Jules Shear

Jules Mark Shear is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Pittsburgh in 1952. Although he has had only one minor hit as a performer ("Steady", which reached number 57 on the US charts in 1985), he has recorded almost 20 albums to date. He made his first appearance on vinyl with The Funky Kings; he also led the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful pop group, Jules and the Polar Bears, along with later groups The Reckless Sleepers and Raisins in the Sun. He also conceived (and hosted the first 13 episodes of) the MTV series Unplugged.