Richard Sarstedt, mostly known for his work using the stage name Eden Kane, is an English pop singer, musician, record producer and actor best known for his “teen idol” period in the early 1960s, before The Beatles. He has also recorded under his birth name and with backing group the Downbeats.
Born in India, he is the elder brother of singer-songwriter Peter Sarstedt and singer Clive Sarstedt with whom he collaborated on numerous Sarstedt Brothers albums.
He had success in the early 1960s as a pop star appealing to a teenage audience, in the pre-Beatles era with hits including “Well I Ask You” which was a UK No. 1 hit in 1961. He then spent time in Australia before moving to the United States, where he put music behind him for the most part and focused on his burgeoning acting career.
A decade after his initial success in music he released the one and only album he ever put out under his own name.
His album Another Day Passes By was released in 1971 by Evolution Records.
On this exquisitely produced album his rich baritone vocals are wonderfully evocative of American turned Brit contemporary Scott Walker.
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