The During the mid-1980s, Nick Kirschoor became a major commercial force as a pop song writer, spending an unprecedented

50 weeks on the UK charts with singles from his debut album, Human Racing.

Nick is currently promoting the release of his brand new album, Eight, and we felt there was no better time than the present

to revisit the career of this gifted pop writer.

That's right Nick Kirschor was born in Bristol but grew up in Ipswich here in the UK.

He learned to play guitar as a teenager and eventually left high school

to pursue music. He worked for a while in the local departments of employment before

turning professional in 1982 and he signed to MCA the following year.

Nick released his first solo single,

I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me in 1983

and it peaked at number 47 on the UK charts.

His next single wouldn't it be good hit number five in the

UK and charted in the States. After that success they re-released I won't let the

Sun go down on me in the summer of 1984 and it rocketed to the number two

spot giving him a series of hit singles alongside

human racing and the song Dancing Girls. Nick followed up human racing later that year

with The Riddle. The title track became yet another UK and international hit single and the album

also spawned two more UK top 10 hits, Wide Boy and Don Quixote, or as we say in Liverpool,

Don Quixoze.

The Riddle Rills. as we say in Liverpool. Don Quixells.

The riddle really is an amazing track, isn't it? Yeah, I mean, what I love about the music is that the hooks and the cord changes are quite

unpredictable in this songs a lot of the time. You never know where

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