Paul Young

Paul Young (born Jan. 17, 1956) is an English soul-pop singer from Luton, Bedfordshire, who first recorded with Streetband, which released one album and scored a U.K. novelty hit with “Toast” in 1978. In 1980, he fronted R&B septet the Q-Tips for one self-titled album on Chrysalis. As a solo artist, he released four albums on CBS between 1983 and 1990, followed with sporadic output during the subsequent quarter-century. At the height of his fame, he sang the first four lines on “Do They Know It’s Christmas?,” the holiday 1984 global hit by the British all-star charity project Band Aid.

Discography:

• No Parlez (1983)
• The Secret of Association (1985)
• Between Two Fires (1986)
• Other Voices (1990)