Jules Shear

Jules Shear is an American singer and songwriter born in Pittsburgh in 1952. Although he has had no hits as a performer, he recorded 8 solo albums between 1983 and 2004, after leaving the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful pop group, Jules and the Polar Bears, who recorded Got No Breeding in 1978 and Fenetiks in 1979.

His songs have been more commercially successful in the hands of other artists, notably Cyndi Lauper, whose recording of "All Through the Night" reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984, and The Bangles, whose recording of "If She Knew What She Wants" reached number 29 in 1986.

He hosted the first 13 episodes of the MTV series Unplugged.