Leonard Donald Stanley "Chip" Hawkes (born 2 November 1945) is an English retired musician.

Hawkes joined the Tremeloes in August 1966, after singer Brian Poole and bassist Alan Howard departed.

With Golden Shot model Carol Dilworth (whom he married in 1969), Hawkes has three children: Chesney, Jodie and Keely, who all work in music.

[5] He formed a band called The Horizons, which featured Rod Evans as lead vocalist.

[7] He returned to England in 1979, reformed The Tremeloes,[6] and entered the UK Singles Chart with "Words" (No.

Hawkes would then form a supergroup including Mick Avory (The Kinks), and Eric Haydock (The Hollies), who teamed up to perform as the Class of '64, also featuring guitarists, Telecaster Ted Tomlin and Graham Pollock.

While promoting "Hello World" for the eleventh episode of The Golden Shot on 9 March 1969,[15][16] 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.

[21] An incident involving Chip and Piers Morgan occurred in 1992: while at the Ivor Novello Awards in London, Hawkes finally stood up to Morgan, who had continuously spoken badly about Chesney's solo career, by spilling a pint of lager over his head.

[22] 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[23] at a hotel in Chester.

[2] 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.

[25] In 2012, Hawkes was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of bone marrow cancer,[26] after complaining of severe backache during a family trip to Portugal.

In November 2021 Chesney announced that due to Chip struggling with his health he would be deputising for him during the Tremeloes' nationwide tour.