However, he ended up performing his own songs rather than giving them to others, and signed a deal with MCA Records in 1983, which spawned a debut single, 'I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me', which just missed out on the UK Top 40.Īt the beginning of 1984, he made his breakthrough when 'Wouldn't It Be Good', featuring a video of Kershaw as a chromakey-suited alien, reached Number 4 in the UK charts.
Born Nicholas David Kershaw in Bristol, England on March 1, 1958, Kershaw played guitar and sang in a number of underground bands before deciding on a career as a songwriter.