Singer and model, Nick Kamen found popularity a mid 80s, becoming the most desired sex symbol of that time. Unfortunately it is passed away prematurely May 5, 2021, but who was Nick Kamen? We tell you about it in this short biography.
Who was Nick Kamen
To the registry office Ivor Neville Kamen, in art simply Nick Kamen. Born in Harlow, in England, on April 15 of 1962, under the sign of Aries. Virtually nothing is known about his childhood, but about his private life we have very little information, such as the one that Nick had two other brothers, namely Barry and Chester Kamer.
The first died prematurely in 2015 due to a heart attack, the last of the three brothers, however, is highly sought after in the world of music, for his undisputed ability with the guitar.
Who was Nick Kamen: career
The doors to success for Nick Kamen they opened in 1986. It could be said, in this case, that the convict was themeeting with the famous queen of pop, Madonna, which in the 1980s had already reached the peak of success. Then Kamen was a little over 20 years old and Madonna noticed him in one spot gods Levi’s 501, in which the boy, who was in a public laundry, took off his famous jeans to wash them, remaining in his underwear in front of some ladies visibly kidnapped by so much beauty.
Just like the ladies of the commercial, Ciccone was also impressed by the young Nick Kamen, so much that entrust him a song written with Stephen Bray, “Each time you break my heart” hit that became one of his most popular songs of those years and that is still very much listened to today.
Among the largest successes by Nick Kamen, in addition to the one already mentioned of his musical debut, we also remember “Tell me”, which for 9 weeks remained in first position among the most listened to hits of the summer of ’88. He later lent his voice for “Turn it up”, inserted in the soundtrack of the film Disney “Honey, I shrunk the kids.”
In 1990 went out “I promised myself”, one of his greatest international successes. In 1992 instead, Nick Kamen released his latest album, which contained his last big hit: “Whatever, whenever”.
Who was Nick Kamen: private life
Despite the enormous success, Nick Kamen decided to retire to private life in 1992, from that moment it appeared very few times and always due to some sporadic shots taken by always attentive photographers. What has been a very hot topic over the years for those who love the gossip, is obviously the love life of the beautiful cantate and model.
Among the women, all beautiful, who have been by his side we remember Talisa Soto, American model and actress of Puerto Rican origins, also appeared several times in the music videos of Kamen himself. The sex symbol also bonded with Tatiana Patitz, among the most famous super models of the 90s and ad Amanda De Cadenet, which at the time already was ex wife of John Taylor, bassist of the famous boyband Duran Duran, which he had as frontman Simon Le Bon.
From the 2018, Nick Kamen was fighting a cancer, who took him away on May 5, 2021, at the age of 59 years old. To spread the news, through their Instagram profile, with a shot that portrayed them together, was the singer-songwriter Boy George, very close to the former pop star.