Nelson Keene

Nelson Keene was the stage name of Malcolm Holland (born 1942).[1] He was a British pop singer at the start of the 1960s.

He was born in Farnborough, Hampshire, one of ten children.[1][2] As a singer, he was managed by Larry Parnes, who chose his stage name - along with those of many other pop singers of the period including Billy Fury, Marty Wilde, Vince Eager and Georgie Fame - and was signed to HMV Records. His first single, "Image of a Girl", a cover version of a US top ten hit by The Safaris, reached # 37 on the British singles chart in 1960, but was outsold by Mark Wynter's rival version of the same song.[1] Two follow-ups, "Keep Loving Me" (1960) and "Miracles Are Happening To Me" (1961) failed to reach the chart, and Keene's recording career appears to have ended at that point.[3]

He was reported as living in Australia in 2010.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Betts, Graham (2004). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004 (1st ed.). London: Collins. p. 418. ISBN 0-00-717931-6.
  2. ↑ Nelson Keene at TopTwentyClub
  3. ↑ Nelson Keene at 45rpm.org.uk


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