Nelson Keene
Malcolm Holland (born 9 March 1942),[1] better known by the stage name of Nelson Keene, is a British pop singer who was prominent in the early 1960s.
Keene 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 No. 37 on the UK 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]
Keene was reported as living in Australia in 2010.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Betts, Graham (2004). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004 (1st ed.). London: Collins. p. 418. ISBN 0-00-717931-6.
- ^ "Top Twenty Club: The Artists 1961". Toptwentyclub.blogspot.com. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Artists: N". 45-rpm.org.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
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