Kim Wilde

Known for ActingBorn 1960-11-18 (age 65)Chiswick, England, UK

Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith, 18 November 1960) is an English pop singer, DJ and television presenter. She first saw success in 1981 with her debut single "Kids in America", which peaked at No. 2 in the UK. In 1983, she received the Brit Award for Best British Female solo artist. In 1986, she had a UK No. 2 hit with a reworked version of the Supremes' song "You Keep Me Hangin' On", which also topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1987. Between 1981 and 1996, she had 25 singles that charted within the Top 50 of the UK Singles Chart. Her other hits include "Chequered Love" (1981), "You Came" (1988), and "Never Trust a Stranger" (1988). In 2003, she collaborated with Nena on the song "Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime", which topped the Dutch and Austrian charts. She holds the record for being the most-charted British female solo act of the 1980s, with seventeen UK Top 40 hit singles. Starting in 1998, while still active in music, she has branched into an alternative career as a landscape gardener, which has included presenting gardening shows on the BBC and Channel 4. In 2005, she won a Gold award for her courtyard garden at the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show. Wilde was born as Kim Smith in the West London suburb of Chiswick, the eldest child of 1950s rock and roller Marty Wilde (birth name Reginald Smith) and Joyce Baker, who had been a member of the singing and dancing group the Vernons Girls. She attended Oakfield Preparatory School, in the Southeast London area of Dulwich. When she was nine, the family moved to Hertfordshire, where she was educated at Tewin and later Presdales School. In 1980, at age 20, she completed a foundation course at St Albans College of Art & Design. As Kim Wilde, she was signed to RAK Records by Mickie Most. Wilde's first professional singing credit was as a backup singer to her brother Ricky's 1972 song "I Am an Astronaut." Wilde's father Marty and brother, Ricky, were responsible for writing virtually all of her material in the early-to-mid 1980s. Influences on the songwriting process included Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Ultravox, John Foxx, Gary Numan, Skids, Sex Pistols, the Clash, Kraftwerk and the Stranglers. Wilde released her debut single "Kids in America" in January 1981. An instant success, it reached no. 2 in the UK Singles Chart and scaled the top five in Germany, France and Australia. Although it achieved only moderate success in the US, peaking at no. 25 when released in 1982, it is often regarded today as Wilde's signature song. Her debut studio album Kim Wilde (1981) repeated the success of the single, spawning two further hits in "Chequered Love" (Top 5 in the UK, France, Australia and Germany) and the UK-only single "Water on Glass" (UK No. 11). ... Source: Article "Kim Wilde" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.Read more

Movies & web series

Kim Wilde: Pop Don't Stop - Greatest Hits

Na siehste!

Hitlåtens historia

Bambi

Nena, vom Teenie-Idol zur Poplegende

The Day Today

Countdown - The Wonder Years 2

Ready, Steady, Cook

Going Live!

Musikladen

Aktuelle Schaubude

Nena feat. Nena - Live

So Graham Norton

ZIBB

Victim of Love 2

The Kenny Everett Television Show

Wedden, dat..?

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

Oxford Road Show

Champs-Elysées

The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon

Everything: The Real Thing Story

Die ultimative Chartshow

Top of the Pops

TV total

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

GMTV

Star Academy

Sacrée soirée

Na sowas!

Leute heute

The Paul O'Grady Show

Wogan

Téléthon

Volle Kanne

Amnesty International's Big 30

Ambitions

Vivement dimanche

Loose Women

ZDF-Fernsehgarten

Molly: The Real Thing

Kim Wilde TV performances & Clips 1981 - 2012

Gottschalk Live

Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 5

The Voice of Poland

Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 4

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