Together with ex-Q-Tips member, songwriter and keyboard player Ian Kewley, Young began writing and recording songs for his debut album, the breakthrough No Parlez. The Q-Tips disbanded in 1982, and Young was signed by Columbia Records as a solo performer. Young briefly teamed up again with Q-Tips for a reunion tour in 1993. In late 1982 and early 1983, the brass section and drummer of Q-Tips toured with Adam Ant on the UK and US legs of his Friend or Foe tour, and some remained for Ant's 1984 Strip tour. With poor record sales after the release of two albums and seven singles, the Q-Tips broke up in early 1982 when Paul Young signed a solo recording contract with CBS. In 1981, Q-Tips played the Montreux Jazz Festival. The band toured with After the Fire, and supported the Who on their 12-date UK tour in 1980. Geils Band, the Knack, Thin Lizzy, Bob Marley and the Average White Band. Other television appearances included children's Saturday morning TV. They appeared on BBC Television's In Concert, Rock Goes to College and The Old Grey Whistle Test in the latter part of 1981. This line-up remained for the rest of the band's career. In time, Garth Watt Roy replaced John Gifford on guitar, and Blandamer was replaced by Nick Payne. In August 1980, the British music magazine NME reported that Q-Tips had released their debut, eponymous album. The professionalism of the band had attracted the attention of several record labels, with the late Mickie Most ( RAK Records) confirming on BBC Radio 1's Round Table programme that Q-Tips ".are easily the best live band working at the moment". Constant touring and concert appearances had built a strong fan base by mid-1981, when the small amount of soul music covers were outnumbered by the band's own tracks. Some personnel changes occurred during the first six months, with Blanchard and Lathwell leaving the band.īy 1 April 1980, the band had recorded two tracks, "SYSLJFM (The Letter Song)", and "Having a Party", both recorded at the Livingstone Studios in Barnet. This was followed by another at the Horn of Plenty in St Albans - a regular gig for Streetband during 1978 - and a total of 16 in their first month of existence.
Their first concert was on 18 November 1979 at the Queens Arms Hotel in Harrow. Q-Tips's first rehearsals took place in November 1979. Q-Tips' name derived from a well-known brand of cotton buds. In addition, a four piece brass section was created by Steve Farr ( baritone saxophone), Richard Blanchard ( tenor saxophone), Stuart Van Blandamer ( alto saxophone) and Tony Hughes (trumpet), who all hailed from the North London and Hertfordshire area, while organist Ian Kewley lived in Essex. The ex-Streetbanders added new recruits Dave Lathwell on guitar and Baz Watts on drums and became Q-Tips.
In the late 1970s, he joined Streetband, who had one top 20 hit in the UK, with the humorous, novelty track " Toast". The first group for which he became lead singer was Kat Kool & the Kool Kats. As a youth, after school, he played football for the Vauxhall Motors factory and in his spare time played in several bands as a bass guitarist. He has an older brother, Mark, and a younger sister, Joanne. Paul Young was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. Since the mid-1990s, Young has performed with his band Los Pacaminos. In July 1985, Young appeared at Live Aid held at Wembley Stadium, London, performing the Band Aid hit " Do They Know It's Christmas?" (having sung the opening lines on the original single release) and his own hits "Come Back and Stay" and "Every Time You Go Away", with Alison Moyet joining him on stage to perform " That's The Way Love Is". It also won Best British Video at the 1986 Brit Awards. Associated with the Second British Invasion of the US, "Every Time You Go Away" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1985. At the 1985 Brit Awards, Young received the award for Best British Male. His smooth yet soulful voice belonged to a genre known as " blue-eyed soul". Released in 1983, his debut album, No Parlez, the first of three UK number-one albums, made him a household name. His hit singles include " Love of the Common People", " Wherever I Lay My Hat", " Come Back and Stay", " Every Time You Go Away" and " Everything Must Change", all reaching the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & the Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, he became a teen idol with his solo success in the 1980s. Paul Antony Young (born 17 January 1956) is an English singer, songwriter and musician.
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