The eldest child of 1950s rock and roller Marty Wilde (birth name Reginald Smith) and Joyce Baker, who had been a member of the singing and dancing group the Vernons Girls, Kim Smith was born in the West London suburb of Chiswick and attended Oakfield Preparatory School, in the Southeast London area of Dulwich. In 2005, she won a Gold award for her courtyard garden at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show. Starting in 1998, while still active in music, she has branched into an alternative career as a landscape gardener, which has included presenting gardening shows on the BBC and Channel 4. She holds the record for being the most-charted British female solo act of the 1980s, with seventeen UK Top 40 hit singles. Worldwide, Wilde has sold over 10 million albums and 20 million singles. In 2003, she collaborated with Nena on the song " Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime", which topped the Dutch charts. Her other hits include " Chequered Love" (1981), " You Came" (1988) and " Never Trust a Stranger" (1988). Between 19, she had 25 singles that charted within the Top 50 of the UK Singles Chart. 2 hit with a reworked version of the Supremes' song " You Keep Me Hangin' On", which also topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1987. In 1983, she received the Brit Award for Best British Female solo artist. She first saw success in 1981 with her debut single " Kids in America", which peaked at No. Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith, 18 November 1960) is an English pop singer, DJ and television presenter.
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