10 Facts About Tracie Young

Tracie Young is a former English pop singer in the 1980s.

Tracie Young achieved success after becoming a protegee of Paul Weller.

Tracie Young's tape was singled out from among the hundreds received, and shortly thereafter she was invited to London for an audition.

Tracie Young promptly used her for backing vocals on The Jam's final single, "Beat Surrender", which was released on 26 November 1982 and became the band's fourth No 1 single.

Weller had Tracie Young join the group for their appearance on Top of the Pops to promote the song.

In January 1983, Tracie Young contributed vocals for The Style Council's first single, "Speak Like a Child", and appeared in the promotional video for the song.

Tracie Young was voted "Most Fanciable Female" in Smash Hits 1983 readers' poll.

Tracie Young recorded with The Style Council again in 1985, contributing backing vocals to the song "Boy Who Cried Wolf", a single taken from the album Our Favourite Shop.

Since the late 1990s, Tracie Young has enjoyed a second career as a radio presenter, currently working at Radio Essex and Connect FM in Peterborough and Northamptonshire.

In 2009, Tracie Young did a one-off gig, supporting Billy Franks at the Shepherd's Bush Empire.