Photo: Andrew Hurley from Wallasey, England, United Kingdom / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
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.
Overview
Nicholas David Kershaw (born 1 March 1958) is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He came to prominence in 1984 as a solo artist, releasing eight singles that entered the top 40 of the UK singles chart during the decade, including "Wouldn't It Be Good", "Dancing Girls", "I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", "Human Racing", "The Riddle", "Wide Boy", "Don Quixote", and "When a Heart Beats".
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Dog
- Origin
- Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter / composer / singer / recording artist / pop singer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Northgate High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.