Nick Van Eede
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Nick Van Eede, 2014
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Nicholas Eede |
| Born |
14 June 1958 Cuckfield, West Sussex, England |
| Genres | Pop rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, producer |
| Years active | 1978 - present |
| Website | cuttingcrew.biz |
Nick Van Eede (born Nicholas Eede, 14 June 1958) is an English musician, producer, and songwriter. He is best known for singing and writing the 1986 U.S. #1 power ballad hit "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" for his band Cutting Crew.
While working as a hospital orderly in the late 1970s, Van Eede was discovered playing by the ex-Animal Chas Chandler, who sent him on a tour of Poland as support for Slade. Van Eede was only 18 when sent on the road. He recalls "I went with a kazoo and an acoustic guitar and opened for Slade in amphitheatres in front of 18,000 people. I went down as a storm and had the loudest kazoo in Europe, because Slade took their own PA on the road!" His career continued with tours supporting headliners like David Essex, Hot Chocolate and Alan Price.
During that time, Van Eede released five solo singles between 1978 and 1980, but none of them charted in the UK Singles Chart. The first three were:
All were issued by Barn Records.
He formed The Drivers with friends Mac Norman and Steve Boorer. In the early 1980s they signed with a record label in Canada. They had a couple of hits there with "Tears On Your Anorak" and "Talk All Night", plus an album Short Cuts. They had a support band called Fast Forward, whose line up included guitarist Kevin MacMichael. Van Eede was impressed with MacMichael's guitar playing that he asked him to form a new band with him, however he could not commit at that time. After a final single release with "Things", a Bobby Darin cover version, The Drivers split in 1983.
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