Nik Kershaw

Nik Kershaw is one of those 1980s British pop figures I have a soft spot for. Eight UK top-40 singles across the decade, including Wouldn't It Be Good, The Riddle and I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, is no fluke. That era's English sound, catchy melodies shot through with a strange melancholy, gets me every time. What I respect is that he was a real songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, not a one-hit face. People who turn out to be the genuine article behind the chart gloss are exactly the ones I find quietly satisfying.

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Name (English)

Nik Kershaw

Name (Japanese)

ニック・カーショウ

Reading

にっく・かーしょう

Born

March 1, 1958 (age 68)

Origin

Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom

Occupation

singer-songwriter / composer / singer / recording artist / pop singer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Dog

High school

Northgate High School

• Official sitehttps://www.nikkershaw.net
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/nikkershaw_hq/
• Xhttps://x.com/nikkershaw_hq
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik%20Kershaw
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A6
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q453812

Tags

• Avon
• singer-songwriter
• composer
• singer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.