1. Paul Antony Young was born on 17 January 1956 and is an English musician, singer and songwriter.
23 Facts About Paul Young
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Paul Young 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.
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Paul Young sang the Crowded House track "Don't Dream It's Over" at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute in 1988.
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Since the mid-1990s, Paul Young has performed with the band Los Pacaminos.
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Paul Young has an older brother and a younger sister.
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Paul Young briefly teamed up again with Q-Tips for a reunion tour in 1993.
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Paul Young was signed by Columbia Records as a solo performer.
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Together with ex-Q-Tips member Ian Kewley, Paul Young began writing and recording songs for his debut album, the breakthrough No Parlez.
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Paul Young sang the opening lines of the song as a replacement for David Bowie.
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Paul Young returned to the UK Top Ten with a version of Ann Peebles' "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down".
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In July 1985, Paul Young appeared at Live Aid at Wembley Stadium, London, performing his own hits "Come Back and Stay" and "Everytime You Go Away".
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Paul Young contributed to the Vangelis album Voices in 1995.
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Paul Young sang the British national anthem, "God Save the Queen", at Wembley Stadium before England's Euro '96 semi-final match against Germany.
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Young's next album, Paul Young, was released in 1997 on East West Records.
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In November 2001, when Paul Young was on the final night of the Here and Now tour, Michael Aspel awarded him his This is Your Life book.
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In 2010, Paul Young recorded and released a new track "Come Back", a duet he did with electronic dance music act Chicane.
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The single was a sample of Paul Young's 1983 hit "Come Back and Stay", and charted at 151 on the UK Singles Chart.
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In between the Q-Tips and the launch of his solo career, Paul Young sang backing vocals on the Squeeze single "Black Coffee in Bed" with Elvis Costello.
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Palladino was the bass player in Paul Young's backing band The Royal Family and played at Live Aid.
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Paul Young released a version of the song "Both Sides, Now" with Irish group Clannad for the 1991 motion picture Switch.
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Paul Young met his wife, former model Stacey Smith, on his video for "Come Back and Stay" in 1983.
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On 26 January 2018, it was announced that Stacey Paul Young had died of brain cancer, aged 52.
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Paul Young is a close friend of former Spandau Ballet lead singer Tony Hadley.