Kerry Chater - wikipedia Kerry Chater This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( December 2011 ) Kerry Chater Birth name Kerry Michael Chater ( 1945 - 08 - 07 ) August 7, 1945 ( age 72 ) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Genres Rock, pop, blues rock, blue - eyed soul, country, traditional pop Occupation ( s ) Musician, songwriter Instruments Bass Years active 1966 - present Associated acts Gary Puckett & The Union Gap Website www.chatersongs.com Kerry Michael Chater is a Canadian musician and songwriter. He is best known as a member of Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, but he has been a successful Nashville songwriter for many years. Contents 1 Musician 2 Songwriter 3 Hit songs 4 Personal life 5 Albums 6 See also 7 References Musician Chater was born on August 7, 1945 in Vancouver, British Columbia. A bass player, in 1966 he joined a band called `` The Outcasts '' with his friend Gary Puckett and others ; this eventually became The Union Gap, which was signed by Columbia Records in 1967. Over the next two years the band had 4 songs in the top 10. Chater did much of the arranging for the live shows, wrote or co-wrote some of the album cuts and b - sides, and on rare occasions did a shared lead vocal. Chater and Gary `` Mutha '' Withem, the original keyboardist, left the band in 1970 as its popularity was declining. Chater spent the next five years studying musical theater with Lehman Engel. Chater released two solo albums in the late 1970s : Part Time Love ( 1977 ) and Love on a Shoestring ( 1978 ) ; neither charted. Songwriter With veteran songwriter Charlie Black, Chater wrote `` I Know a Heartache When I See One '', which reached number 19 on the US and number 10 on the US country charts in 1979 for Jennifer Warnes. Chater has also written hits with Glen Ballard and Rory Bourke ( You Look So Good in Love ), singer Renee Armand ( What She Wants ), and his wife, Lynn Gillespie Chater ( I Meant to Do That, with Paul Brandt ). The song I.O.U., co-written with Austin Roberts, was a nominee for the 1984 Grammy Award for Best Country Song. Lee Greenwood 's performance of the song won him the Grammy for Best Performance by a Male Artist. Hit songs `` So Hard Livin ' Without You '' ( Chater / John Bettis ) - 1978 # 62 for the band Airwaves `` I Know a Heartache When I See One '' ( Chater / Charlie Black ) - 1979 # 19 US, # 10 country for Jennifer Warnes `` Love Knows We Tried '' ( Chater / Jan Crutchfield / Rory Bourke ) - 1980 # 40 country for Tanya Tucker `` Love on a Shoestring '' ( Chater / Douglas L.A. Foxworthy ) - 1980 # 55 Hot 100 for Captain and Tennille ; original by Chater on his album Love on a Shoestring ( 1978 ) Even a Fool Would Let Go ( Chater / Tom Snow ) - 1980 # 61 country hit for Charlie Rich ; many covers ( Want You ) Back in My Life Again ( Chater / Chris Christian ) - 1981 # 72 Hot 100, # 14 AC for The Carpenters I.O.U. ( Chater / Austin Roberts ) - 1983 # 6 country hit for Lee Greenwood ; nominee for 1984 Grammy for Best Country Song `` Stranger at My Door '' ( Chater / Rory Bourke / Charlie Black ) - 1983 # 45 country for Juice Newton You Look So Good in Love ( Chater / Glen Ballard / Rory Michael Bourke ) - 1983 # 1 country hit for George Strait You 're the First Time I 've Thought About Leaving ( Chater / Dickey Lee ) - 1983 # 1 country hit for Reba McEntire What She Wants ( Chater / Renee Armand ) - 1984 # 8 country hit for Michael Martin Murphey `` You 've Got a Soft Place to Fall '' ( Chater / Bob McDill / H. Moore ) - 1984 # 44 country for Kathy Mattea `` If Every Man Had a Woman Like You '' ( Chater / Ballard / Dahlstrom ) - 1984 # 39 country hit for The Osmonds If I Had You ( Chater / Danny `` Bear '' Mayo ) - 1989 # 1 country hit for Alabama `` Hey Mister ( I Need This Job ) '' ( Chater / Renee Armand ) - 1992 # 28 country for Shenandoah I Meant to Do That ( L.G. Chater / K. Chater / Paul Brandt ) - 1996 # 39 country ( # 1 Canadian country ) for Paul Brandt `` That 's the Way It Goes '' ( Chater / L.G. Chater / Cyril Rawson ) - 1996 # 19 Canadian AC for Anne Murray `` You Go First ( Do You Wanna Kiss ) '' ( Chater / L.G. Chater / Cyril Rawson ) - 1999 # 25 country for Jessica Andrews Personal life Married to Lynn Gillespie - Chater, songwriter and co-author of their novel series Kill Point. Kerry Chater 's mother was best selling regency romance author Elizabeth Chater. Son Kerry Chater Jr. is a guitarist, and son Christopher John Chater is a science fiction author. Albums Part Time Love ( 1977 ) Love on a Shoestring ( 1978 ) NOTE : Both were released on CD in 2014 by Real Gone Music. See also Music of Canada portal Music of Canada List of Canadian musicians References Jump up ^ Lassen, Kurt ( June 28, 1968 ). `` Under Twenty Interview : Union Gap Country 's Hottest Group ''. Google Search. The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 December 2011. Gary Puckett & The Union Gap Gary Puckett Kerry Chater Gary ' Mutha ' Withem Dwight Bement Paul Wheatbread Barry McCoy Richard Gabriel Studio albums Woman, Woman Young Girl Union Gap Incredible The New Gary Puckett and the Union Gap Album Compilations Gary Puckett & The Union Gap 's Greatest Hits 10 Greatest Hits Looking Glass : A Collection A Golden Classics Edition Gary Puckett and the Union Gap Super Hits The Best of Gary Puckett & the Union Gap Young Girl : The Best of Gary Puckett & the Union Gap Singles `` Woman, Woman '' `` Young Girl '' `` Lady Willpower '' `` Over You '' `` Do n't Give In to Him '' `` This Girl Is a Woman Now '' `` Let 's Give Adam and Eve Another Chance '' `` Keep the Customer Satisfied '' Related articles Jerry Fuller Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kerry_Chater&oldid=801869306 '' Categories : 1945 births Living people Canadian songwriters Canadian rock bass guitarists Hidden categories : BLP articles lacking sources from December 2011 All BLP articles lacking sources Articles with hCards All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from March 2017 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 22 September 2017, at 12 : 33. 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Question: who wrote i know a heartache when i see one
Answer: Charlie Black