Nelson Keene

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Malcolm Holland (born 9 March 1942) [1] , known professionally as 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 His Master's Voice. 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

  1. 1 2 3 Betts, Graham (2004). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004 (1st ed.). London: Collins. p. 418. ISBN   0-00-717931-6.
  2. ↑ "Top Twenty Club: The Artists 1961". Toptwentyclub.blogspot.com. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "Artists: N". 45-rpm.org.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2021.


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