Paul Antony Young was born on 17 January 1956 and is an English musician, singer and songwriter.
25 Facts About Paul Young
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At the 1985 Brit Awards, Young received the award for Best British Male.
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Since the mid-1990s, Paul Young has performed with his band Los Pacaminos.
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Paul Young has an older brother, Mark, and a younger sister, Joanne.
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Paul Young briefly teamed up again with Q-Tips for a reunion tour in 1993.
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The Q-Tips disbanded in 1982, and Paul Young was signed by Columbia Records as a solo performer.
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Together with ex-Q-Tips member, songwriter and keyboard player Ian Kewley, Paul Young began writing and recording songs for his debut album, the breakthrough No Parlez.
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Paul Young's new backing band The Royal Family included keyboardist Kewley, fretless bass player Pino Palladino, guitarist Steve Bolton, drummer Mark Pinder, and backing singers Maz Roberts and Kim Leslie AKA The Fabulous Wealthy Tarts.
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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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Paul Young reformed the Q-Tips for a short series of concerts that year.
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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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In 1996, Young was again performing solo and preparing for his next album, Paul Young, which was released the following year 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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Paul Young appeared as a guest on shows including The Wright Stuff, This Morning and The One Show.
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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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Paul Young still is touring around the world with his band.
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Paul Young's best known musical collaboration was with his early collaboration with bassist Pino Palladino.
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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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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 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 singer and former Spandau Ballet front man Tony Hadley.