1. Paul Melvyn Carrack was born on 22 April 1951 and is an English singer, musician, songwriter and composer who has recorded as both a solo artist and as a member of several popular bands.
32 Facts About Paul Carrack
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Paul Carrack has released nineteen solo albums and achieved a major hit of his own with "Don't Shed a Tear".
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Paul Carrack's recording career began with the jazz-rock band Warm Dust, which released three studio albums of original material between 1970 and 1972.
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Paul Carrack served as the band's keyboardist and occasionally played other instruments.
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The band's debut single, "How Long", was written and sung by Paul Carrack and was a 1975 hit in both the UK and the United States.
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Paul Carrack then worked as a backing musician for Frankie Miller and as a keyboardist for Roxy Music.
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In 1981, Glenn Tilbrook recruited Paul Carrack to join Squeeze as a replacement for long-time keyboardist Jools Holland.
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However, by 1982, Paul Carrack had left the band and was replaced by keyboardist Don Snow.
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Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit broke up in 1985, and Paul Carrack was contacted by Mike Rutherford of Genesis who asked him to join Rutherford's new side project, Mike + The Mechanics.
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Paul Carrack sang lead on their 1985 hit "Silent Running ".
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In 1986, Paul Carrack became a member of Roger Waters' newly formed backing band, the Bleeding Heart Band, recording tracks for the soundtrack of the animated film When the Wind Blows.
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Paul Carrack often filled in as an unofficial support act on the tour, usually playing "Tempted" to warm up the crowd.
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From this point forward, Paul Carrack consistently maintained both a solo career and a career in Mike + The Mechanics.
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In 1989, Mike + The Mechanics had a UK number two and US number one hit with "The Living Years", on which Paul Carrack again sang lead.
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Also in 1989, Paul Carrack recorded "Romance", a duet with Terri Nunn from the Los Angeles-based synth-pop band Berlin.
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Paul Carrack continued working with Mike + The Mechanics, who recorded throughout the decade.
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Paul Carrack sang "Hey You" and was one of the performers on "The Tide Is Turning" with Waters, Joni Mitchell, Cyndi Lauper, Bryan Adams and Van Morrison.
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In 1993, Paul Carrack joined with bassist Tony Levin, drummer Steve Ferrone, guitarist Phil Palmer and keyboardist and producer Rupert Hine to form a band known as Spin 1ne 2wo.
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Paul Carrack dueted with Beth Nielsen Chapman on "In the Time It Takes".
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In 1996, Paul Carrack resumed his solo career with the studio album Blue Views.
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Paul Carrack contributed Hammond organ parts to four songs on Ezio's 2000 studio album Higher.
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Paul Carrack maintains an active solo career, as well as his career as a session musician and songwriter, touring solo in 2002, mostly opening for bands such as Supertramp.
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Paul Carrack served as the sole lead vocalist for Mike + The Mechanics following the death of Paul Young in 2000.
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In 2004, Paul Carrack left the Mechanics following the release of Rewired, their only studio album with Paul Carrack as sole lead vocalist.
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In September 2004, Paul Carrack joined with other notable artists for The Strat Pack concert at Wembley, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Fender Stratocaster.
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In May 2009, Paul Carrack embarked on a tour of Germany, supported by Canadian artist Brendan Croskerry.
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In 2010, Paul Carrack released the studio album A Different Hat, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, arranged by David Cullen.
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Two years later in 2012, Paul Carrack returned with the soul-inspired studio album Good Feeling.
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In February 2013, Paul Carrack helped to kick off Eric Clapton's 50th anniversary tour, "Old Sock", celebrating the 50th year that Clapton had been a professional musician.
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In May 2015, Paul Carrack helped Clapton celebrate his 70th birthday with a concert held at Madison Square Garden on 1 and 3 May, along with the other members of Clapton's band.
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In 2019, Paul Carrack played Hammond organ and sang on Clapton's Live in Concert 2019 world tour, playing their first-ever concert in Dresden, Germany as part of the Dresden Music Festival.
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In 1997, Paul Carrack played organ for Elton John on the single "Something About the Way You Look Tonight".