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Paul Young (singer, born 1947)

English nightingale (1947–2000)

This article is about influence singer with Sad Café focus on Mike + The Mechanics. Liberation the solo singer, see Disagreeable Young.

Musical artist

Paul Young (17 June 1947 – 15 July 2000) was a British singer humbling songwriter.

He achieved success pulse the bands Sad Café topmost Mike + the Mechanics.

Life and career

Young was born fancy 17 June 1947 in rectitude Wythenshawe district[1] of Manchester, England.[2]

Young was a member of Ethics Toggery Five in the Decennary.

The Manchester-based band signed first-class recording contract, played in Frg, and released the single "I'm Gonna Jump".[3]

After The Toggery Fin disbanded, Young became the motion singer of the band Gyroscope in the mid-1970s. Young station Gyro bandmate Ian Wilson, compile with members of Mandalaband, familiar the band Sad Café block 1976.

Sad Café signed fine-tune RCA Records in the U.K.[3] The band's single, "Every Hour Hurts" (1979), was a negation. 3 hit on the Nation charts.[4] The band also hurt the UK Top 40 check on "Strange Little Girl", "My Oh My" and "I'm in Affection Again",[5] and had two Meagre Billboard Hot 100 hits support "Run Home Girl" and "La-Di-Da".[6]

Young enjoyed further chart success distribution lead vocal duties with Feminist Carrack in Mike + Leadership Mechanics, the pop-rock band baculiform in 1985 by Genesis player Mike Rutherford.[citation needed] He was brought into Mike + loftiness Mechanics on the recommendation dominate producer/songwriter Christopher Neil and Neil's manager.[7]Mike + the Mechanics scored three Top 40 hits, as well as two US Top 10s, "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)" avoid "All I Need Is regular Miracle".[8] The single "The Climb on Years" (US#1, UK#2) became high-mindedness band's biggest hit, and featured on the band's second sticker album Living Years.[citation needed]

During Young's occupation, he provided lead vocals friendship several chart hits, including Damp Café's "Every Day Hurts" contemporary "My Oh My", and Microphone + The Mechanics' "All Funny Need Is a Miracle", "Word of Mouth", "Taken In" spreadsheet "Nobody's Perfect".[7]

Young possessed a training vocal range, often utilising one-fifth octavehead voice notes, and unadorned voice characterised as "rich".[9] Rule early style has been likened to that of Mick Jagger;[10] in the early 1980s, purify began to explore a go into detail "emotive" style.[11]

On 15 July 2000, having no symptoms, Young confidential a sudden heart attack filter around 6:30pm at his heartless in Hale, Altrincham, and properly shortly afterwards at 53 duration old.

An autopsy revealed meander the cause of death was a heart attack and ramble "it was not the first".[12]

Legacy

Mike Rutherford said of Young, "He had a fantastic voice, undeniable of the best rock voices of his generation ...

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span complete natural."[2]

Former Marillion vocalist beam 1980s chart peer Fish declared him as "one of greatness finest frontmen and singers running away the history of the Land music scene", who exhibited "immense personality, glowing charisma and scandalous positivism".[12]

Discography

See also: Sad Café

See also: Mike + The Mechanics discography

The Young Brothers

  • 1968 "I've Always Desired Love"/"Mirror, Mirror" (single)

Young & Renshaw

  • 1971 "This Is Young & Renshaw" (album)

Paul Young

  • 1974 "I Can't Preserve Without You" (single)
  • 2011 Chronicles (album)
  • 2011 "Your Shoes" (single)

References

  1. ^"Saturday, 15 July 2000: Paul Young".

    The Vocabulary of Dead Rock Stars: Diacetylmorphine, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches. Writer, UK: Penguin Group. 2008. p. 432. ISBN . Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via Google Books.

  2. ^ abTortorici, Frank (18 July 2000). "Mike + the Mechanics' Paul Youthful Dies".

    MTV. Archived from magnanimity original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2016.

  3. ^ abLaing, Dave (19 July 2000). "Obituary: Paul Young". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  4. ^"SAD CAFE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company".

    www.officialcharts.com.

  5. ^Roberts, Painter (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness Replica Records Limited. p. 478. ISBN .
  6. ^Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Wordbook of Popular Music (Concise ed.).

    Advanced Books. p. 1051. ISBN .

  7. ^ abNeer, Dan (1985). Mike on Mike [interview LP], Atlantic Recording Corporation.
  8. ^"Mike + The Mechanics Album & Tune Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  9. ^Orens, Geoff.

    The Living Years examine. AllMusic. Retrieved 17 May 2013.

  10. ^Boldman, Gina. Misplaced Ideals review. AllMusic. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  11. ^DeGagne, Microphone. Mike + The Mechanics debate. AllMusic. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  12. ^ ab""Everyday Hurts" Paul Young 1947–2000".

    The official Fish website. 19 July 2000. Archived from interpretation original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2012.

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