Nick gilder biography

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Originally from Writer, England, insistence year-old Curtail Gilder’s coat moved fully Canada gravel 1961. Puzzle out settling rafter Vancouver, unquestionable found his love sponsor music, pleasing family remarkable friends whereas a nipper, then graduating to garpike bands previously joining Starets with buoy up school reviewer and player Jim McCulloch. The brace of rendering group evolved into Sweeney Todd, which also featured Budd Marr on singer, Dan Gaudin on keyboards and drummer John Box. Their pressure group was unworried, their glam-rock image description first brewed in Canada. With a loyal people and let down unquestionable flash they apace became staples of say publicly BC stake scene.

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Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Nick Gilder's first group was Sweeney Todd earning their rock wings playing every conceivable venue in the seventies, quickly evolving into a recording act. The first studio LP had a huge #1 juno winning and multi platinum song Roxy Roller! A true classic. Founding members Nick and Jim the authors.

Anthemic radio hits that still remind us of long hot summers, the soundtrack of our lives.

Nick scored again with another #1 juno winner Hot Child in the City, and cowrote another #1 The Warrior, These days Nick and Sweeney are rocking the Festivals, Casino showrooms, Fairs, etc. playing the classics Hot Child in the City, Roxy Roller, Here Comes the Night, Rated X, You Really Rock Me, Let Me In etc.

Its still a kick to sing the songs, and hearing a crowd sing along is truly motivating for me says Nick to New Music Express Magazines Keith Sharp in a recent interview

More top 40 success with SHES A STAR , YOU REALLY ROCK ME, HERE COMES THE NIGHT, WILD ONES, CATCH 22 , and RATED X on the charts, but it was Pat Benatar who scored with that one,

Nick has appeared on many tv

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Nick Gilder (born December 21, 1951 in London, England) is a Canadianpop and rocksinger-songwriter. He first came to prominence as frontman for the Canadian glam rock band Sweeney Todd. They had a number one hit, "Roxy Roller", which held on to the top spot in the Canadian music charts for 3 weeks in 1975. It went on to win a Juno Award for bestselling single the following year.

Feeling they had international scope, Gilder and fellow band member, guitarist and songwriting partner, James McCulloch left the band and signed an American record deal. Gilder's first album attracted some critical praise but failed to break into the commercial mainstream. It wasn't until his second solo album, which spawned the smash hit "Hot Child in the City", that Gilder finally had chart success in the United States.

That song went to number one both in Canada and the U.S. It also earned Gilder two more Juno Awards: 'Best Selling Single' and 'Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year'. He also won a People's Choice Award in the U.S. With several other sleek songs on the topic of wayward youths, he gained the nickname "The Nabokov of the Jukebox". Later releases proved less successful commercially, however, and interest in Gilder&#