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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Eden Kane
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Richard Graham Sarstedt
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1940|03|29}}
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| origin = [[Croydon]], London, England
| genre = {{hlist|[[Pop music|Pop]]|[[Rock music|rock]]}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|instrumentalist|record producer|actor}}
| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar}}
| years_active = 1959–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Decca Records|Decca]]|[[Fontana Records|Fontana]]}}
| associated_acts = {{hlist|[[Peter Sarstedt]]|[[Clive Sarstedt]]}}
| website = {{URL|edenkane.com}}
}}

'''Richard Graham Sarstedt''' (born 29 March 1940<ref name="AMG"/><ref group=note>Some sources, including his own website, give 1942; but other reliable sources such as Allmusic give 1940 and his younger brother [[Peter Sarstedt|Peter]] was born in 1941.</ref>), known by the [[stage name]] '''Eden Kane''', is an English [[popular music|pop]]/[[rock music|rock]] singer, record producer and actor best known as a [[teen idol]] in the 1960s. He has also recorded under his birth name and with backing group the Downbeats. Born in India, he is the elder brother of musicians [[Peter Sarstedt]] and [[Robin Sarstedt]] (aka. Clive Robin Sarstedt), with whom he has collaborated on numerous Sarstedt Brothers albums. He had success in the early 1960s as a pop star appealing to a teenage audience, with hits including "[[Well I Ask You]]" which was a UK No. 1 hit in 1961, then spent time in Australia before moving to the United States, where he began an acting career.

==Life and career==
He was born in [[New Delhi]], India, where his parents Albert and Coral were civil servants. When Richard was a child, the family—including his two younger brothers [[Peter Sarstedt|Peter]] and [[Clive Sarstedt|Clive]], and their three sisters—moved to [[Kurseong]], near [[Darjeeling]], to run a [[tea plantation]]. He pursued his schooling from [[Sherwood College]] till March 1954, when, after his father's death, he moved with his brothers, sisters and mother to the UK.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|author=Bruce Eder |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/eden-kane-mn0000178089 |title=Eden Kane | Biography & History |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2015-10-02}}</ref><ref name="500 Number One Hits">{{cite book
| first= Jo
| last= Rice
| year= 1982
| title= The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits
| edition= 1st
| publisher= Guinness Superlatives Ltd
| location= Enfield, Middlesex
| isbn= 0-85112-250-7
| page= 58}}</ref> They settled in [[Norbury]], [[Croydon]], where Richard attended Heath Clark Grammar School.<ref name=kane>{{cite web|url=http://www.edenkane.com/ |title=Home |publisher=Edenkane.com |access-date=2015-10-02}}</ref> Inspired by [[Bill Haley (musician)|Bill Haley]], he learned guitar and formed a [[skiffle]] group, the Fabulous 5, which included his younger brothers.<ref name="AMG"/>

He entered a [[talent contest]] at the Classic Cinema in [[Kings Road]], [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]], where he won a contract to sing an advertising [[jingle]] for [[Cadbury's]] Drinking Chocolate, which was played frequently on [[Radio Luxembourg (English)|Radio Luxembourg]]. He was signed by management team Philip Waddilove and Michael Barclay, who changed Sarstedt's name to Eden Kane – "Eden" because of its biblical associations at a time when [[Adam Faith]] was a top pop star, and "Kane" because ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' was Barclay's favourite film<ref name="AMG"/><ref name=kane/> – and the song was released as the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] of a single, "You Make Love So Well", by [[Pye Records]] in August 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/7n15284 |title=Eden Kane - You Make Love So Well / Hot Chocolate Crazy - Pye - UK - 7N 15284 |publisher=45cat.com |access-date=2015-10-02}}</ref>

He then won a recording contract with [[Decca Records]]. His first recording for the label, "[[Well I Ask You]]"—written by [[Les Vandyke]], [[arrangement|arranged]] by [[John Keating (musician)|John Keating]], and produced by [[Bunny Lewis]]—reached [[Chart-topper|No. 1]] on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in August 1961. It was followed by three more top ten hits in the UK over the next year, "Get Lost" (No. 10), "Forget Me Not" (No. 3) and "I Don't Know Why" (No. 7).<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=David|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|year=2006|isbn=1-904994-10-5|edition=19th|location=London|page=296}}</ref> Together with a backing band, the Downbeats, which comprised Roger Retting, Ben Steed, Roger St. Clair and Bugs Waddell, he toured widely around the UK with such stars as [[Cliff Richard]], [[Billy Fury]] and [[Helen Shapiro]].<ref name="AMG"/> His brother Peter was the band's road manager, later joining on bass, with brother Clive joining on guitar.<ref name=kane/>

His fifth single for Decca, "House to Let", failed to chart, and later releases for the label were equally unsuccessful. He left Decca and joined [[Philips]] subsidiary [[Fontana Records|Fontana]] in 1963. Like many of his [[teen idol]] peers, Kane sought to stave off [[record chart|chart]] oblivion by hitching a ride onto the [[beat music|beat boom]] bandwagon, but some momentum was lost when his next release, originally titled "Do You Love Me" (c/w "Comeback"), had to be reissued with a new title, "Like I Love You", to avoid confusion with the UK hit [[cover version|covers]] of [[the Contours]]' US hit [[Do You Love Me|of the same name]] by [[Brian Poole]] & [[the Tremeloes]] and the [[Dave Clark Five]]. His third single for Fontana, "Boys Cry" (No. 8), returned him to the charts in January 1964, but it was to be his last hit.<ref name="AMG"/> He made several television appearances on shows with newly-successful groups such as [[the Beatles]] and [[the Rolling Stones]], and toured Australia with [[Roy Orbison]], [[Del Shannon]] and [[The Searchers (band)|the Searchers]]. Success in Australia led to him hosting a TV series in that country. At a stopover in Los Angeles he met American journalist Charlene Groman, sister of [[Stefanie Powers]], and they married several years later.<ref name="AMG"/><ref name=kane/>

After his chart success in Britain dried up, Kane moved to live in California, working as a record producer. His brothers, Peter and Clive, both achieved chart success in the UK (the former in the late 1960s and the latter, as "Robin" Sarstedt, in the 1970s), and, in 1972, the three brothers recorded an album as the Sarstedt Brothers, ''Worlds Apart Together''.<ref name="500 Number One Hits"/><ref name=kane/> On 20 June 1973, the brothers made their first joint appearance as a group, at [[Fairfield Halls]] in [[Croydon]].<ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years">{{cite book
| first= John
| last= Tobler
| year= 1992
| title= NME Rock 'N' Roll Years
| edition= 1st
| publisher= Reed International Books Ltd
| location= London
| id= CN 5585
| page= 251}}</ref>
Eden, Peter and Robin went on to win a joint [[British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors|BASCA]] Award for composing and songwriting.<ref name=kane/>

Kane has since [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] for [[Bell Records|Bell]], Monarch, [[HMV Records|HMV]] and [[Festival Records|Festival]] (the last two being Australian releases). He has also occasionally joined "oldies" tours in the UK with [[Marty Wilde]], [[John Leyton]], [[Brian Hyland]] and others, notably as part of the "Solid Gold Rock and Roll" package.<ref name=kane/> He was a contract actor on the ''[[Star Trek]]'' team, and made several appearances in the TV series ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', under his real name Richard Sarstedt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0765602/ |title=Richard Sarstedt|publisher=IMDb.com|access-date=8 July 2013}}</ref>

{{As of|2014}}, he has a CD, entitled ''Y2Kane'', available on his website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edenkane.com |title=Home |publisher=Edenkane.com |access-date=26 January 2014}}</ref> He continues to live in Los Angeles with his wife, the journalist Charlene Groman, and their family.<ref name=kane/>

In 2017, Kane went on a UK tour with The Solid Gold Rock'n'Roll Show, which also featured [[Marty Wilde]], [[Mark Wynter]] and [[Mike Berry (actor)|Mike Berry]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atgtickets.com/shows/the-solid-gold-rock-n-roll-show-2017/|title=The Solid Gold Rock n Roll Show 2017 Tickets - Tour Dates & Tickets - ATG Tickets|website=Atgtickets.com|access-date=10 November 2017}}</ref>

==Discography==

=== Albums ===

==== Studio albums ====

* Eden Kane ([[Ace of Clubs Records|Ace of Clubs]], 1962)
* ''It's Eden'' ([[Fontana Records|Fontana]], 1964)
* ''Another Day Passes By'' ([[Evolution Records|Evolution]], 1971) (as Richard Sarstedt)
* ''Y2Kane'' (Eden Kane CD, 1999)
* ''Eden Rock'' (Eden Kane CD, 2001)
* ''Signs of Love'' (2012)
* ''Fifty Three'' (2014)

==== Compilation albums ====

* ''Well I Ask You'' ([[Deram Records|Deram]], 1995)
* ''All the Hits Plus More...The Best of Eden Kane'' (Prestige, 1996)
* ''Very Best Of'' (Pegasus, 1997)
* ''Boys Cry'' (Pegasus, 2004)
* ''Well I Ask You – The Complete 60s Recordings'' ([[Cherry Red Records|RPM]], 2017)

=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |Year
! rowspan="2" |Title
! colspan="4" |Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" |Label
|-
![[UK Singles Chart|UK]] <ref>{{Cite web|title=EDEN KANE {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/9773/eden-kane/|access-date=2021-04-27|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref>
![[Kent Music Report|AUS]]
![[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]] <ref>Chart positions prior to October 1962 are from the ''[[The Herald (Ireland)|Evening Herald]]''. Subsequent positions are from {{Cite web|title=The Irish Charts|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-27|website=www.irishcharts.ie}}</ref>
![[Billboard Hot 100|US]] <ref>{{Cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Hot 100 1959–1981|publisher=Record Research|year=1982|isbn=9780898200478|pages=91}}</ref>
|-
|1960
| align="left" |"You Make Love So Well" b/w "Hot Chocolate Crazy"
| align="center" |—
|—
|—
|—
|[[Pye Records|Pye]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |1961
| align="left" |"[[Well I Ask You]]" b/w "Before I Lose My Mind"
| align="center" |1
|15
|1
|119
| rowspan="7" |[[Decca Records|Decca]]
|-
| align="left" |"Get Lost" b/w "I'm Telling You"
| align="center" |10
|85
|4
|—
|-
| rowspan="3" |1962
| align="left" |"Forget Me Not" b/w "A New Kind of Lovin'"
| align="center" |3
|70
|6
|—
|-
| align="left" |"[[I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)|I Don't Know Why]]" b/w "Music for Strings"
| align="center" |7
|—
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"House to Let" b/w "I Told You"
| align="center" |—
|—
|—
|—
|-
| rowspan="3" |1963
| align="left" |"Sounds Funny to Me" b/w "Someone Wants to Know"
| align="center" |—
|—
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"Nimm das Mädchen" (Germany-only release) b/w "Meine große Liebe (Wind und Wellen)"
| align="center" |—
|—
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"Tomorrow Night" b/w "I Won't Believe Them"
| align="center" |—
|—
|—
|—
| rowspan="5" |[[Fontana Records|Fontana]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |1964
| align="left" |"Boys Cry" b/w "Don't Come Crying to Me"
| align="center" |8
|22
|6
|—
|-
| align="left" |"Rain, Rain, Go Away" b/w "Guess Who It Is?"
| align="center" |—
|—
|—
|—
|-
| align="left" |"Hangin' Around" b/w "Gonna Do Something About You"
| align="center" |—
|—
|—
|—
|-
|1965
| align="left" |"If You Want This Love" b/w "Have I Done Something Wrong?"
| align="center" |—
|—
|—
|—
|-
|1966
| align="left" |"Magic Town" b/w "The Whole World Was Crying"
| align="center" |—
|—
|—
|—
|Decca
|-
| rowspan="2" |1967
| align="left" |"Gotta Get Through to You" (Australia and New Zealand-only release) b/w "A Million Ants"
| align="center" |—
|—
|—
|—
|[[His Master's Voice]]
|-
| align="left" |"My Whole World Is Tumbling Down" (Australia and New Zealand-only release) b/w "In the Day of My Youth"
| align="center" |—
|—
|—
|—
|His Master's Voice/[[Impact (record label)|Impact]]
|-
|1968
| align="left" |"Time, Love, Hope, Life" (Australia and New Zealand-only release) b/w "[[It Doesn't Matter Anymore]]"
| align="center" |—
|—
|—
|—
|[[Festival Records|Festival]]
|-
|1970
| align="left" |"Reason to Believe" b/w "I Played It Like a Fool"
| align="center" |—
|—
|—
|—
|[[Bell Records|Bell]]
|-
|1971
| align="left" |"Another Day (Passes By)" (as Richard Sarstedt; US and Germany-only release) b/w "Charlie"
| align="center" |—
|—
|—
|—
|[[Evolution Records|Evolution]]/[[Philips Records|Philips]]
|-
| colspan="7" style="font-size:8pt" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released
|}

==See also==
*[[List of artists under the Decca Records label]]
*[[List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart]]
*[[List of performers on Top of the Pops]]

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0765602|name=Richard Sarstedt}}
*{{IMDb name|id=2280677}}
*{{Official website|http://EdenKane.com|Eden Kane's official website}}
*[http://www.45-rpm.org.uk/dire/edenk.htm 45-RPM website – Eden Kane musical biography]
*[http://www.california-ballroom.info/bands/eden-kane.htm California Ballroom – Eden Kane Management info and biography]
*[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p171458/biography|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic.com biography]

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[[Category:English male singers]]
[[Category:English pop singers]]
[[Category:English male television actors]]
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[[Category:Indian emigrants to England]]
[[Category:English expatriates in the United States]]
[[Category:People from Croydon]]
[[Category:Decca Records artists]]

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