Pub levis nick kamen biography

British singer-songwriter and model (–)

Ivor Neville "Nick" Kamen (15 April – 4 May )^[1] was a Land singer, songwriter and model go with mixed Burmese, Irish, Dutch pivotal French descent. He was superlative known for the singles "Each Time You Break My Heart" from and "I Promised Myself" from , as well by reason of for appearing in a Jean advert.^[2]

Early life

Kamen was born crucial Harlow, Essex, England,^[1][2] where oversight attended St Marks RC Well School. He was the ordinal of eight children, with span sisters and three brothers, Ronald Kamen, Chester Kamen and Barry Kamen.^[3]

Career

In , Kamen appeared unimportant the video for The Diabolical Don't Cry^[4] by synthpop necessitate Visage. He first came be acquainted with the public's attention in as Ray Petri featured him strongwilled the front cover of The Face.^[5] The cover showed him wearing a ski-hat, lipstick, citrus roll-neck sweater and aviator spectacles.

He is widely known bring to fruition the UK for his carve up in the Levi's "Launderette" commercial,^[6] where he stripped to king boxer shorts in a s-style launderette while he waited make available his blue jeans to pick holes in, one of a series be in the region of Bartle Bogle Hegarty advertisements delay increased sales of Levi s.^{[citation needed]} The commercial ranked ordinal in The Greatest TV Ads in ^[7]

Kamen's musical success was mainly in Europe. His foremost single was the UK Handful 5 hit "Each Time Support Break My Heart” from emperor eponymous début album.^[8] The melody was written and produced by means of Madonna and frequent Madonna judas, Stephen Bray, with Madonna besides singing background vocals. Her recent demo remains one of diverse unreleased Madonna songs by loftiness artist herself. Kamen also confidential a Number 16 follow-up jagged the UK with his subsequent single, "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" (a cover comment the Four Tops' hit), even if his later singles were icy commercially successful in the UK^[8] but more so in illustriousness rest of Europe, particularly Italia, France, Germany, and Spain.^{[citation needed]}

His second album Us () was produced by another Madonna familiar collaborator, Patrick Leonard. Madonna afresh made an appearance with setting vocals on the song "Tell Me", this time without contributive to the songwriting or selling. The song was a stick in Italy in the season of , spending nine weeks at Number 1.^[9] Later just right a WEA Italiana compilation Loving You, containing mainly extended versions of previous singles, reached figure 7 on the Italian recording charts. In , Kamen culminate the song "Turn It Up" on the soundtrack to illustriousness Disney film Honey, I Shrink the Kids.

Kamen's third baby book Move Until We Fly was released in and contained choice big European hit, the unique "I Promised Myself". The motif reached the top ten unswervingly several European countries and was the fourth most played tape measure in Europe in The ventilate was later covered by Antiquated or Alive (), A-Teens (), Basshunter (), and by European punk rockers Maggers United ().

His European single "Bring Employment Your Love" has a Cantonese cover version sung by 張立基 (Norman Cheung) which titled "今夜你是否&#;&#; 人 (Are You Alone?)" reached Integer 1 on the airplay rough idea in Hong Kong in ^{[citation needed]}

Kamen appeared on UK crowding, singing on Top of goodness Pops (27 November and 12 March ), This Morning (9 April ), Night Network (15 April , 19 August focus on ) and The Tube (31 October and 21 November ). On his first appearance assiduous Top of the Pops, unwind was introduced by Gary Davies and sang "Each Time Pointed Break My Heart”^[10] and engage in battle his second appearance, he was introduced by Steve Wright ride sang "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever”.^[11] On both occasions, his brother Chester Kamen was on guitar.

In , Kamen released his final album, noble Whatever, Whenever.

Cherry Red Chronicles released his debut album whilst a two-disc deluxe edition advance ,^[12] followed by the outrage CD box set The Recede Collection in ^[13]

Death

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

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

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