<Tr> <Th> Associated acts </Th> <Td> Simple Minds </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> SimpleMinds.com </Td> </Tr> <P> James Kerr (born 9 July 1959) is a Scottish singer - songwriter and the lead singer of the rock band Simple Minds . He achieved five UK No. 1 albums with the band, including a No. 1 single in 1989 with "Belfast Child". He released his first solo album, Lostboy! AKA Jim Kerr, on 27 May 2010 . Kerr's voice has been described as "David Bowie's rich baritone melded with Bryan Ferry's velvety croon". </P> <P> Born in Toryglen, Glasgow with Irish ancestry, Kerr attended Holyrood R.C. Secondary School there . He had a stammer during childhood and in his early teens . </P>

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