
Artist
Nik Kershaw
Nik Kershaw is a synthpop artist from Ipswitch, England, UK formed in 1976. 31 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Synthpop · Ipswitch, England, UK · Best synthpop albums
- 31
- Releases
- 1983–2023
- Active years
- 1976
- Formed

Artist
Nik Kershaw is a synthpop artist from Ipswitch, England, UK formed in 1976. 31 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Synthpop · Ipswitch, England, UK · Best synthpop albums

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The Collection
1991

The Riddle
Single · 1984
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Wouldn't It Be Good (Re-Recorded) [Sped Up]
Single · 2023

Songs from the Shelf, Pt. 2
EP · 2023

Paranoid
Single · 2022
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The Only And Only [2022 Nik Kershaw Remix]
Single · 2022

Songs from the Shelf, Pt. 1
EP · 2022

Nik Kershaw at Live Aid (Live at Wembley Stadium, 13th July 1985)
Single · 2021

These Little Things
EP · 2020

Wouldn't It Be Good (UK Chart Top 40 - No. 4)
Single · 2020

From Cloudy Bay To Malibu
Single · 2020

Men United
Single · 2015

You're the Best
Single · 2012

The Sky's the Limit
Single · 2012

Wouldn't It Be Good
Single · 2009
I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Single · 1983
Nik Kershaw (born Nicholas David Kershaw, 1 March 1958) is an English singer-songwriter. The one time jazz-funk guitarist was a 1980s teen idol. His 62 weeks on the UK Singles Chart in 1984 beat all other soloists. Kershaw appeared at Live Aid, and penned hits for Let Loose, The Hollies and a number 1 for Chesney Hawkes, "The One and Only". Career 1970s Born in Bristol, Kershaw grew up in Ipswich, Suffolk during which time he played guitar and sang in a number of underground Ipswich bands. However, when the last of these, Fusion, split up in 1982, he embarked on a full time career as a songwriter and performer. 1980s At the beginning of 1984, a young Kershaw released his breakthrough song "Wouldn't It Be Good", which reached Number 4 in the UK Singles Chart, and was a big success in Europe, particularly in Germany, Italy, Switzerland and in Scandinavia, Australia and New Zealand. The music video, featuring Kershaw as a chroma key-suited alien, received heavy rotation by MTV, helping the song reach No.46 in the United States. He enjoyed three more Top 20 hits from his debut album Human Racing, including the title track and a successful re-issue of "I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on M…