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Kim Wilde
Background information
Birth name	Kim Smith
Born	November 18, 1960 (1960-11-18) (age 47)
Origin	Chiswick, West London, England
Genre(s)	Pop, New wave, Rock, Dance
Occupation(s)	Vocalist, Songwriter
Years active	1981–present
Label(s)	RAK Records, MCA Records, EMI
Website	www.kimwilde.com

Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith, November 18, 1960 in Chiswick, West London) is an English pop singer, professional gardener and pop cultural figure. She debuted in 1981 with the new wave classic "Kids in America", which hit number two in the UK Singles Chart. Major US success eluded her until 1987, when she topped the charts with her version of The Supremes "You Keep Me Hangin' On". Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Chiswick (disambiguation). ... Satellite image of the inner part of West London Ayad Dibis is the best in West London. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Pop music (disambiguation). ... New Wave was a music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the early-to-mid 1980s. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... RAK Records is a British record company, founded by record producer Mickie Most in 1969. ... MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc. ... For other uses, see EMI (disambiguation). ... is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Chiswick (disambiguation). ... Satellite image of the inner part of West London Ayad Dibis is the best in West London. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... A gardener is any person involved in the growing and maintenance of plants, notably in a garden. ... Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ... New Wave was a music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the early-to-mid 1980s. ... Kids in America is the debut single by British singer Kim Wilde. ... “British Hit Singles” redirects here. ... United States may refer to: Places: United States of America SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever built. ... For other uses, see Supremes (disambiguation). ... You Keep Me Hangin On is a 1966 hit song originally recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. ...

Wilde's career has been unpredictable, featuring many peaks and troughs. She has experienced two distinct periods of success — her first wave of initial fame during 1981-1982 and an unexpected return to the spotlight from 1986-1988.

Early life

Wilde was the first child of 1950s rock 'n' roller Marty Wilde (real name Reginald Smith) and Joyce Baker, formerly of the British singing and dancing group The Vernons Girls. The 1950s decade refers to the years 1950 to 1959 inclusive. ... Rock and roll - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Marty Wilde (born Reginald Leonard Smith, April 15, 1939, in Greenwich, South London) is an English singer and songwriter. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

As a child, she attended Oakfield Preparatory School, Dulwich. She moved with her family to Hertfordshire at the age of nine, where she was educated at Tewin School and later Presdales School, Ware, before completing a foundation course at St Albans College of Art & Design in 1980. ^[1] Oakfield School is an independent coeducational preparatory school, a member of the Independent Schools Association. ... , Dulwich (pronounced or ) is a settlement mostly in the London Borough of Southwark with parts in the London Borough of Lambeth. ... For the similarly named county in the West Midlands region, see Herefordshire. ... Presdales School is a five-form entry all-ability school for girls aged from 11 to 18. ... For other uses, see Ware (disambiguation). ...

In 1980, at age twenty, Wilde was signed to Mickie Most's RAK Records. Mickie Most, born Michael Peter Hayes (20 June1938–30 May2003), was a successful English record producer, notably with a string of Number One hit singles with his own RAK Recordsand acts such as The Animals, Hermans Hermits, Donovan, and Suzi Quatro. ... RAK Records is a British record company, founded by record producer Mickie Most in 1969. ...

The RAK years

Wilde exploded onto the music scene with her debut single "Kids in America" in January 1981. It was an instant success, reaching number two in the UK Singles Chart and scaling the Top 5 in other important markets such as Germany, France and Australia^[2]. Although it achieved only moderate success in the U.S., peaking at number 25 when belatedly released in 1982, it is regarded today as Wilde's signature song and a classic of its era. Kids in America is the debut single by British singer Kim Wilde. ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ...

Her debut album Kim Wilde repeated the success of the single, spawning two further hits in "Chequered Love" (Top 10 in the UK, Australia and Germany) and the UK-only single "Water on Glass". Kim Wilde is a studio album by Kim Wilde. ... Chequered Love is the second single by British singer Kim Wilde. ... Water on Glass is the third single by British singer Kim Wilde. ...

It was followed in 1982 by another million selling album, Select, led by the synthesizer-driven mid tempo hymn "Cambodia" and the melodramatic second single "View From a Bridge". Both were Top 10 hits in Germany and Australia. In France, "Cambodia" topped the charts for 8 weeks[1]. Select is a studio album by Kim Wilde. ... View From a Bridge is the second single to be released internationally from Kim Wildes second album, Select. ...

The relative failure of Wilde's 1983 single "Love Blonde" and third album, Catch As Catch Can, led her to leave RAK and sign with MCA Records in the summer of 1984 — effectively ending the first period of her career. Love Blonde is the first single from the Kim Wilde album Catch As Catch Can, released in 1983. ... An idiomatic phrase in English describing a situation in which an ad hoc solution must be improvised due to the lack of ideal conditions. ... MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc. ...

Kim Wilde and Michael Jackson on the cover of a fanclub magazine in 1988.

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The MCA years

Her first MCA album Teases & Dares produced two moderate hits, "The second time" and the rockabilly "Rage to Love", which reached the UK Top 20 in 1985. On this her 4th album, Wilde began contributing herself to the writing. Writing two songs on her own, and co-writing one with her father and brother. Teases & Dares is a studio album by Kim Wilde. ... Rage to Love is the third and final single from Teases and Dares, the fourth studio album by Kim Wilde. ...

Wilde's songs up to this point, including all her major hits, had been written by her father Marty and brother, Ricki Wilde. On her fifth album, 1986's Another Step, Wilde wrote or co-wrote most of the songs. For other uses, see Father (disambiguation). ... Brother and Sister redirect here. ... Ricki Wilde (often spelled Ricky Wilde) is a songwriter, musician, producer and brother of Kim Wilde, and son of the pre-Beatles singer and actor Marty Wilde, from the UK. Ricki has two sons and one daughter. ... Another Step is a studio album by Kim Wilde. ...

The album's lead single "Schoolgirl" flopped in Europe and Australia — but Wilde's fortunes improved in spectacular fashion with the album's second single, a remake of the Supremes classic "You Keep Me Hangin' On". It became her first U.S. number one single in 1987, also topping the charts in Australia and Canada and peaking at number two in the UK. Wilde later admitted "not knowing the song terribly well" beforehand: "Basically we just went into the studio with a lot of energy and not a lot of reverence. We changed quite a lot of the song and I think that's why it was so successful. It was a very spontaneous idea."[2] Schoolgirl is the first single from the 1986 album Another Step by Kim Wilde. ... Reissue album cover showing The Supremes in 1966. ... You Keep Me Hangin On is a 1966 hit song originally recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. ...

Further hits followed with "Another Step (Closer to You)" (recorded with Junior) and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (a charity single, recorded with comedian Mel Smith). Another Step (Closer to You) is the third single from the Kim Wilde album Another Step, performed as a duet with Junior Giscombe. ... Also known as Junior Giscombe Norman Giscombe was born on 10 November 1961, England. ... It is proposed that this article be deleted, because of the following concern: Possible copyright infringement If you can address this concern by improving, copyediting, sourcing, renaming or merging the page, please edit this page and do so. ... Mel Smith Mel Smith is an English actor, film director, writer, producer born in London on December 3, 1952) He attended New College, Oxford. ...

"Close" and the 1990s

In 1988, Wilde released her biggest selling album to date, Close, which spent almost eight months on the UK album chart. It produced three Top 10 hits: "You Came", "Never Trust a Stranger" and "Four Letter Word". Close is a studio album by Kim Wilde. ... You Came is the second single from the Kim Wilde album Close, and one of the biggest hits of her career. ... Never Trust a Stranger is the third single from Close, the sixth original album by Kim Wilde. ... Four Letter Word is the fourth single from the Kim Wilde album Close. ...

The guitar pop of "Love Is Holy" and the dancefloor-influenced "If I Can't Have You" (a cover of the Yvonne Elliman (Bee Gees written) song from the film Saturday Night Fever) were both UK Top 20 hits in the early 1990's, the latter becoming a number three hit in Australia. Love is Holy is the first single from Love Is, a 1992 album by Kim Wilde. ... If I Cant Have You was written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees. ... Yvonne Elliman album cover photo c. ... The Bee Gees: Maurice, Barry and Robin The Bee Gees were a British and Australian band, originally a pop singer-songwriter combination, reborn as funk and disco. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 movie starring John Travolta as Tony Manero, a troubled Brooklyn youth whose weekend activities are dominated by visits to a Brooklyn discotheque. ...

Wilde has undertaken five solo tours and performed as opening act for Michael Jackson in 1988 and for David Bowie in 1990. Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958), commonly known as MJ as well as the King of Pop, is an American musician, entertainer, and pop icon whose successful career and controversial personal life have been a part of pop culture for the last three decades. ... David Bowie (pronounced ) (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, producer, arranger, and audio engineer. ...

From February 1996 to February 1997, Wilde appeared in London's West End production of the musical, Tommy, . This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, England, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland. Along with New Yorks Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre... The Black Crook (1866), considered by some historians to be the first musical[1] Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. ... Alternate cover Deluxe edition cover Tommy is the first of The Whos two full-scale rock operas (the second being Quadrophenia), and the first musical work explicitly billed as a rock opera. ...

Personal Life and other interests

During the 1980s, Wilde was romantically linked with saxophonist Gary Barnacle, keyboardist Calvin Hayes of Johnny Hates Jazz and later her band's keyboard player Jeff Hammer, previously of Teardrop Explodes and Stray Cats. In 1993 Wilde was also seeing TV presenter Chris Evans. On September 1, 1996, Wilde married her co-star in Tommy, Hal Fowler, and expressed a desire to have children as soon as possible.^[3] On January 3, 1998 she gave birth to Harry Tristan. Two years later, on January 13, 2000, Rose Elisabeth was born. The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... A saxophonist is a musician who plays the saxophone. ... Gary Barnacle (born 1955 in Dover, England) is a saxophonist and brass instrument arranger primarily noted for session work, during the 1980s, with a large number of popular music acts, including pop singer Kim Wilde (whom he dated in the mid-80s). ... A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. ... Calvin Hayes, born on 27th November 1962 in England as the son of Mickie Most, talent scout and owner of RAK Records. ... Johnny Hates Jazz Johnny Hates Jazz was an English pop band formed in 1986 by Clark Datchler (vocals, piano), Calvin Hayes (keyboards), and the German born Mike Nocito (bass). ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... The Teardrop Explodes (L to R) Alan Gill, Julian Cope, Gary Dwyer and David Balfe The Teardrop Explodes was a British New Wave/Neo-Psychedelic band formed in Liverpool in 1978. ... The Stray Cats are a rockabilly band formed in 1979 by guitarist/vocalist Brian Setzer (Bloodless Pharaohs/Brian Setzer Orchestra) with school friends Lee Rocker (born Leon Drucker) and Slim Jim Phantom (born James McDonnell) in the Long Island town of Massapequa, New York. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... TV redirects here. ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who is known for introducing or hosting television programmes. ... Chris Evans (born April 1, 1966, in Warrington, England) is an English radio and television presenter and producer. ...

During her first pregnancy an old interest in gardening resurfaced, and she attended the famous Capel Manor college to learn about horticulture, so as to create a garden for her children. She was spotted by talent scouts of the UK television station, Channel 4, who asked her to act as a designer for their programme Better Gardens. A year later she started a two year commitment with the BBC, recording two seasons of Garden Invaders. In 2005 she won a Gold award for her courtyard garden at the Royal Horticultural Society's, Chelsea Flower Show. [3] This article is about human pregnancy in biological females. ... Horticulture (Latin: hortus (garden plant) + cultura (culture)) are classically defined as the culture or growing of garden plants. ... This article is about the British television station. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Royal Horticultural Society was founded in 1804 as the London Horticultural Society, and gained its present name in a Royal Charter granted in 1861 by Prince Albert. ... // The Chelsea Flower Show is a garden show held each year on five days in May by the Royal Horticultural Society in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in Chelsea, London, England. ...

Her first book about gardening was published in 2005, entitled Gardening with Children. The second book followed in April 2006, entitled The First-time Gardener. Translations of the first book were released at the same time in Spain, France, Denmark and The Netherlands. Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I Shall Uphold) Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official language(s) Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Beatrix  - Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War   - Declared July 26, 1581   - Recognised January 30, 1648 (by Spain...

Return to pop

On January 13, 2001 she performed live for the first time in years, as a guest star in a show by ABBA tribute band, Fabba, for a local charity. This sparked her interest in performing live again. Since November 2001, she has toured the UK three times (and once in Australia during 2003) as part of the "Here & Now Tour", an Eighties revival concert series, together with recording artists such as Paul Young, The Human League, Belinda Carlisle and Howard Jones. Abba redirects here. ... For the album by The Cure, see Concert (album). ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... For other persons named Paul Young, see Paul Young (disambiguation). ... The Human League are an award winning, Grammy nominated British synthpop/New Wave band formed in 1977 who, after a key change in line up, achieved great popularity in the 1980s. ... Belinda Carlisle (born Belinda Josephine Kurczeski on August 17, 1958 in Hollywood, California) is the lead vocalist and a founding member of the all-female New Wave band Go-Gos as well as a successful solo artist. ... Howard Jones (born John Howard Jones, 23 February 1955) is an English singer and songwriter who gained acclaim in the 1980s. ...

New music also followed: in 2001 she recorded a new track, "Loved", for a compilation album which became a surprise hit in Belgium, and in 2003 she had pan-European success with "Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime", a duet with another 1980s pop star, German singer Nena. A compilation album is an album (music or spoken-word) featuring tracks from one or multiple recording artists, often culled from a variety of sources (such as studio albums, live albums, singles, demos and outtakes. ... The duet, by Hendrik ter Brugghen A duet is a musical composition or piece for two performers, most often used for a vocal or piano duet. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... A celebrity is a person who is widely recognized in a society. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... Nena (born March 24, 1960 in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German singer who became famous with the New German Wave song 99 Luftballons (99 Red Balloons in the English version). ...

In 2006 Wilde signed a new record deal with EMI and released the first single from her tenth studio album in many countries across Europe, Scandinavia and Asia. "You Came 2006" charted well in most of these countries, becoming her biggest solo hit in Germany since 1988. The second single from the album, which was voted for by fans on her official website was "Perfect Girl", released in November 2006, it did spend nine weeks in the German singles top 100. A third single "Together We Belong" was released in March 2007. The album Never Say Never includes eight new tracks plus five completely re-worked previous hits of hers and has charted well in Belgium, France, Switzerland, Austria and Germany (where her profile has remained high since the duet with Nena). There are no plans at the moment to release the album in her home country. A fourth single from Never Say Never was released in Germany in August 2007. The song "Baby Obey Me" has been remixed and added some rap by the German rapper Il Inspector. A legal agreement (commonly called a record deal) between a record label and a recording artist (or group), where the artist makes a record (or series of records) for the label to sell and promote. ... For other uses, see EMI (disambiguation). ... A remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. ...

Discography

Notes: U.S. top data: for singles from Billboard Hot 100, for albums from Billboard 200; UK top data for singles and albums from UK Singles Chart. “Hot 100” redirects here. ... The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ... “British Hit Singles” redirects here. ...

Studio albums

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Compilation albums

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Singles

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Impact

Kim Wilde holds the record for being the most-charted British solo female act of the 1980s.

In France, she was known as the "Brigitte Bardot of Rock" and her song "Cambodia" sold over a million copies. In 1985, French singer Laurent Voulzy paid tribute to Wilde in his song "Les Nuits Sans Kim Wilde" (Nights Without Kim Wilde); Wilde made a cameo appearance in the song's music video. Brigitte Bardot (French IPA: ) (born September 28, 1934) is a BAFTA Awards-nominated French actress, former fashion model, singer, known nationalist, animal rights activist, and considered the embodiment of the 1950s and 1960s sex kitten. ...

Germany and Switzerland were also big fans, and she sold very well in Australia right up until If I Can't Have You (#3 in 1994, going platinum), with the compilation album The Singles Collection 1981-1993 reaching the Top 10.

The Americans took an interest in 1987, making You Keep me Hangin' On a number one hit. Indeed, most of her achievements were made in the 1980s and some of her songs from this period became international standards.

Her second career as a gardener has been equally successful, having received many accolades within only five years as a serious gardener, including a Gold at the 2005 Chelsea Flower Show. She also held an entry in the book of Guinness World Records for successfully moving and replanting the world's largest tree with fellow horticulturist Dave Fountain. ^[4] Unfortunately the tree was blown away by a storm in January 2007. ^[5]

Awards

• 1983 BRIT Awards - Best British female solo artist

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Trivia

• Wilde completed a whole album in 1998 which never saw the light of day. Very little is known about the project other than it was rumoured to be a return to her rock-pop musical beginnings and was shelved after difficulties over ownership rights between the Wilde camp and one of the album's collaborators. Rumour has it that recordings from this album cannot be released without the permission of this person and therefore may never be heard by the public. Wilde mentioned the un-named project was 'close to completion' in a light-hearted interview with columnist Nina Myskow earlier in '98 and that it would be released at a later date, preferably after she had lost some weight (after having had her first child that January) ^[6]. In 2001 she was asked on a live online chat with fans if the album would be released soon, but the response was vague ^[7]. No mention of it was heard again until Wilde recalled it during an interview for Record Collector in 2005 ^[8].
• She is also mentioned as a contact on Brian's phone on the UK TV Series Teachers.
• She appeared on The Day Today condemning the clamping of homeless people asleep on the streets.
• Wilde's least known commercially released song is a track called "Turn it On", which was recorded in 1984 and can only be found on the soundtrack for the film Weird Science. It was not released as a single and has not been transferred onto CD yet.
• Kim Wilde has been featured for a number of years on adverts for the highstreet health food shop Holland & Barrett.
• "Kids in America" is featured in the 2002 PlayStation 2 videogame Grand Theft Auto: Vice City as part of the ingame New Wave radio station Wave 103.

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Collaborations

• Wilde provided backing vocals for Johnny Hates Jazz on their 1987 hit "Turn Back the Clock" and on two songs of their second album Tall Stories (1991).
• In 1987 she recorded "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", a bit of seasonal trumpery, together with comedian Mel Smith for Comic Relief.
• She appeared in various songs that were recorded for charity: "Something Better" for the Anti-Heroin Project (1986), "Let It Be" by Ferry Aid (1987) and "Spirit of the Forest" for the project of the same name (1989).
• She duetted with the French living legend Johnny Halliday and with famous composer and singer Michel Berger, both on French TV.
• In 2002 she contributed vocals to the song "You and me" by German band Readymade.
• Her duet with Nena, "Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime" was a major hit in various European countries, hitting the No.1 spot in the Netherlands and Austria, and No.3 in Germany respectively in 2003.
• In 2005 a white label remix of the classic song You Came was made by Groovenut, to be released as "Love You More" by Groovenut vs. Kim Wilde. However, this track never made it to a commercial release. In 2006 Groovenut were approached to remix the new release of "You Came", the resulting track was included on the single as "You Came (Groovenut Remix)".

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Kim Wilde as an inspiration for other artists

• In 1985, French singer Laurent Voulzy released successfully the song "Les nuits sans Kim Wilde" ("Nights without Kim Wilde") in France. He apparently wrote the song after seeing Wilde on television and finding himself totally fascinated by her image. Wilde heard the recording, and finally agreed to sing a few lines on the song herself.
• In 2000, Canadian band Len covered Wilde's song "Kids In America" for the Digimon Soundtrack.
• Ash guitarist, Charlotte Hatherley, wrote a song about her, entitled "Kim Wilde", in 2004 and included it on her debut album Grey will Fade.
• Sandra Caldarone, a Belgian singer named herself Sandra Kim, after Kim Wilde. Sandra Kim won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1986 with "J'aime la Vie".
• East German Punkrock band Feeling B made a song called "Kim Wilde", which can be found on their debut album.
• Tiffany American Pop Singer recorded a version of "Kids In America" in 2007 for her album "I Think We're Alone Now: '80s Hits and More".
• In her world-renowned graphic novel Persepolis, Iranian cartoonist Marjane Satrapi has a comic strip titled Kim Wilde. In it the main character Marji, a young Iranian girl, sings "Kids in America" in the streets of the Iranian capital. Also, when her parents go in holiday in Turkey, they buy a poster of Kim Wilde and smuggle it in Tehran for Marji. Marji pins the poster on her bedroom's wall and practices walkings and postures à la Kim Wilde.

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Kim Wilde covering other artists

Wilde has recorded eight cover versions, four of them being released as singles (see discography)

• "Putty in Your Hands" (1984) - previously sung by The Shirelles and later The Yardbirds.
• "You Keep me Hangin' On" (1986) - previously sung by The Supremes.
• "Lucky Guy" (1988) - previously sung by Todd Rundgren.
• "If I Can't Have You" (1993) - previously sung by Yvonne Elliman.
• "Shame" (1996) - previously sung by Evelyn 'Champagne' King.
• "Because the Night" (1998) - Written by Bruce Springsteen and covered by Patti Smith and later 10,000 Maniacs.
• "Born to be Wild" (2002) - previously sung by Steppenwolf.
• "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" (Marty Wilde and Kim Wilde), (2007) - previously sung by Elton John
• "Enjoy the Silence" (2007) - previously sung by Depeche Mode.

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Kim Wilde covered by other artists

Many artists around the world have done cover versions of Kim Wilde songs, ranging from pop and rock to dance and death metal versions. The most famous bands to cover Kim Wilde songs are Apoptygma Berzerk, Atomic Kitten, Bloodhound Gang,Tiffany, James Last and Lasgo - to name but a few. Apoptygma Berzerk is a Norwegian musical group. ... Atomic Kitten is an English girl group from Liverpool composed of Liz Lil McClarnon, Natasha Tash Hamilton, and Jenny Frost - who replaced original member Kerry Katona in January 2001. ... The Bloodhound Gang redirects here. ... Tiffany Renee Darwish (born October 2, 1971), known popularly as Tiffany, is an American singer who had a number of teen pop hits during the late 1980s. ... James Last in 2006 James Last together with fan Guenter Krueger from Berlin James Last (born Hans Last on April 17, 1929 in Bremen) is a German composer and big band leader. ... Lasgo is a trio of dance music musicians from Belgium. ...

Books

Gardening with children

Cover of Kim Wilde's book Gardening with Children (2005).

Kim Wilde's first book was written in 2004 and released on April 4, 2005 by Collins publishers. The book contains many projects for getting - and keeping - kids interested in the outdoors. Along with guidelines for safety in the garden there are ideas for maintaining a child's attention span throughout the gardening process, which can be slow. Illustrated step-by-step projects range from creative ways to plant, such as rainbow and sensory gardens, to making scarecrows, wormeries and tile mosaics. Image File history File links This image is a book cover. ... Image File history File links This image is a book cover. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The First-time Gardener

Written in 2005 and released on April 3, 2006 by Collins publishers, The First-Time Gardener is Kim Wilde's beginner's guide to gardening. The book tells all about the basics of gardening. The book assumes no prior knowledge and takes the reader through the basics of planning a garden, choosing plants and turning your ideas into reality - including how to make the most of climbers, containers, and hanging baskets. Not all gardens should be created from scratch, as per the TV makeovers. In fact, if you can wait a while to see what happens in your new garden, then you may find you've inherited some weird and wonderful plants. Kim explains how to make the most of your garden - any garden, even if your basic knowledge is limited or non-existent.

Gardens

Kim Wilde has designed and created numerous gardens during her involvement in the Better Gardens and Garden Invaders TV programmes and commissioned by individuals and organizations. She has also created gardens for Flower Shows across the UK, a few of them are described here.

All about Alice (2001)

Kim Wilde and David Fountain designed and created 'All about Alice' for the 2001 Tatton Flower Show, 18 to 22 July 2001. The garden represented the story of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The garden was built on two levels, with a large gnarled oak tree as its centrepiece displaying a carving of Cheshire Cat. The lower level of the garden contained a grotto, with tapered walls to give the impression of the room becoming smaller, like the rabbit hole down which Alice tumbled to her adventures. A maze of tall, clipped hornbeam enclosed contorted mirrors to add to the sense of distortion. Throughout the garden, scale was increased or decreased and the planting was wild and unkempt, in keeping with Alice's confusion during her strange experiences. The upper level of the garden represented four stories taken from Alice's adventures. The Mad Hatter's tea party amongst wild woodland planting was littered with crockery and a top hat carved from tree trunks. The Queen's croquet lawn was set in a wild flower meadow. The figures of the Queen, King and a pawn stood on a chessboard of grass and water, which was surrounded by playing cards from the four suits, created from clipped box trees. This garden was awarded the 'Best Show Garden' award.

The Cumbrian Fellside Garden (2005)

Kim Wilde and Richard Lucas designed and created 'The Cumbrian Fellside Garden' for the 2005 RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London. This romantic Cumbrian Garden was inspired by the gently sloping landscapes of the Lake District. A constant trickle of water is guided gently through the garden by a rill, providing a simple and relaxing feature. The rear of the garden is still mostly wild, with nature being held back in its attempt to reclaim its former territory. Wild flowers grow in the long grass and in crevices within the dry stone walls. The front of the garden is romantically planted with Aquilegia, Geranium, Linaria and Astrantia. Natural Cumbrian slates are put to use, both as flagstones and to retain the wildflower bank while a narrow pathway leads out of the garden over a stile and on to the fell side. The garden won a Gold medal and 'Best in show' in the Courtyard Gardens category, as well as the BBC RHS People's Award for small gardens. Richard Saville Clement Lucas (born July 27, 1886 - died May 29, 1968) was a British rower who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. ... The panorama across Eskdale from Ill Crag. ...

• The Cumbrian Fellside Garden - Interactive digital version of the garden

See also

• Best selling music artists - World's top-selling music artists chart.
• List of artists who reached number one in Ireland

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