13 Facts About Eden Kane

Eden Kane has recorded under his birth name and with backing group the Downbeats.

Eden Kane had success in the early 1960s as a pop star appealing to a teenage audience, in the pre-Beatles era with hits including the co-written "Well I Ask You" which was a UK No 1 hit in 1961, he then spent time in Australia before moving to the United States, where he began an acting career.

Eden Kane was born in New Delhi, British India, where his parents Albert James and Coral were civil servant and classical musicians.

Eden Kane 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.

Eden Kane entered a talent contest at the Classic Cinema in Kings Road, Chelsea, where he won a contract to sing an advertising jingle for Cadbury's Drinking Chocolate, which was played frequently on Radio Luxembourg.

Eden Kane then won a recording contract with Decca Records.

Eden Kane left Decca and joined Philips subsidiary Fontana in 1963.

Eden Kane made several television appearances on shows with then newly-successful groups the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, and toured Australia with Roy Orbison, Del Shannon and the Searchers.

Eden Kane has since recorded for Bell, Monarch, His Master's Voice and Festival.

Eden Kane has occasionally joined "oldies" tours in the UK with artists including Marty Wilde, John Leyton and Brian Hyland.

Eden Kane 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.

In 2017, Eden Kane took part in a UK tour with the "Solid Gold Rock and Roll Show", which featured Marty Wilde, Mark Wynter and Mike Berry.

Eden Kane met the American journalist Charlene Groman, sister of Stefanie Powers, in Los Angeles and they married several years later.