Paul Young

Paul Antony Young (born 17 January 1956) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & the Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, he became a teen idol with his solo success in the 1980s. His hit singles include "Love of the Common People", "Wherever I Lay My Hat", "Come Back and Stay", "Every Time You Go Away" and "Everything Must Change", all reaching the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart. Released in 1983, his debut album, No Parlez, was the first of three UK number-one albums. Young's smooth yet soulful voice belongs to a genre known as "blue-eyed soul". He won a Brit Award for Best British Male in 1985, and his hit "Every Time You Go Away" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and won Best British Video at the 1986 Brit Awards. Performing on the 1984 charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" which included singing the opening lines, Young played Live Aid held at Wembley Stadium, London in July 1985. He sang the Crowded House track "Don't Dream It's Over" at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute in 1988. In 1992, he sang "Radio Ga Ga" with the surviving members of Queen at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert. Since the mid-1990s, Young has performed with the band Los Pacaminos. Paul Young was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. He has an older brother and a younger sister. As a youth, after school, he played football for the Vauxhall Motors factory where he worked. In his spare time, he played in several bands as a bass guitarist. The first group for which Young became lead singer was Kat Kool & the Kool Kats. In the late 1970s, he joined Streetband, who had one top 20 hit in the UK, with the humorous, novelty track "Toast". In December 1979, Streetband disbanded. The ex-Streetbanders added new recruits Dave Lathwell on guitar and Baz Watts on drums and became Q-Tips. In addition, a four piece brass section was created. Q-Tips's first rehearsals took place in November 1979. Their first concert was on 18 November 1979 at the Queens Arms Hotel in Harrow. This gig was followed by another at the Horn of Plenty in St Albans. By 1 April 1980, the band had recorded two tracks, "SYSLJFM (The Letter Song)", and "Having a Party", both recorded at the Livingstone Studios in Barnet. Constant touring and concert appearances had built a strong fan base by mid-1981. The professionalism of the band had attracted the attention of several record labels, with the late Mickie Most (RAK Records) confirming on BBC Radio 1's Round Table programme that Q-Tips "...are easily the best live band working at the moment". In August 1980, the British music magazine NME reported that Q-Tips had released their debut, eponymous album. Q-Tips appeared on BBC Television's In Concert, Rock Goes to College and The Old Grey Whistle Test in the latter part of 1981. Q-Tips also opened for the J. Geils Band, the Knack, Thin Lizzy, Bob Marley and the Average White Band. The band toured with After the Fire and supported the Who on their 12-date UK tour in 1980. In 1981, Q-Tips played the Montreux Jazz Festival. ... Source: Article "Paul Young" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Paul Antony Young ist ein englischer Musiker, Sänger und Songwriter. Er war Frontmann der kurzlebigen Bands Kat Kool & the Kool Cats, Streetband und Q-Tips und wurde in den 1980er-Jahren mit seinen Soloerfolgen zum Teenie-Idol. Zu seinen Hitsingles zählen „Love of the Common People“, „Wherever I Lay My Hat“, „Come Back and Stay“, „Every Time You Go Away“ und „Everything Must Change“, die allesamt die Top 10 der britischen Singlecharts erreichten. Sein 1983 erschienenes Debütalbum „No Parlez“ war das erste von drei Nummer-eins-Alben in Großbritannien.

Paul Young, né le 17 janvier 1956 à Luton (Bedfordshire, Angleterre), est un chanteur de pop et auteur-compositeur-interprète britannique. Impressionné par les grandes voix de la soul américaine dès son plus jeune âge, Paul Young apprend la basse et le piano à l'école puis il fait ses gammes dans les groupes Kat Cool et The Cool Kats (dans lequel il est bassiste uniquement), Streetband et Q-Tips qui tournent dans tout le Royaume-Uni. En 1983, il enregistre les tubes Come back and stay et Love of the common people, extraits de l'album No Parlez qui est disque de platine dans plusieurs pays. Mais il connaît son plus grand succès en 1985 avec son interprétation de Everytime You Go Away de Daryl Hall (sur l'album The secret of association). En 1991, il sort un duo avec Zucchero Senza Una Donna, qui est un tube. Deux ans plus tard, il enregistre un dernier grand succès Now I Know What Made Otis Blue. Ensuite il connaît une activité plus sporadique, préférant se replier sur sa famille, sans abandonner la musique toutefois. Passionné de cuisine, il participe en 2006 à l'émission Celebrity Masterchef et Hell's kitchen. En 1993, il reforme les Q-Tips pour quelques concerts et fonde un groupe composé d'amis Los Pacaminos avec lesquels il sortira un CD de quatre titres en 1999. Il continue de faire des tournées que ce soit en 1995 où il participe à divers festivals en Europe ou en 1999 où il se produit dans de petites salles au Royaume-Uni. Los Pacaminos est un groupe de musique "Tex-mex" qui se produit fréquemment dans des petites salles du Royaume-Uni (ambiance festive et très conviviale). Ils ont sorti un CD live disponible uniquement lors des concerts. Un album, Rock swings, une compilation, de titres voit le jour en 2006 mais n'est disponible qu'en Allemagne, Suisse, etc. Source: Article "Paul Young" de Wikipédia en français, soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA.