Aaron has been singing since the age of 5. His singing tutor was no other than Freddy Mercury, who used to live next door to Aaron’s family in Gladstone Avenue, London . Aaron’s claim to fame is Freddy writing and having a big hit with a song he wrote especially for Aaron, called ‘CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE’. Freddy told Aaron he wrote the song to show that the music Aaron was singing was very popular back then and still is now, ‘ROCK N ROLL’ of course!. Aaron has sung with bands throughout Europe and has also spent six years touring in the USA, working alongside some well-known familiar names from the 1950’s, 60’s, 70’s & 80’s. Aaron most recently fronted a band named, ‘Johnny Kidd’s Pirates’ and has been featured in many newspaper and magazine articles worldwide as well as appearing on TV and national radio stations. He has also appeared in a movie and also had a mention in a book. Aaron enjoys composing music and writing songs for various projects from rock n roll to hip hop, and has written both for movies and video games. Aaron has done so much more over the years but we hope that this short bio will give you a bit of insight.
Born in 1961 as Shaun Compton, Aaron Kid Kane acquired his stage name whilst working with Terry Dene. In 1966 at the tender age of five years old, Aaron began his singing career by performing in front of family and friends and singing in school plays. As a teenager in the 1970’s he went on to perform with Rooster from west London where he would have a 30 minute slot performing, singing old 1950’s Rock n Roll songs. In the early 1980’s Aaron was the opening act for Darts, The Steve Gibbon band and Rocky sharp & the Replays. In the 90’s Aaron worked with the band 20 Flight Rock from Bristol. He then spent six years in the USA where he performed with the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis, the Crickets, Chubby Checker, and many more well known names from the 50’s and 60’s and 70’s. Aaron can still be found performing in the UK and Europe but now dedicates more of his time to writing.
In 1994 Aaron represented England in the World Wide Elvis competition and came 4th.
Aaron has been involved on the BBC program Points West and has played an extra in a Miss Marple film. He has also been involved in a program called One Cup of Conversation on BRT Cyprus. He has performed on TV in Boston, Memphis and Nashville in USA and has also performed and been involved with Paul Ross on Virgin Radio and with Jeff Barker on BBC South West. He has also been involved with other radio stations such as Radstock with Alan Milson and Radio Memphis.
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Website: http://aaronkiddkane.com
