b. 1929 in Sturgis, Saskatchewan as Adam Edward Semeniuk

After leaving home in his late teens, Adams worked around Sturgis and occasionally played at social functions like weddings and dances before relocating to Toronto in 1952 -- it was at a day job in a restaurant that he was first affectionately known as 'Chef'.

He fronted the Country Rhythm Kings in 1953, signed with Quality Records and released his first single "Now That You're Gone" in 1956. Following a follow-up single, "Marilyn Bell Has Done It Again", Adams quit the label over a musical direction issue.

The '60's saw Adams form a duo with Yvonne Terry (in 1963-1964) and in 1968 had formed another band in which he fronted called Chef Adams And The Adams Boys who toured into the early 1970's. His recording career lasted until the 1970's and he has long since retired from the music business.

With notes from Randy Semenak



Singles
1956 Now That You're Gone (Quality)
1957 Marilyn Bell Has Done It Again (Quality)
1964 We Asked For A Heartbreak
1968 Destroy Me (Marathon)
1969 If She Could See Me Now/Wheel Chair (Marathon)
1975 My First Complete Memory Free Day (Boot)
1979 It's All Gone

Albums
1959 Songs For Country Lovers (Town & Country)
1961 Songs For Country Lovers [re-issue] (Canatel)
1964 Show Stompers
1968 Chef Adams And The Country Boys And Jenny Reeves (Marathon)
1971 Singer/Songwriter
1972 Rose Garden [with Alice Petrie]
1973 I Never Knew Her Name
1975 Does The Sunshine Still Remember (Boot) BO-57162





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