Always remember the intro to this record. Decca label as well. Good stuff.

He was born Richard Graham Sarstedt, 29 March 1941 in Delhi, India but returned to Britain as a child where he created some interest for his talent, with an advertising jingle for Cadbury's, called "Hot Chocolate Crazy", issued as a single by Pye Records. This was played almost as often as Horace Batchelor's football pools advertisement on Radio Luxembourg.

This was quickly followed in 1961, by his only number one hit in the UK Singles Chart - "Well I Ask You". Success continued with three further Top10 hits during the next twelve months. However, a couple of flops, financial problems, and a change in label (from Decca Records to Philips subsidiary Fontana Records) marked a decline similar to that of which most of the pre-Beatles UK stars experienced.

Like many of his teen idol peers, Kane sought to stave off chart oblivion by hitching a ride onto the beat boom bandwagon, teaming with a group with real Liverpool pedigree - Fontana labelmates Earl Preston and the TT's.  Kane's next release, a UK and Australia Top 10 comeback hit with "Boys Cry" in 1964, was just a hiccup on the general downward spiral and did little to sustain his career. However, he was arguably the last British solo star to succeed before the arrival of The Beatles, and his five chart singles all made the Top Ten.

After "Well I Ask You" made No 1 in June 1961, "Get Lost" reached No 10 in September 1961; "Forget Me Not" achieved No 3 spot in January 1962.  "I Don't Know Why" reached No 7 in May 1962, and finally "Boys Cry" made No 8 in January 1964.

Kane later moved to America and married journalist Charlene Groman (the sister of actress Stefanie Powers), whom he had first met while passing through the United States in the mid 1960s. He remained active in the entertainment business in the States, as a record producer.

The family was far from finished. His brother, Peter Sarstedt, got to number one himself in 1969, with "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)"; whilst the youngest brother Clive, who had earlier recorded under the supervision of Joe Meek as Wes Sands, later used his middle name to call himself Robin Sarstedt and reached the British Top 3 in 1976 with his cover rendition of the old Hoagy Carmichael song, "My Resistance Is Low".

In the mid 1970s all three brothers sang together briefly, but this did not create new chart action for Kane.On 20 June 1973, the brothers made their first joint appearance as a group at Croydon's Fairfield Halls.[Eden, Peter and Robin went on to win a joint BASCA Award for composing and songwriting. As of 2006, all three of the Sarstedt brothers are still active in the music industry and Eden has toured the UK several times with the 'Solid Gold Rock and Roll' tours.

Kane was a contract actor on the Star Trek team, and made many appearances in the TV series under his real name of Richard Sarstedt.