Kimberley Rew

Kimberley Rew is a British rock and roll singer-songwriter. He is best known as the founder of Katrina and the Waves and was also guitarist in the Soft Boys from 1978 to 1980. Two of his best known compositions, both written for Katrina and the Waves, are Walking on Sunshine and Going Down to Liverpool. Another is Love Shine a Light, which he originally wrote as an anthem for the Samaritans, but which ended up being performed by Katrina and the Waves as the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, and took the country to its first victory in the contest since 1981. He subsequently penned songs that reached the final of the Song for Europe, the UK's national selection for Eurovision, on two further occasions, but ultimately missed out both times.

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Rock and roll - Singer-songwriter - Katrina and the Waves - Soft Boys - 1978 - 1980 - United Kingdom - Eurovision Song Contest 1997 - 1981

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