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 brought up in Ipswich) Nik played guitar and sang in a number of underground ban

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

Born Nicholas David Kershaw in Bristol, England on March 1, 1958, (although brought 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, 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 (on which he played all the instruments), 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.