Pop-soul singer, born January 17, 1956, Luton, Bedfordshire, England. Started out in 'Kool Kat & The Kool Kats' before joining [a=Streetband] who had the quirky hit '[m=421278]'. He then formed [a=The Q Tips] in 1979 performing over 700 concerts in the 3 years until going solo in 1982. It was third time lucky as the cover of [a=Marvin Gaye]'s "Wherever I Lay My Hat" hit No.1 in 1983, which was followed by the album "No Parlez" and established Paul with worldwide success. Paul Young's backing band is named [a=Th…