James "Jim" Kerr (born 9 July 1959) is a Scottish musician and singer-songwriter, best known as lead singer of the rock band
Simple Minds, who achieved five UK No. 1 albums and a No. 1 single "
Ballad of the Streets EP". 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".