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created on: 13/03/2016
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James "Jim" Kerr (born 9 July 1959, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish musician and singer-songwriter, best known as lead singer of the rock band Simple Minds, who achieved five UK No. 1 albums and a No. 1 single "Ballad of the Streets EP".
He released his first solo album, Lostboy! AKA Jim Kerr, on 27 May 2010.

In 1977, he was one of the founding members of the 6-piece punk rock band Johnny and the Self Abusers. Calling himself Pripton Weird, he played keyboards and shared vocals with John Milarky. Allan McNeill was also involved with the band, and went on to be the manager of the Pop band Hue and Cry. The band lasted 8 months, during which time Kerr emerged as one of the main songwriters. In November 1977 they changed their name to Simple Minds, quickly reduced to 4 members, then increased to 5, then 6, then back to 5 before a period of stability ensued.

He continues to record and tour with Simple Minds, who released their latest album Big Music in October 2014 and are currently working on their 18th album.
Jim currently lives in Taormina, Sicily, where he runs a hotel, Villa Angela.

Kerr was married to Chrissie Hynde, lead singer of The Pretenders, in 1984 (divorced, 1990). They had one daughter, Yasmin. He was subsequently married to actress Patsy Kensit in 1992 (divorced 1996) with whom he had a son, James (born September 1993).
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Married to [m. 1984 - div. 1990] : Chrissie Hynde
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Married to [m. 1992 - div. 1996] : Patsy Kensit
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Band member of : Simple Minds
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