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NIK KERSHAW |
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SHOT TO FAME IN 1984. |
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WHAT
HAPPENED TO THE EIGHTIES POP STAR AFTER THE "SUN WENT DOWN"? |
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BORN NICHOLAS DAVID KERSHAW
IN BRISTOL IN 1958. |
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JOINED THE BAND "HALF
PINT HOGG" IN 1974, PLAYING NOTHING BUT COVER VERSIONS
OF DEEP PURPLE SONGS. |
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RELEASED HIS FIRST SOLO
SINGLE "I WON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME", IN 1983,
BUT IT FAILED TO REACH THE TOP 40. |
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HIS SECOND SINGLE "WOULDN'T
IT BE GOOD" REACHED NUMBER 4IN THE UK CHARTS. |
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HAD MANY HIT SINGLES THROUGHOUT
THE 1980S INCLUDING THE TOP TEN HITS "THE RIDDLE",
"WIDE BOY", "DON QUIXOTE" AND A RE-RELEASE
OF "I WON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME". |
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WROTE SONGS FOR OTHER ARTISTS INCLUDING BOYZONE, LET LOOSE AND
"THE ONE AND ONLY" WHICH WAS A HIT FOR CHESNEY
HAWKES. |
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MADE HIS COMEBACK IN 1999
WITH THE ALBUM "15 MINUTES" AND A SUCCESSFUL EUROPEAN
TOUR. |
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IN 2001, PUBLISHED THE BOOK
"SPILLING THE BEANS ON MAKING IT IN MUSIC". |
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RELEASED THE ALBUM "TO
BE FRANK" IN EARLY 2001. |
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IN AUGUST, 2001, DECIDED
TO STOP PROMOTING "TO BE FRANK" AND CONCENTRATE ON
WRITING AND PRODUCING FOR OTHER ARTISTS. |
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HAS TURNED DOWN MANY OFFERS
OF PLAYING "80S" GIGS AND FESTIVALS SAYING HE DOESN'T
WANT TO BE SEEN AS "JUST ONE OF THE MANY 80S CABARET ACTS
ABOUT AT THE MOMENT" |
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THE BIZARRE LYRICS IN "THE
RIDDLE" - "NEAR A TREE BY A RIVER, THERE'S A HOLE
IN THE GROUND, WHERE AN OLD MAN OF ARRAN GOES AROUND AND AROUND". |
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I D Y O U K N O W ? |
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NIK IS ONLY 5 FEET AND 4
INCHES TALL. |
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