Nicholas David Kershaw was born on 1 March 1958 in Bristol, England, and grew up in Ipswich, Suffolk and is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer.
He was educated at Northgate Grammar School for Boys where he played the guitar – he was self-taught on this instrument.
He left school in the middle of his A-Levels and got a job at an unemployment benefit office.
He also sang in a number of underground Ipswich bands. However, when the last of these, Fusion, broke up in 1982, he embarked on a full-time solo career as a musician and songwriter.
Kershaw came to prominence in 1984 as a solo artist.
He released eight singles that entered the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart during the decade, including “Wouldn’t It Be Good”, “Dancing Girls”, “I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me”, “Human Racing”, “The Riddle”, “Wide Boy”, “Don Quixote” and “When a Heart Beats”.
His 62 weeks on the UK Singles Chart through 1984 and 1985 beat all other solo artists.
Kershaw appeared at the dual-venue concert Live Aid in 1985 and has also penned a number of hits for other artists, including a UK No. 1 single in 1991 for Chesney Hawkes, “The One and Only”.
In 2019, Kershaw received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Suffolk for his services to the music industry.
What band was Nick Kershaw?
Modern secured a recording contract for Kershaw at MCA. In September 1983, Kershaw released his first single “I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me”, which reached No. 47 in the UK Singles Chart.
How many albums did Nik Kershaw have?
The discography of Nik Kershaw consists of nine studio albums, three live albums, eight compilation albums, one extended play (EP) and 27 singles