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Podcast: The Jigme Kelsang Show
Episode: Andy Kim l Canadian Pop Rock Singer-Songwriter
Description: Montreal, Quebec native Andrew Youakim tried his hand in the music business with just forty dollars in his pocket. He worked numerous jobs, and continuously recorded demos, before convincing music producer and songwriter Jeff Barry to give him a break.
Andy then recorded his debut single “How’d We Ever Get This Way” for the label Steed in April of 1968, becoming a top 20 radio hit in Canada and the US. From that point on Kim looked full steam ahead, taking home the top male vocalist of the year at the 1968 Juno’s, co-wrote “Sugar Sugar” for...