47-472: Ivor Neville " Nick " Kamen (15 April 1962 – 4 May 2021) was a British singer, songwriter and model of mixed Burmese, Irish, Dutch and French descent. He was best known for the singles " Each Time You Break My Heart " from 1986 and " I Promised Myself " from 1990, as well as for appearing in a 1985 Levi's advert. Kamen was born in Harlow , Essex , England, where he attended St Marks RC Comprehensive School . He
94-559: A Cantonese cover version sung by 張立基 (Norman Cheung) which titled "今夜你是否 – 人 (Are You Alone?)" reached Number 1 on the airplay chart in Hong Kong in 1989. Kamen appeared on UK television, singing on Top of the Pops (27 November 1986 and 12 March 1987), This Morning (9 April 1990), Night Network (15 April 1987, 19 August 1987 and 1988) and The Tube (31 October 1986 and 21 November 1986). On his first appearance on Top of
141-418: A 1985 Levi's television commercial, later deciding to delve into the music business and signed a record deal with Sire. "Each Time You Break My Heart" was the lead single from his album, written and produced by Madonna and Stephen Bray . It was originally set to be included on Madonna's third studio album, True Blue (1986), but failed to make the final tracklist. Madonna also provided background vocals on
188-815: A 34-week chart run divided into two segments with a six-week hiatus due to its release in May 1987 in France. In the United States, the song failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 , but a club remix by Shep Pettibone achieved a peak of number five on the Dance Club Songs chart. Credits adapted from the 12-inch maxi single liner notes. Sales figures based on certification alone. Shipments figures based on certification alone. Cherry Red Records Cherry Red Records (formerly Cherry Pop Records )
235-431: A fan of AFC Wimbledon , alongside managing director Adam Velasco, Cherry Red also has interests in football -related releases, with the most complete catalogue of soccer-related songs extant. In 2007, the company launched a streaming television service, cherry red TV . It also publishes an in-house magazine and an 'in-house' publishing division, 'Cherry Red Songs'. Cherry Red's previous music publisher, Complete Music,
282-576: A host of quarter-inch tapes kept in 67 tea chests. 2021 saw the label acquire the Dissonance Productions label and catalogue from Plastic Head Distribution. The extreme metal label has a catalogue of approximately 130 releases including At The Gates’ Gardens Of Grief, Holy Terror’s Terror & Submission, Nifelheim’s Servants Of Darkness and Ascension Of The Watchers’ Apocrypha. In 2021 and 2022 it released new albums by Agent Steel, Lawnmower Deth and Tokyo Blade. Notable catalogue acquisitions for
329-484: A label that offered a space for artists who would otherwise not fit the image of some of the more succinctly defined and stylised independents. "Cherry Red Records was always about musical individuality, diversity, character, commitment and passion," he stated in 2008. It also marketed other smaller independent record labels, like Bristol's Heartbeat Records , which recorded the Glaxo Babies . Cherry Red's role as one of
376-439: A total of 19 weeks. The Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP) certified it Silver for shipping 250,000 copies of the single. Across Europe the song also attained the top ten positions in the record charts of Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland. On the combined pan- European Hot 100 Singles chart, it entered the chart at number 78 on 22 November 1986, peaked at number 10 in its 15th week, and had
423-566: Is a British independent record label founded in Malvern, Worcestershire by Iain McNay in 1978. The label has released recordings by Dead Kennedys , Everything but the Girl , The Monochrome Set , and Felt , among others, as well as the compilation album Pillows & Prayers . In addition to releasing new music, Cherry Red also acts as an umbrella for individual imprints and catalogue specialists. Cherry Red
470-452: Is a black-and-white image of Madonna and Kamen in a recording studio. A promotional video for the song was directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino . It featured Kamen's then girlfriend, actress Talisa Soto and Felix Howard A writer for Billboard magazine listed the dance mix of the song as one of the "New and Noteworthy" singles released, believing that the combination of the writer and the producer duo, along with Kamen's looks would make
517-562: Is widely known in the UK for his role in the 1985 Levi's "Launderette" commercial, where he stripped to his boxer shorts in a 1950s-style launderette while he waited for his blue jeans to wash, one of a series of Bartle Bogle Hegarty advertisements that increased sales of Levi 501s. The commercial ranked sixth in The 100 Greatest TV Ads in 2000. Kamen's musical success was mainly in Europe . His first single
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#1732920390470564-450: The Four Tops ' 1966 hit), although his later singles were less commercially successful in the UK but more so in the rest of Europe, particularly Italy, France, Germany, and Spain. His second album Us (1988) was produced by another Madonna frequent collaborator, Patrick Leonard . Madonna again made an appearance with background vocals on the song "Tell Me", this time without contributing to
611-806: The Pillows & Prayers box set won the 'Best Catalogue Release category at that year's Mojo Honours. At the 2013 Association of Independent Music Awards, Cherry Red won the Special Catalogue Release award for Scared To Get Happy - a box set that explored indie pop from 1980 to 1989. In 2014, Cherry Red artist Dave Brock of Hawkwind won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural Prog Progressive Music Awards. They also picked up nominations for Matt Stevens (Breakthrough Artist) and Panic Room (Best Anthem). The 2015 Progressive Music Awards saw Genesis founder Tony Banks receive
658-832: The UK Albums Chart Top 40 in 2017. Hawkwind's studio album, Into the Woods charted at No. 34 in May and the Fall 's final album, New Facts Emerge , charted at No. 35 in July. On 4 September 2018 at the AIM Independent Music Awards, Cherry Red Records Chairman, Iain McNay, won the Special Recognition Award for his service to independent music for over 40 years, as the label celebrated its 40th anniversary. Hawkwind's studio album Road To Utopia charted at No. 44 in
705-602: The UK Singles Chart . After four weeks, the song reached a peak of number five on the chart, staying within the top 100 for a total of 13 weeks. It received a Silver certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipment of 250,000 copies of the single. In France, "Each Time You Break My Heart" attained a peak position of number eight on the French Singles Chart , and was present for
752-424: The reissue market from the late 1980s onwards. It has a number of subsidiary labels dealing in genre-specific releases, curating many "critically unloved" musical genres, in partial continuation of McNay's earlier advocacy of the unfashionable. The label began to acquire the rights to many independent labels from the 1970s and 1980s, including No Future, Flicknife, Rondelet, Midnight, Temple and In Tape - this spawned
799-496: The "Collector" series of releases, which saw punk, psychobilly, goth and metal genres covered. Another "Collector" series that proved popular was the label's football releases, which released over 60 CDs of collections of club and country football songs. The company has also signed agreements with a number of specialist reissue labels, which operate with a degree of autonomy using Cherry Red's logistical and financial support. Mark Stratford's RPM Records label focuses on pop music from
846-410: The 1960s to the advent of punk. Esoteric Recordings , headed by Mark Powell, specialises in progressive rock and folk catalogue. Mark Brennan heads 7T's Records, which reissues albums by that decade's glam / glitter generation. (Brennan originally helped Cherry Red form one of its first subsidiary labels, Anagram, covering punk, Psychobilly and Goth, which remains active). él Records continues under
893-576: The 20 Market Share By Corporate Group at number 15, which explained the chart-eligible album sales of all record labels. In 2018, Cherry Red acquired the extensive catalogue of Witchwood Media, home to the music of the Strawbs and a roster of other related artists. In late 2019 and early 2020, Cherry Red acquired more label and album catalogue, including Safari Records (Toyah, Jayne County), Emerald Music, Genesis' debut album, From Genesis to Revelation , and Chapter One Records. Cherry Red have also acquired
940-425: The Pops , he was introduced by Gary Davies and sang "Each Time You Break My Heart” and on his second appearance, he was introduced by Steve Wright and sang "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever”. On both occasions, his brother Chester Kamen was on guitar. In 1992, Kamen released his final album, titled Whatever, Whenever . Cherry Red Records released his debut album as a two-disc deluxe edition in 2015, followed by
987-740: The Prog God award after his solo material catalogue reissue campaign with Cherry Red that year. The label also picked up nominations for John Lodge and Tin Spirits in the Best Anthem category, and Bill Nelson and Anthony Phillips in the Storm Thorgerson Grand Design Award category. Hawkwind 's The Machine Stops , received a nomination for Album Of The Year in the Progressive Music Awards 2016. Cherry Red had two albums in
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#17329203904701034-712: The UK Albums Chart in September 2018. Hawkwind's next studio album, All Aboard the Skylark , peaked at No. 34 in the UK Albums Chart in July 2019. Jim Bob , the former frontman of Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine , charted at No. 26 in the UK Albums Chart in August 2020 with his studio album Pop Up Jim Bob . His 2021 album, Who Do We Hate Today , charted at No. 34 on the UK Albums Chart. Other UK charting albums for
1081-586: The United Kingdom, and a remix of the track became a dance hit in the United States. Nick Kamen attained popularity in 1985 when his modelling career gave him the chance to star in Levi's television commercial. It showed him coming into a launderette to wash his 501 jeans, wearing only white boxer shorts. As he strips down he is watched by a group of women in the launderette. The advertisement had an immediate impact, with Levi's sales increasing by 800% and making it
1128-624: The auspices of Mike Alway (but purely as a re-release label), alongside other labels including Poker, Giant Steps, Mortarhate, Now Sounds, and Ork. The Cherry Red label group continues to house reissues, but is also active in the release of new studio material by established artists such as Suzi Quatro , Marc Almond , Red Box , Van Der Graaf Generator , Jah Wobble & Keith Levene, Squackett (a collaboration between Steve Hackett and Chris Squire ), Hussey-Regan (a collaboration between Wayne Hussey and Julianne Regan ), Hazel O'Connor , The Christians and Ken Hensley . Still headed by McNay,
1175-604: The catalogue from numerous independent labels including Inevitable Records (Dead Or Alive), Attrix Records (Peter & The Test Tube Babies) and Native Records (Screaming Trees). Artist catalogues acquired in 2020 included Glenn Hughes and Trapeze, rock band The Stairs and Edgar Jones, psychedelic rock band July, heavy metal band Sir Lord Baltimore, psychedelic rock band Outskirts Of Infinity, NWOBHM band Spider, guitarist Paul Brett, record producer and musician Tom Newman and Canadian pub rocker Philip Rambow. In late 2020 Cherry Red acquired producer Joe Meek's "Tea Chest Tapes" collection -
1222-561: The final tracklist. "Each Time You Break My Heart" also contains background vocals by the singer. The Latin Rascals handled the editing of the track, which was engineered by Steve Peck. Recording and mixing of "Each Time You Break My Heart" was performed by Michael Hutchinson at New York's Sigma Sound Studios, while Ted Jensen did the precision lacquer mastering of the song at Sterling Sound Studios in New York. An extended dance/club remix
1269-445: The keynote labels of the early 1980s independent scene was confirmed by the success of a budget compilation album compiled by Alway and released at Christmas 1982. Retailing for 99p, Pillows & Prayers topped the independent charts for several weeks. The label also released several albums from Adrian Sherwood and his ON-U Sound Label in the early 1980s. Cherry Red continued to sign contemporary artists but increasingly moved into
1316-445: The label in 2021 included Hawkwind's studio album Somnia which entered at No. 57, and Kim Wilde's Pop Don't Stop: Greatest Hits , which peaked at No. 51. The full repertoire of Cherry Red associated imprint labels as of 2016: Notable compilations released by Cherry Red Records include: From July 2018 to August 2020, Cherry Red were the main shirt sponsor for English football league club Wycombe Wanderers . They are also
1363-497: The label in 2021 included deals for the catalogue of independent labels such as Golf, Abstract, Planet Dog and Peer Music. Artist catalogue the label now wholly or partially represent include Edward Ball (of The Times), Jah Wobble, Ron Geesin, Suzi Quatro, Miki Dallon and Dead Or Alive’s early recordings. In 2023 Cherry Red acquired Peter Hammill's Fie! catalgogue from the Van Der Graaf Generator frontman. The Fie! imprint
1410-451: The label's first single, "Bad Hearts" by punk band The Tights in June 1978. Cherry Red's early roster included releases by Morgan Fisher under various pseudonyms , using a small studio installed in his Notting Hill flat, as well as material licensed from The Hollywood Brats , Destroy All Monsters and The Runaways . The latter was the label's biggest seller until McNay invested $ 10,000 in
1457-461: The major's divestments to independent labels, including Howard Jones, Kim Wilde , Marc Almond, Third Ear Band , Dinosaur Jr. , Mel & Kim , Fourplay (shared with Evolution Media Group), Renaissance (except their debut album, which remained with Elektra Records ), Be-Bop Deluxe and Curved Air . These catalogues will be distributed worldwide through Absolute Label Services. The 2017 BPI yearbook All About The Music included Cherry Red in
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1504-648: The new studio album from Hawkwind , The Machine Stops , reaching No. 29 in the UK Albums Chart in April 2016. It also announced the release of the latest studio album from Van Der Graaf Generator in September. In 2017, Cherry Red confirmed it will be representing several label catalogues and artist discographies, including Procol Harum , The Residents, Arthur Brown, Captain Oi, Glenn Hughes and Tim Blake. It also acquired 13 artist catalogues from Warner Music Group as part of
1551-561: The number one jeans manufacturer. It also made Kamen a household name and a sex symbol. Singer Marvin Gaye 's " I Heard It Through the Grapevine " was featured in the commercial and its sales were also boosted, resulting in the song reaching number eight on the UK Singles Chart . Kamen later decided to delve into music, and released his eponymous debut album in 1987. Written and produced by Madonna and Stephen Bray , "Each Time You Break My Heart"
1598-675: The recording of the debut studio album by San Franciscan political punk band Dead Kennedys . Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1979) and its attendant singles sold well worldwide. New A&R head Mike Alway had promoted the Snoopies venue in Richmond, London and been involved with the Scissor Fits, and signed groups including The Monochrome Set , Everything But The Girl , Eyeless in Gaza , Felt , and Five Or Six . McNay aspired for Cherry Red to be
1645-423: The six CD box set The Complete Collection in 2020. Kamen died at his London home on 4 May 2021, aged 59, following three years with bone marrow cancer . He had been receiving treatment at Hammersmith Hospital , West London . After his death, Madonna paid tribute, writing, "You were always such a kind, sweet human and you suffered too much". Later in May 2021, Kamen's brother, musician Chester Kamen , released
1692-623: The songwriting or production. The song was a hit in Italy in the summer of 1988, spending nine weeks at Number 1. Later in 1988 a WEA Italiana compilation Loving You, containing mainly extended versions of previous singles, reached number 7 on the Italian album charts. In 1989, Kamen performed the song "Turn It Up" on the soundtrack to the Disney film Honey, I Shrunk the Kids . Kamen's third album Move Until We Fly
1739-455: The track "Stories" performed by his band The Twins: "Dedicated to the memory of my two beloved little brothers, Nick and Barry". Each Time You Break My Heart " Each Time You Break My Heart " is a song recorded by British singer Nick Kamen , for his eponymous debut studio album (1987). It was released by Sire Records on 2 November 1986 as his debut single in 7-inch and 12-inch maxi formats. Kamen had gained popularity by starring in
1786-510: The track popular. The reviewer added that the song was musically "light synth-pop " and Kamen's vocals were reminiscent of the Bee Gees . Roger Morton of Record Mirror described the single as being "vapid, exploitative, and a chart certainty", while noting Kamen's "respectable, if somewhat thin, George Michael -style vocal, set against a popping glossy disco backing". In the United Kingdom, "Each Time You Break My Heart" debuted at number 54 on
1833-500: The track. A promotional video to accompany the single was directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino . The synth-pop song was featured in Billboard magazine's "New and Noteworthy" single list, receiving comparison to songs by the Bee Gees . It was a commercial success, reaching the top ten of the record charts in France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. It attained Silver certification in France and
1880-665: Was acquired by BMG Music Publishing in 2006. In early 2015, Cherry Red Records and PWL reissued the first four Kylie Minogue albums, Kylie , Enjoy Yourself , Rhythm Of Love and Let's Get To It , as deluxe CD/DVD and LP boxsets. Cherry Red also released a plethora of prestigious frontline albums by established artists that year, including Marc Almond's The Velvet Trail , The Zombies' Still Got That Hunger , Sarah Cracknell's Red Kite , Andy Bell of Erasure's Torsten The Bareback Saint , Jimmy Somerville's Homage , The Fall's Sub-Lingual Tablet and Wolfgang Flür 's Eloquence . In 2016, Cherry Red had its highest chart position, with
1927-498: Was an output for Hammill's solo material and Cherry Red began a reissue campaign through the Esoteric Recordings imprint. In late 2023, Cherry Red announced a partnership with MVD Entertainment to represent the physical rights to Jay Records; a record label specialising in theatrical recordings of classical and musical theater. In 2024 Cherry Red began to represent the catalogue of Christian rap artist Manafest . In June 2008
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1974-403: Was composed by Shep Pettibone , which reached number five on the Dance Club Songs chart in the United States. "Each Time You Break My Heart" was released on 2 November 1986 by Sire in 7" and 12" maxi formats. Photographer Robert Erdman shot the cover artwork photograph of the 7" single, showing Kamen smiling. Another photographer Bob Merlis shot the picture listed on the back cover, which
2021-574: Was listed by Music Week as one of the UK's top ten record companies in Q1 2015 for sales of artist albums. Cherry Red grew from the rock promotion company (similarly named after the song "Cherry Red" by The Groundhogs ) founded in 1971 to promote rock concerts at the Malvern Winter Gardens. In the wake of the independent record boom that followed the advent of punk rock , founders Iain McNay (who remains company chairman) and Richard Jones released
2068-454: Was released in 1990 and contained another big European hit, the single " I Promised Myself ". The song reached the top ten in several European countries and was the fourth most played record in Europe in 1990. The song was later covered by Dead or Alive (1999), A-Teens (2004), Basshunter (2009), and by German punk rockers Maggers United (2013). His 1988 European single "Bring Me Your Love" has
2115-439: Was selected as the lead single from the album. Madonna had previously expressed interest in producing Kamen's record when the latter was signed with Sire Records . However, since she was busy shooting for her film that year, Who's That Girl (then titled Slammer ), she chose to write and compose one song. Madonna had originally written and recorded the song for her third studio album, True Blue (1986), but it did not make
2162-443: Was the 1986 UK Number 5 hit " Each Time You Break My Heart ” from his eponymous début album. The song was written and produced by Madonna and frequent Madonna collaborator, Stephen Bray , with Madonna also singing background vocals. Her original demo remains one of many unreleased Madonna songs by the artist herself. Kamen also had a Number 16 follow-up in the UK with his second single, "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" (a cover of
2209-434: Was the seventh of eight children, with four sisters and three brothers, Ronald Kamen, Chester Kamen and Barry Kamen . In 1982, Kamen appeared in the video for The Damned Don't Cry by synthpop band Visage . He first came to the public's attention in 1984 when Ray Petri featured him on the front cover of The Face . The cover showed him wearing a ski-hat, lipstick, orange roll-neck sweater and aviator sunglasses . He
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