Nicholas David Kershaw is an English singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Kershaw came to prominence in the early 1980s as a solo artist, releasing eight singles that entered the Top 40 charts in the UK during the 1980s, including Wouldn't It Be Good, Dancing Girls, I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, Human Racing, The Riddle, Wide Boy, Don Quixote and When a Heart Beats. His 62 weeks on the UK Singles Chart through 1984 and 1985 beat all other solo artists. Kershaw appeared at the dual-venue concert Live Aid in 1985 and has also penned a number of hits for other artists, including a UK number-one single in 1991 for Chesney Hawkes, The One and Only. Kershaw has been regarded by Elton John as "the greatest songwriter of a generation".