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Paul Antony Young (born 17 January 1956) is an English pop musician.
Paul was born in Luton, Bedfordshire. He has an older brother Mark and a younger sister Joanne. After school, he went to work at the Vauxhall Motors factory and in his spare time played in several bands as bass guitarist. The first group for which he became lead singer was Kat Kool & The Kool Kats. In the late 1970s he joined the Streetband, who had one Top 20 hit in the UK, with the humorous, novelty track “Toast”, reaching No. 18 in November 1978.
In December 1979 the Streetband broke up and Young formed the Q-Tips, who established their name by playing live but had no hits in the UK, although their single “Letter Song” did enjoy minor success in mainland Europe.
The Q-Tips went their separate ways in 1982, and Young was signed by CBS Records as a solo performer. His first two singles, “Iron Out the Rough Spots” and a re-make of “Love of the Common People” had no success, but the third, a cover of the Marvin Gaye classic “Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home)” was No. 1 in the UK singles chart for three weeks in the summer of 1983, the first of fourteen British Top 40 singles, and is on the soundtrack of the 1992 British comedy film Peter’s Friends.
Similar success followed all over Europe. In the UK, follow-up single “Come Back and Stay” reached No. 4, and a re-release of “Love of the Common People” made it to No. 2, while his debut album No Parlez was certified platinum in various countries.
Paul was born in Luton, Bedfordshire. He has an older brother Mark and a younger sister Joanne. After school, he went to work at the Vauxhall Motors factory and in his spare time played in several bands as bass guitarist. The first group for which he became lead singer was Kat Kool & The Kool Kats. In the late 1970s he joined the Streetband, who had one Top 20 hit in the UK, with the humorous, novelty track “Toast”, reaching No. 18 in November 1978.
In December 1979 the Streetband broke up and Young formed the Q-Tips, who established their name by playing live but had no hits in the UK, although their single “Letter Song” did enjoy minor success in mainland Europe.
The Q-Tips went their separate ways in 1982, and Young was signed by CBS Records as a solo performer. His first two singles, “Iron Out the Rough Spots” and a re-make of “Love of the Common People” had no success, but the third, a cover of the Marvin Gaye classic “Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home)” was No. 1 in the UK singles chart for three weeks in the summer of 1983, the first of fourteen British Top 40 singles, and is on the soundtrack of the 1992 British comedy film Peter’s Friends.
Similar success followed all over Europe. In the UK, follow-up single “Come Back and Stay” reached No. 4, and a re-release of “Love of the Common People” made it to No. 2, while his debut album No Parlez was certified platinum in various countries.
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No Parlez
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Every Time You Go Away
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Don't Dream It's Over
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Oh Girl
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What Christmas Means to Me
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Everytime You Go Away (Single Version)
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Everything Must Change
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Now I Know What Made Otis Blue
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Love Will Tear Us Apart
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I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
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Softly Whispering I Love You
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Marjo47 wrote:
loved and still love his music.
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boywoolner wrote:
I've just ripped a few Paul Young 12"s on my USB turntable. The Special Extended Versions of Playhouse and Everything Must Change are great. Both are over 8 minutes long! - proper dance mixes before house music came along.
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epi_gee wrote:
A soldier's things should be the number one on this page ...
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IRSARGE wrote:
# 4, what feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelingggggggggg's
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JasonStead1989 wrote:
One from the 80's
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UniQueWerkx wrote:
Love those old phat analog sounds & flowing melodies belted out, drenched in reverb!!
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nellysue wrote:
ESTE CANTANTE ME FACINA NO SOLO POR SU VOZ SINO PORQUE NACIMOS EN EL MISMO MES Y DIA IGUAL QUE YO. VERY NICE
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tinymami wrote:
So many memories .....Damn I loved the 80's! Steven honey, wish we can go back to those times again, they were great!
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gingerweir wrote:
Every time you go away, you take a piece of meat with you!
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ZadrovicsM wrote:
i love him he is the best
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flubbles1982 wrote:
Paul Young I want babies from you. Does anyone think he looks a little like Shakin' Stevens?
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MyFairyKing wrote:
I cannot wait to see him Nov 4th :)
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iofantasia wrote:
I don't understend all your comments, sorry. bat thanks. By by.____Paul, his very Big. ____Un saluto a tutti. Ciao.
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Tr1xx wrote:
hey, I just picked up a copy of "No Parlez" with The Daily Mail" newspaper yesterday; one of a series of 80s albums given away free this week
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pooh_soup wrote:
I saw him last November and i nearly quimmed. the man is a GOD
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Tony-- wrote:
i found a record of No Parlez in my dad's room :D
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girlybat wrote:
@ epi_gee: ooh, that's such a great one!
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kfalco69 wrote:
80s classic wat a tune
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epi_gee wrote:
A Soldier's Things needs to have 200,000 plays alone.
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Sraige_Olaiva wrote:
So little plays... Can't believe it.
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