Kim Wilde

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<img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/3062/files/kw210.jpg?1256835914' alt='Kim Wilde' style='float:left; margin-right: 1em;' /> Kim Wilde was born on 18th November 1960 in Chiswick, West London. At the age of eight, Kim moved with her family to the Hertfordshire village of Tewin where she attended the local Primary School, before moving onto Presdales School in Ware. In 1979 Kim completed a one-year foundation course at St. Albans College of Art & Design as a precursor to an Art Degree, but, in 1980, she signed to Mickie Most’s RAK Records and her first single release, Kids In America, was to change her life. The world-wide hit paved the way for a recording career which yielded ten hit albums and in excess of thirty hit singles, bringing success in every major record market. Highlights included performing to over 2 million people in a five-month European stadium tour with Michael Jackson and an American Number One with You Keep Me Hanging On. In 1983 Kim was voted best British Female Singer at the prestigious BPI (Brit) Awards and has received nominations on two further occasions. In 1994 a brief appearance as stand-in co-presenter of Channel 4’s The Big Breakfast proved an enjoyable diversion, whilst in 1995 Kim made her West End stage debut playing the female lead for twelve months in a successful production of the musical, TOMMY. Kim has had over 24 top 20 hits and received over 100 gold, silver and platinum discs. Some of these songs include: “Kids In America”, “Chequered Love”, “Cambodia”, “View From A Bridge”, “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”, “Another Step (Closer To You)”, “You Came”, “Never Trust A Stranger”, “Four Letter Word” and “If I Can’t Have You”. More recently, Kim’s love for gardening – which had its origins in her move to Hertfordshire as a small child – began to exert more influence in her life and, having spent the initial years of her career living back in London, Kim returned to Hertfordshire in the early 1990’s when she began renovating a 16th Century barn. Participation in a horticultural course whilst pregnant with her son Harry, now 3, further fuelled her interest and what began as perhaps an ambitious attempt to provide fresh fruit and vegetable for her family has resulted in a passionate affair. Indirectly, it also led to an invitation to appear as a guest designer on ITV’s Better Gardens (transmitted from January 2000). The Summer of 2000 saw Kim recording 20 programmes in the next series of BBC’s Garden Invaders (transmitting from Spring 2001) in which she appears as a resident designer and she also writes a monthly gardening feature in Prima magazine. Kim will be recording a new series of Garden Invaders during 2001 and will be co-presenting the BBC’s daytime coverage of The Chelsea Flower Show during May. There are a number of related television projects presently under development or consideration and Kim will also devote time to her joint venture with Countryside Properties to design a garden for the RHS’ Tatton Hall Show while she also completes a City & Guilds Course in Planting & Planting Design. Kim came out of music retirement in November 2001 to appear on The Here & Now Tour performing many of her hits including “Chequered Love”, “Cambodia”, “You Came”, “If I Can’t Have You”, “Never Trust A Stranger” etc. She has returned to The Here & Now Tour 4 times. 2008 will see her undertake European dates as part of The Here & Now Tour plus a few solo shows. <div><object width="480" height="389"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x19xhl&related=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x19xhl&related=0&autostart=1 " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="389" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></object> <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x19xhl_kim-wilde-kids-in-america_music">Kim Wilde – Kids In America</a> Uploaded by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/Rock-Idol">Rock-Idol</a>. – <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/gb/channel/music">See the latest featured music videos.</a></div> <a href="javascript: history.go(-1)">Back to previous page</a> <a href="http://www.bayfestival.im">Back to home page</a>

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Kim Wilde 2010-01-29T08:55:32+00:00 <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/3062/files/kw210.jpg?1256835914' alt='Kim Wilde' style='float:left; margin-right: 1em;' /> Kim Wilde was born on 18th November 1960 in Chiswick, West London. At the age of eight, Kim moved with her family to the Hertfordshire village of Tewin where she attended the local Primary School, before moving onto Presdales School in Ware. In 1979 Kim completed a one-year foundation course at St. Albans College of Art & Design as a precursor to an Art Degree, but, in 1980, she signed to Mickie Most’s RAK Records and her first single release, Kids In America, was to change her life. The world-wide hit paved the way for a recording career which yielded ten hit albums and in excess of thirty hit singles, bringing success in every major record market. Highlights included performing to over 2 million people in a five-month European stadium tour with Michael Jackson and an American Number One with You Keep Me Hanging On. In 1983 Kim was voted best British Female Singer at the prestigious BPI (Brit) Awards and has received nominations on two further occasions. In 1994 a brief appearance as stand-in co-presenter of Channel 4’s The Big Breakfast proved an enjoyable diversion, whilst in 1995 Kim made her West End stage debut playing the female lead for twelve months in a successful production of the musical, TOMMY. Kim has had over 24 top 20 hits and received over 100 gold, silver and platinum discs. Some of these songs include: “Kids In America”, “Chequered Love”, “Cambodia”, “View From A Bridge”, “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”, “Another Step (Closer To You)”, “You Came”, “Never Trust A Stranger”, “Four Letter Word” and “If I Can’t Have You”. More recently, Kim’s love for gardening – which had its origins in her move to Hertfordshire as a small child – began to exert more influence in her life and, having spent the initial years of her career living back in London, Kim returned to Hertfordshire in the early 1990’s when she began renovating a 16th Century barn. Participation in a horticultural course whilst pregnant with her son Harry, now 3, further fuelled her interest and what began as perhaps an ambitious attempt to provide fresh fruit and vegetable for her family has resulted in a passionate affair. Indirectly, it also led to an invitation to appear as a guest designer on ITV’s Better Gardens (transmitted from January 2000). The Summer of 2000 saw Kim recording 20 programmes in the next series of BBC’s Garden Invaders (transmitting from Spring 2001) in which she appears as a resident designer and she also writes a monthly gardening feature in Prima magazine. Kim will be recording a new series of Garden Invaders during 2001 and will be co-presenting the BBC’s daytime coverage of The Chelsea Flower Show during May. There are a number of related television projects presently under development or consideration and Kim will also devote time to her joint venture with Countryside Properties to design a garden for the RHS’ Tatton Hall Show while she also completes a City & Guilds Course in Planting & Planting Design. Kim came out of music retirement in November 2001 to appear on The Here & Now Tour performing many of her hits including “Chequered Love”, “Cambodia”, “You Came”, “If I Can’t Have You”, “Never Trust A Stranger” etc. She has returned to The Here & Now Tour 4 times. 2008 will see her undertake European dates as part of The Here & Now Tour plus a few solo shows. <div><object width="480" height="389"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x19xhl&related=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x19xhl&related=0&autostart=1 " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="389" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></object> <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x19xhl_kim-wilde-kids-in-america_music">Kim Wilde - Kids In America</a> Uploaded by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/Rock-Idol">Rock-Idol</a>. - <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/gb/channel/music">See the latest featured music videos.</a></div> <notextile> <a href="javascript: history.go(-1)">Back to previous page</a> </notextile> "Back to home page":http://www.bayfestival.im