“Whistle Down The Wind” by Nick Heyward

"Whistle Down the Wind" was Nick Heyward's opening shot as a solo artist: his debut single, the first thing he released after leaving Haircut One Hundred, out in March 1983 and a taste of his first solo album, North of a Miracle. He wrote the words and music alone, then surrounded himself with top-shelf players: Pino Palladino on bass, Dave Mattacks on drums and Brian Gascoigne on piano.

It took him to 13 on the UK Singles Chart, and it had a slow-burning afterlife in America, climbing to 20 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in February 1984.

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