Nelson Keene

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Malcolm Holland (born 9 March 1942),{{cite book| first= Graham| last= Betts| year= 2004| title= Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004| edition= 1st| publisher= Collins| location= London| isbn= 0-00-717931-6| page= 418}} better known by the stage name of Nelson Keene, is a British pop singer who was prominent in the early 1960s.

Keene was born in Farnborough, Hampshire, one of ten children.{{Cite web|url=http://toptwentyclub.blogspot.com/2009/09/artists-1961.html|title=Top Twenty Club: The Artists 1961|website=Toptwentyclub.blogspot.com|access-date=19 September 2021}} As a singer, he was managed by Larry Parnes, who chose his stage name - along with those of many other pop singers of the period including Billy Fury, Marty Wilde, Vince Eager and Georgie Fame - and was signed to His Master's Voice. His first single, "Image of a Girl", a cover version of a US top ten hit by The Safaris, reached No. 37 on the UK Singles Chart in 1960, but was outsold by Mark Wynter's rival version of the same song. Two follow-ups, "Keep Loving Me" (1960) and "Miracles Are Happening To Me" (1961) failed to reach the chart, and Keene's recording career appears to have ended at that point.{{Cite web|url=http://www.45-rpm.org.uk/artists-n.htm|title=Artists: N|website=45-rpm.org.uk|access-date=19 September 2021}}

Keene was reported as living in Australia in 2010.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}