Nik Kershaw


 
 

Nik Kershaw is a UK singer-songwriter, popular during the 1980s.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Born Nicholas David Kershaw in Bristol, England on March 1, 1958, (although bought up in Ipswich) Nik played guitar and sang in a number of underground bands before deciding on a career as a songwriter. However, he ended up performing his own songs rather than giving them to others, and signed a deal with MCA Records in 1983, which spawned a debut single, I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me, which just missed out on the UK Top 40. At the beginning of 1984, however, he made his breakthrough when Wouldn't It Be Good, featuring a video of Kershaw as a chromakey-suited alien, reached Number 4 in the UK charts. He enjoyed three more Top 20 hits from debut album Human Racing, including the title track and a successful re-issue of his debut single, which ultimately proved his biggest hit as a performer when it got to Number 2 in the UK.


 

UK: REDIRECT United Kingdom...

Singer-songwriter: The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material....

Bristol: :This article is about the English city of Bristol. For other uses please see Bristol (disambiguation)....


Nik Kershaw related Images and Photos (experimental)

Clayton Kershaw 2010
Clayton Kershaw 2010
The Battle of Fredericksburg: Cobb's and Kershaw's Men Behind the Stone Wall
The Battle of Fredericksburg: Cobb's and Kershaw's Men Behind the Stone Wall

~ Table of Content ~

Introduction
History
Discography
External links
 


 

~ Related Subjects ~

MCA (1) - Songwriter (1) - Guitar (1) - 1983 (1) - Debut (1) - Chromakey (1) - 1984 (1) - Ipswich (1) - 1980s (1) - Singer-songwriter (1) - UK (1) - Bristol (1) - 1958 (1) - March 1 (1) - England (1) -
 

~ Community ~

History Forum
Come and discuss about History, Civilizations, Historical Events and Figures
History Web-Ring
A community of sites, blogs and forums dedicated to History. Do not hesitate to submit your site.