Kim Wilde

...of his contemporaries, he's happy to join them now for the hugely popular nostalgia tours. Earlier this year, he went on the road with Kim Wilde, Kid Creole and Rick Astley, and he has played his jaunty hymns to self-improvement in front of...

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Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith, 18 November 1960 in Chiswick, West London) is an English pop singer. Wilde burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the new wave classic "Kids in America ", which hit number two in the UK Singles Chart. Major U.S....

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...read of Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline." Then there are The Supremes' "You Keep Me Hangin' On" that, unfortunately, is modeled after Kim Wilde's re-record, and "Bust A Move" that is exceptionally soulless. But it's supposed to be, and even...

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...and a Cheap Trick fixation hijacking the Fastbacks (whose Kim Warnick once played in the band) to re-create the Muffs' cover of Kim Wilde's "Kids in America" and you'll hear Visqueen. What makes the band unique is Flotard's voice, an...

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...statement or style spoke for all, and when the generational ideal felt a little hollow. Sure, there were songs of youth, like Kim Wilde's "Kids in America," but older performers such as Paul Simon also renewed their careers to help define...

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...girls. On one occasion, in November 1993, when Gaby Roslin, my co-presenter on The Big Breakfast on Channel 4, was on holiday, Kim Wilde was lined up as a replacement. She was so much sexier than even any of us had dared to imagine. She...

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...still hip The bill was packed with Top of the Pops veterans like Bananarama, Paul Young, ABC, T'Pau, Belinda Carlisle, Billy Ocean, Kim Wilde and Rick Astley - all sliding into middle age, but whose music stands the test of time. The 25...

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...musical statement or style spoke for all, and when the generational ideal felt a little hollow. Sure, there were songs of youth, like Kim Wilde's "Kids in America," but older performers such as Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel also renewed their...

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...the era, including ABC, Paul Young, Midge Ure, Sister Sledge and Gloria Gaynor, appeared at the 80s Rewind Festival in Henley. Kim Wilde, Rick Astley and Bananarama were among those who also played in the line-up. Martin Fry, lead singer of...

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Now & Forever is the ninth studio album by Kim Wilde, released in 1995. After three albums featuring a consistent pop sound, Wilde decided it was time for another change and chose to make an album with a decided soul/R&B feel to it. Ricky...

In this article: Now & Forever, Ricky Wilde, R&B, This I Swear, C'mon, Breakin' Away, All I Wanna Do, and Shame