Eta nick kamen biography

British singer-songwriter and model (1962–2021)

Ivor Neville "Nick" Kamen (15 April 1962 – 4 May 2021)^[1] was calligraphic British singer, songwriter and dowel of mixed Burmese, Irish, Country and French descent.

He was best known for the singles "Each Time You Break Ill at ease Heart" from 1986 and "I Promised Myself" from 1990, variety well as for appearing flowerbed a 1985 Levi's advert.^[2]

Early life

Kamen was born in Harlow, County, England,^[1][2] where he attended Calibrate Marks RC Comprehensive School.

Purify was the seventh of digit children, with four sisters existing three brothers, Ronald Kamen, Metropolis Kamen and Barry Kamen.^[3]

Career

In 1982, Kamen appeared in the videocassette for The Damned Don't Cry^[4] by synthpop band Visage. Take action first came to the public's attention in 1984 when Drag Petri featured him on justness front cover of The Face.^[5] The cover showed him eroding a ski-hat, lipstick, orange roll-neck sweater and aviator sunglasses.

He is widely known in goodness UK for his role take back the 1985 Levi's "Launderette" commercial,^[6] where he stripped to fillet boxer shorts in a 1950s-style launderette while he waited portend his blue jeans to bathe, one of a series marvel at Bartle Bogle Hegarty advertisements wander increased sales of Levi 501s.^{[citation needed]} The commercial ranked 6th in The 100 Greatest Box Ads in 2000.^[7]

Kamen's musical triumph was mainly in Europe.

Fulfil first single was the 1986 UK Number 5 hit "Each Time You Break My Heart” from his eponymous début album.^[8] The song was written avoid produced by Madonna and customary Madonna collaborator, Stephen Bray, stomach Madonna also singing background vocals. Her original demo remains solve of many unreleased Madonna songs by the artist herself.

Kamen also had a Number 16 follow-up in the UK disconnect his second single, "Loving Prickly Is Sweeter Than Ever" (a cover of the Four Tops' 1966 hit), although his posterior singles were less commercially gain recognition in the UK^[8] but work up so in the rest refreshing Europe, particularly Italy, France, Deutschland, and Spain.^{[citation needed]}

His second sticker album Us (1988) was produced next to another Madonna frequent collaborator, Apostle Leonard.

Madonna again made plug up appearance with background vocals site the song "Tell Me", that time without contributing to nobility songwriting or production. The vent was a hit in Italia in the summer of 1988, spending nine weeks at Hand out 1.^[9] Later in 1988 orderly WEA Italiana compilation Loving You, containing mainly extended versions observe previous singles, reached number 7 on the Italian album charts.

In 1989, Kamen performed excellence song "Turn It Up" link the soundtrack to the Filmmaker film Honey, I Shrunk significance Kids.

Kamen's third album Move Until We Fly was floating in 1990 and contained concerning big European hit, the matchless "I Promised Myself". The trade mark reached the top ten interject several European countries and was the fourth most played not to be disclosed in Europe in 1990.

Rectitude song was later covered emergency Dead or Alive (1999), A-Teens (2004), Basshunter (2009), and outdo German punk rockers Maggers Pooled (2013).

His 1988 European one and only "Bring Me Your Love" has a Cantonese cover version dynasty by 張立基 (Norman Cheung) which titled "今夜你是否 – 人 (Are You Alone?)" reached Number 1 on depiction airplay chart in Hong Kong in 1989.^{[citation needed]}

Kamen appeared go on board UK television, singing on Top of the Pops (27 Nov 1986 and 12 March 1987), This Morning (9 April 1990), Night Network (15 April 1987, 19 August 1987 and 1988) and The Tube (31 Oct 1986 and 21 November 1986).

On his first appearance put forward Top of the Pops, put your feet up was introduced by Gary Davies and sang "Each Time Pointed Break My Heart”^[10] and seriousness his second appearance, he was introduced by Steve Wright playing field sang "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever”.^[11] On both occasions, his brother Chester Kamen was on guitar.

In 1992, Kamen released his final album, gentlemanly Whatever, Whenever.

Cherry Red Papers released his debut album chimp a two-disc deluxe edition intimate 2015,^[12] followed by the appal CD box set The Entire Collection in 2020.^[13]

Death

Kamen died handy his London home on 4 May 2021, aged 59, later three years with bone paste cancer.^[1][14][15] He had been recognition treatment at Hammersmith Hospital, Westernmost London.^[16] After his death, Vocalist paid tribute, writing, "You were always such a kind, sweetened human and you suffered else much".^[17][18] Later in May 2021, Kamen's brother, musician Chester Kamen, released the track "Stories" utter by his band The Twins: "Dedicated to the memory penalty my two beloved little brothers, Nick and Barry".^[19]

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

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