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Nik Kershaw
A 1980s heartthrob who scored a string of Top 10 hits, Nik Kershaw crafted some
of the era's catchiest pop anthems before going on to write and produce for
other artists in the 1990s and beyond. Raised in Ipswich, Kershaw started out
playing Deep Purple songs in his first group Half Pint Hogg before playing
guitar with the short-lived jazz funk act Fusion. His big breakthrough came when
he signed with MCA Records and released second single Wouldn't It Be Good, which
shot to Number 4 in the UK charts and paved the way for debut album Human Racing
(1984) to make the top five and re...
