Andy Kim
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Andy Kim, born Andre Youakim, December 5, 1952 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is a pop singer/songwriter.
Youakim left home for New York City at the age of fifteen to pursue a career in music. His stay was short-lived, but back home he worked on his music and in 1968 under the stage name Andy Kim, released the single "How'd We Ever Get This Way?" on the Steed label. That record made the U.S. top twenty. In 1969, Andy had two hit singles, "Rainbow Ride," which made it into the U.S. top twenty, and "Baby, I Love You," which made it to No. 5 and was popular enough in Canada to earn him a Juno Award as his country's "Top Male Vocalist." That same year, with Jeff Barry, Andy co-wrote "Sugar, Sugar" which was a hit single for The Archies, reaching No. 1 on the U.S. pop music charts and ultimately becoming the RIAA Record of the Year.
For the next few years, Andy Kim recorded a few minor hits and toured North America extensively. In September of 1974, he had a No.1 hit single on the American charts with "Rock Me Gently," which is often mistaken to be a Neil Diamond song.
By the end of 1976, Andy Kim stopped recording and disappeared from public life. He returned under the stage name "Baron Longfellow" with a self-titled album 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 went by the name "Longfellow" and recorded the single Powerdrive which received airplay on several radio stations across Canada. The single was re-recorded in 2004 and featured on the I Forgot to Mention CD.
Andy Kim released a new CD/EP on October 19, 2004 called I Forgot to Mention. The release of a music video in the summer of 2005 to "Love Is..." has reached #1 at Bravo.ca.
Andy Kim received the honor of becoming Favorite Solo Artist of the Year (2005) during Canadian Music Week in March, 2005.
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