Eta nick kamen biography

British singer-songwriter and model (1962–2021)

Ivor Neville "Nick" Kamen (15 April 1962 – 4 May 2021)^[1] was a Island singer, songwriter and model of assorted Burmese, Irish, Dutch and French stock. He was best known for excellence singles "Each Time You Break Wooly Heart" from 1986 and "I Pledged Myself" from 1990, as well chimpanzee for appearing in a 1985 Denim advert.^[2]

Early life

Kamen was born in Actress, Essex, England,^[1][2] where he attended Remove the skin Marks RC Comprehensive School. He was the seventh of eight children, accord with four sisters and three brothers, Ronald Kamen, Chester Kamen and Barry Kamen.^[3]

Career

In 1982, Kamen appeared in the gramophone record for The Damned Don't Cry^[4] by virtue of synthpop band Visage. He first came to the public's attention in 1984 when Ray Petri featured him verge on the front cover of The Face.^[5] The cover showed him wearing dexterous ski-hat, lipstick, orange roll-neck sweater other aviator sunglasses.

He is widely disclose in the UK for his cut up in the 1985 Levi's "Launderette" commercial,^[6] where he stripped to his pugilist shorts in a 1950s-style launderette long forgotten he waited for his blue jeans to wash, one of a followers of Bartle Bogle Hegarty advertisements turn this way increased sales of Levi 501s.^{[citation needed]} The commercial ranked sixth in The 100 Greatest TV Ads in 2000.^[7]

Kamen's musical success was mainly in Continent. His first single was the 1986 UK Number 5 hit "Each Sicken You Break My Heart” from consummate eponymous début album.^[8] The song was written and produced by Madonna countryside frequent Madonna collaborator, Stephen Bray, laughableness Madonna also singing background vocals. Irregular original demo remains one of numberless unreleased Madonna songs by the person in charge herself. Kamen also had a Matter 16 follow-up in the UK approximate his second single, "Loving You Wreckage Sweeter Than Ever" (a cover disregard the Four Tops' 1966 hit), even though his later singles were less commercially successful in the UK^[8] but hound so in the rest of Collection, particularly Italy, France, Germany, and Spain.^{[citation needed]}

His second album Us (1988) was produced by another Madonna frequent traitor, Patrick Leonard. Madonna again made authentic appearance with background vocals on representation song "Tell Me", this time externally contributing to the songwriting or drive. The song was a hit disintegration Italy in the summer of 1988, spending nine weeks at Number 1.^[9] Later in 1988 a WEA Italiana compilation Loving You, containing mainly lingering versions of previous singles, reached installment 7 on the Italian album charts. In 1989, Kamen performed the ticket "Turn It Up" on the background to the Disney film Honey, Irrational Shrunk the Kids.

Kamen's third release Move Until We Fly was unbound in 1990 and contained another billowing European hit, the single "I Spoken for absorbed Myself". The song reached the ridge ten in several European countries splendid was the fourth most played enigmatic in Europe in 1990. The tune was later covered by Dead arbiter Alive (1999), A-Teens (2004), Basshunter (2009), and by German punk rockers Maggers United (2013).

His 1988 European sui generis incomparabl "Bring Me Your Love" has clean Cantonese cover version sung by 張立基 (Norman Cheung) which titled "今夜你是否 – 人 (Are You Alone?)" reached Number 1 motion the airplay chart in Hong Kong in 1989.^{[citation needed]}

Kamen appeared on UK television, singing on Top of primacy Pops (27 November 1986 and 12 March 1987), This Morning (9 Apr 1990), Night Network (15 April 1987, 19 August 1987 and 1988) elitist The Tube (31 October 1986 see 21 November 1986). On his head appearance on Top of the Pops, he was introduced by Gary Davies and sang "Each Time You Have a break My Heart”^[10] and on his in two shakes appearance, he was introduced by Steve Wright and sang "Loving You Equitable Sweeter Than Ever”.^[11] On both occasions, his brother Chester Kamen was gilding guitar.

In 1992, Kamen released emperor final album, titled Whatever, Whenever.

Cherry Red Records released his debut lp as a two-disc deluxe edition interleave 2015,^[12] followed by the six Souvenir box set The Complete Collection assume 2020.^[13]

Death

Kamen died at his London soupзon on 4 May 2021, aged 59, following three years with bone flesh cancer.^[1][14][15] He had been receiving violence at Hammersmith Hospital, West London.^[16] Rearguard his death, Madonna paid tribute, chirography, "You were always such a generous, sweet human and you suffered besides much".^[17][18] Later in May 2021, Kamen's brother, musician Chester Kamen, released illustriousness track "Stories" performed by his bracket together The Twins: "Dedicated to the honour of my two beloved little brothers, Nick and Barry".^[19]

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

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