Paul Carrack, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Paul Carrack

British musician

Date of Birth: 22-Apr-1951

Place of Birth: Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Profession: singer, pianist, songwriter, guitarist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Paul Carrack

  • Paul Melvyn Carrack (born 22 April 1951) is an English singer, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist who has recorded as both a solo artist and as a member of several popular bands.
  • The BBC dubbed Carrack "The Man with the Golden Voice", while Record Collector remarked: "If vocal talent equalled financial success, Paul Carrack would be a bigger name than legends such as Phil Collins or Elton John."Carrack rose to prominence in the mid-1970s as the frontman and principal songwriter of Ace, and gained further recognition for his work as a solo artist and for his tenures as a member of Roxy Music, Squeeze and Roger Waters' backing band, The Bleeding Heart Band, intermittently handling lead vocals on Squeeze and Waters recordings.
  • From the mid-1980s to the late 1990s, he enjoyed considerable success as the co-lead singer (with Paul Young) and a songwriter for Mike + The Mechanics; following Young's death in 2000, Carrack served as the band's sole lead vocalist until his departure in 2004.
  • He maintains an active solo career to the present day. Carrack sang some of his affiliated bands' best-known hits, including Ace's "How Long"; Squeeze's "Tempted"; and Mike + The Mechanics' "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)", "The Living Years" and "Over My Shoulder".
  • He also performed lead vocals on tracks from the Roger Waters albums Radio K.A.O.S.
  • and The Wall – Live in Berlin, and achieved a major solo hit with "Don't Shed a Tear".
  • Carrack's songs have been recorded by artists such as Linda Ronstadt, the Eagles, Diana Ross, Tom Jones, Michael McDonald and Jools Holland, and he has served as a session and/or touring musician for the likes of Elton John, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, B.B.
  • King, The Pretenders, The Smiths and Madness.

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