English singer/songwriter, musician and model Nick Kamen was born as Ivor Neville Kamen in Harlow, Essex on April 15th 1962 and passed away on May 5th 2021.
His career began in 1982, when he appeared in one of the videos by English band ‘Visage’. Two years later, he featured on the cover of the magazine ‘The Face’ and in 1985 he was the protagonist of the famous Levi ‘launderette’ commercial.
In 1986, his debut single ‘Each time you break my Heart’ was released, which was written and produced by Madonna whilst she also acted as backing vocalist. It reached number 5 in the UK charts. In the 2 years that followed, the songs ‘Loving you is sweeter than Ever’ and ‘Tell Me’ were issued. They were both number one hits in Italy. In 1990, Nick released ‘I Promised Myself’, which was among the top ten hits in various countries across Europe. His final album came out in 1992.
Kamen was a guest in several TV shows like ‘Top of the Pops’ and ‘The Tube’, in which he sang a couple of his songs.
Nick passed away on 5th May 2021 from bone marrow cancer at the age of 59. Later that month, his brother who is a musician, released a single called ‘Stories’ as a tribute to Nick as well as his other late brother Barry.
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