For other people named Jim Kerr, see Jim Kerr (disambiguation).
Jim Kerr
Kerr performing with Simple Minds at Rock the Ring 2018
Born
James Kerr
(1959-07-09) 9 July 1959 (age 64)
Toryglen, Glasgow, Scotland
Occupation(s)
Singer, songwriter
Years active
1977–present
Spouses
Chrissie Hynde
(m. 1984; div. 1990)
Patsy Kensit
(m. 1992; div. 1996)
Children
2
Musical career
Genres
Rock, folk, punk rock, post-punk, new wave, pop rock, alternative rock
Instruments
Vocals
Member of
Simple Minds
Website
simpleminds.com
Musical artist
James Kerr (born 9 July 1959) is a Scottish singer and the lead singer of the rock band Simple Minds, becoming best known internationally for "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (1985), which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. Other commercially successful singles include "Glittering Prize" (1982), "Someone Somewhere in Summertime" (1982), "Waterfront" (1983) and "Alive and Kicking" (1985), as well as the UK number one single "Belfast Child" (1989).
With Kerr as their lead singer, Simple Minds have achieved five[1] UK Albums chart number one albums, Sparkle in the Rain (1984), Once Upon a Time (1985), Live in the City of Light (1987), Street Fighting Years (1989) and Glittering Prize 81/92 (1992); they have sold more than 60 million albums.[2] They were the most commercially successful Scottish band of the 1980s.[3] Simple Minds have also achieved considerable chart success in the United States, Australia, Germany, Spain, Italy and New Zealand.[1]
He released his first solo album, Lostboy! AKA Jim Kerr, on 27 May 2010. Kerr's voice has been described as "David Bowie's rich baritone melded with Bryan Ferry's velvety croon".[4]
^ ab"History Of Simple Minds". Simpleminds.com. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
^""When I say that there are a few songs about faith, I don't mean it in a religious sense..." hmv.com talks to Simple Minds frontman Jim Kerr". HMV. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
^David Roberts, ed. (2006). British Hit Singles and Albums. Guinness World Records Limited. p. 500. ISBN 978-1904994107.
^Sutton, Michael. "Jim Kerr". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
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summer months of 1983 by Simple Minds to large European crowds. Lead singer JimKerr returned to a natural, unadorned facial and hair style, as "whatever they...
Harding in EastEnders. Kensit has been married to musicians Dan Donovan, JimKerr, Liam Gallagher and Jeremy Healy. Kensit was nominated for the Young Artist...
such as "Contantinople Line", "Twist/Run/Repulsion" and "Kant-Kino". JimKerr's lyrics is written from the perspective of a character travelling in central...
time". In 1983, Hynde had a daughter, Natalie, with Davies. She married JimKerr, lead singer of the band Simple Minds, in 1984. Together they had a daughter...
album's tracks were written, created and demoed in Sicily (where both JimKerr and guitarist Charlie Burchill live). Unable to come to the UK because...
admiration for Depeche Mode. In an interview in 2009, Simple Minds lead singer JimKerr argued that Depeche Mode and U2 were the only contemporaries of his band...
played bass for Simple Minds lead singer JimKerr on the first live performances of Kerr's album Lostboy! AKA JimKerr, appearing on the short Lostboy! AKA...
player/composer/founder member Mick MacNeil has subsequently mentioned that "Jim (Kerr) had already started talking about making changes" and the lack of equality...
Numan. The second series was broadcast on Thursdays at 9pm in 2018 with JimKerr, Chris Difford, James Dean Bradfield, and Tracey Thorn being the popstars...
to the clever title". All lyrics are written by JimKerr; all music is composed by Simple Minds (Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Brian McGee, Mick...
interest, but thought that the music still owed much to U2, writing, "It finds Kerr and Burchill still a bit in the slipstream of '90s U2 – tastefully epic,...
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