Nik Kershaw BiographyNik Kershaw (born Nicholas David Kershaw, 1 March 1958, Bristol, England[1]) is an English singer-songwriter. The one time jazz-funk guitarist was a mid 1980s teen idol.[2] His 50 weeks on the UK Singles Chart in 1984 beat all other soloists.[2] Kershaw appeared at Live Aid, and penned hits for Let Loose, The Hollies and a #1 for Chesney Hawkes.Although born in Bristol, Kershaw grew up in Ipswich, Suffolk, and after leaving Northgate High School in 1976, worked as a shop assistant and in the Department of Employment for several years, during which time he played guitar and sang in a number of underground Ipswich bands. However, when the last of these, Fusion, split up in 1982,