On Thursday 26 february 1981 pop singer Kim Wilde made her television debut on Top of the Pops on BBC One, performing her single Kids in America which was just outside the Top 40. This was the start of a successful career for Wilde (b. 1960) who would go on to have several hit records throughout the eighties and into the nineties.
Kim was the eldest child of Marty Wilde who had also been a successful singer and songwriter in the late fifties and early sixties. Brother Ricky co-wrote and produced Kim's recorded output until she took a break from pop music to focus on her family and take up gardening.
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| pic.: wilde-life.com |
Kids in America went to no. 2 in the UK charts.
source: BBC, official charts archive,
video via lee nichols
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