Eden Kane


Eden Kane is the stage name of Richard Graham Sarstedt . Born in India, he is a British pop singer, record producer, television personality and film actor. He has also recorded under his birth name and with his backing group the Downbeats. He is the older brother of musicians Peter Sarstedt and Clive Sarstedt, whom he has collaborated with on numerous Sarstedt Brothers albums. He had success in the early 1960s as a teenage pop star with hits including Well I Ask You which was a no.UK hit in 1961, before moving to the United States, where he began an acting career.

He was born in New Delhi, India, onMarch 1940 where his parents Albert and Coral were civil servants. When Richard was a child the family including Richards two younger brothers Peter and Clive, and their three sisters moved to Kurseong, near Darjeeling, to run a tea plantation. He attended a boarding school until March 1954, when, after his fathers death, he moved with his brothers, sisters and mother to Britain. They settled in Norbury, Croydon, where Richard attended Heath Clark Grammar School. Inspired by Bill Haley, he learned guitar and formed a skiffle group, the Fabulous 5, which included his younger brothers.

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