tremeloes, a ‘60s U.K. outfit that narrowly missed the Top Ten in the States with their cover of "Silence Is Golden," while his mother, Carol Hawkes, was a British television hostess and actress. With a wealth of industry connectio...