[0] Sad Cafe Paul dies aged 53.SINGER Paul Young
Paul Antony Young (born 17 January 1956) is an English pop musician. He is not to be confused with the late singer Paul Young who was in Sad Café and Mike & The Mechanics. has died of a suspected heart attack aged just 53, it was revealed yesterday. His record company said the Sad Cafe star collapsed on Saturday evening at his home. The father of three was dead on arrival at hospital. Young was on the club circuit in Germany in the 1960s before he joined Sad Cafe, who had a string of hits in the 70s and 80s. The band brought out its first album in 1977 and the second, Misplaced mis·place tr.v. mis·placed, mis·plac·ing, mis·plac·es 1. a. To put into a wrong place: misplace punctuation in a sentence. b. Ideals, won international acclaim. The single Run Home Girl was a major US hit while Everyday Hurts went to number three in the UK charts in 1979. Young, from Altrincham, Cheshire, then joined Mike Rutherford Michael John Cleote Crawford Rutherford (born October 2, 1950 in Guildford, Surrey) is an English musician. He was a founding member of Genesis, initially as a bassist, 12-string guitarist, and backup vocalist. In later incarnations of Genesis, he assumed the role of guitarist. and Paul Carrack to form Mike and the Mechanics in 1985. Among their successes were The Living Years and Silent Running. Rutherford said last night: "We are all shocked and devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. . Paul had one of the best rock voices of his generation." |
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