One Pound Fish - £1 Fish Man

  • 9 years ago
Muhammad Shahid Nazir, now known as £1 Fish Man,moved to London's East End having left his native Pakistan and his wife and four children to discover a better life for them all. Working on a market stall selling fish, Nazir needed a trader's call to grab passing trade. His song became the stuff of legend and a viral sensation: "Have-a, have-a look, one pound fish. Very, very good, very, very cheap, one pound fish
After a video of him was uploaded to YouTube, Nazir saw himself accelerated into the spotlight: he auditioned on the X-Factor, saw his '£1 Fish Song' covered separately by superstar producer Timbaland and singer Alesha Dixon and was profiled by the Evening Standard who declared: "Watch out Psy, you've got a rival" and The Sun who stated: "It might just be the Christmas No. 1."