Archive - Jack Hues

Born Jeremy Allan Ryder on December 10, 1954 in Gillingham, Kent, England. He has a younger brother named Mark, who is an artist. Jack also has a daughter, Violet, and two sons, Harry, and Jack Ryder (b. 21 Sep 1981). Jack Ryder was born in Woolwich in South London, and formerly appeared as the character "Jamie Mitchell" on the weekly BBC smash-hit soap opera series EastEnders in Great Britain and Australia.

Hues began listening early on to the Beatles, then Cream and Jimi Hendrix before being intrigued by the long-form tracks of groups like Yes and Genesis. His next music passion was classical, studying music for three years at London's Goldsmith College before going on to attend the Royal College of Music, studying composition and writing. While there, Jack met his friend (and future Huang Chung member) David Burnand (a.k.a. Hogg Robinson). After one year at the Royal College of Music, Jack left to persue his dreams.....

- Bmus, Goldsmiths College (1973).

- Post-graduate composition studies, Royal College of Music (1976).

- Formed 'Wang-Chung' with Nick Feldman and signed to Arista (1979-1982) then Geffen Records (1982-1990).

- 5 albums resulted in a number of hit singles, gold albums and tours in the US Europe and Australia (1982-1988).

- Wrote the soundtrack to 'To Live and Die in LA' (1985) and 'The Guardian' (1989) (both directed by William Friedkin).

- Signed to Columbia Records, co-produced solo album with Nick Davis (1991).

- Worked with Chris Hughes, The Definition of Sound, Tony Banks, Gene, Arkarna, Arturo, Mick Glossop, Kiki Dee, Sony, Universal and Warner Brothers as a producer, composer, arranger and performer and toured the US twice with Wang Chung (1997 and 2000).

- Formed ILLUMINATED with Sam Bailey (2002).

- New Wang Chung album in progress (2006).

At one point, Jack owned a beautiful tortoiseshell cat called Chloe. It should be mentioned that Jack doesn't smoke in order to keep his voice in top shape. Jack's favorite food is Italian and he has a weakness for avacados and a GOOD Avacado Vinaigrette. I've also heard he's sick of Chinese food (when they were on tour, the promoters used to ply them with it!). He also likes bungee jumping (or "base jumping"), art, reading, opera, and he listens to classical music before going on stage to get himself in the mood. Although classically trained, he prefers working in the "pop/rock" field because it allows more spontaniety.

Favorite Groups: Talking Heads, Prefab Sprout, Little Feat, Vienna Philharmonic, Huey Lewis, Joni Mitchell

Favorite Singers: Dietrich Fischer-Diskau (from Germany), Kenneth Riegel (Opera-Tenor), Jessye Norman (Opera)

Favorite Video: Talking Heads - "Once In A Lifetime"

Favorite Films: "Fanny & Alexander" (Swedish; 1982; 3 Hours, 17 Minutes - Ingmar Bergman's Oscar-winning study of life in a family, as seen through the eyes of two children in 1907 Sweden.), "Solaris" (a Tarkovsky film), "To Live and Die In L.A." (a William Friedkin film)

"My list of songs at long last... quite an interesting process, limiting oneself to a maximum two songs by any artist. I could have done a Top 40 of Schubert alone! In no particular order..."

01. "Des Fischers Liebesgluck" - Franz Schubert
02. "Hey Jude" - The Beatles
03. "Die Nebensonnen" - Franz Schubert
04. "Gimme Shelter" - The Rolling Stones
05. "Strawberry Fields Forever" - The Beatles
06. "Highway 61 Revisited" - Bob Dylan
07. "Schlafen" - Alban Berg
08. "As You Said" - Cream/Jack Bruce
09. "Don't Talk (put your head on my shoulder)" - The Beach Boys/Brian Wilson
10. "Unfinished Sympathy" - Massive Attack
11. "Take Me To The River" - Al Green
12. "Morgen" - Richard Strauss
13. "Jealous Guy" - John Lennon
14. "Long Distance Love" - Little Feat/Lowell George
15. "Ich hab' ein gluhend Messer" - Gustav Mahler
16. "Sign O The Times" - Prince
17. "Déjà vu" - CSN&Y/David Crosby
18. "Blue Million Miles" - Captain Beefheart
19. "Baltimore" - Randy Newman
20. "Voodoo Chile (slight return)" - Jimi Hendrix
21. "Auf einer Burg" - Robert Schumann
22. "Country Girl" - CSN&Y/Neil Young
23. "She Belongs To Me" - Bob Dylan
24. "Anyone Who Had A Heart" - Burt Bacharach
25. "Great Gig In The Sky" - Pink Floyd/Roger Waters
26. "Inner City Blues" - Marvin Gaye
27. "Can't Find My Way Home" - Blind Faith/Steve Winwood
28. "Heart Shaped Box" - Nirvana/Kurt Cobain
29. "Nobody's Fault But My Own" - Beck
30. "Unfaithful Servant" - The Band/Robbie Robertson
31. "Total Eclipse" - XTC/Andy Partridge
32. "Rock & Roll" - Led Zeppelin
33. "Supper's Ready" - Genesis
34. "Hissing Of Summer Lawns" - Joni Mitchell
35. "The Bewlay Brothers" - David Bowie
36. "One Mo' Gin" - D'Angelo
37. "Dancing In The Street" - Martha & The Vandellas/ Stevenson-Gaye-Hunter
38. "Mondestrucken" - Arnold Schoenberg
39. "Lullaby of Birdland" - Shearin/Foster as performed by Sarah Vaughan/Clifford Brown
40. "The Last Ride" - Todd Rundgren