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Paul Carrack

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74 Years Old

Paul Melvyn Carrack (born 22 April 1951) is an English singer, musician, songwriter and composer 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 rock band Ace, and gained further recognition for his work as a solo artist and for his tenures as a member of 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 vocalist (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. Carrack sang some of his affiliated bands' best-known hits, including Ace's "How Long" (1975); Squeeze's "Tempted" (1981); and Mike + The Mechanics' "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)" (1985), "The Living Years" (1988) and "Over My Shoulder" (1995). He also performed lead vocals on tracks from the Roger Waters albums Radio K.A.O.S. (1987) and The Wall – Live in Berlin (1990). He has released nineteen solo albums and achieved a major hit of his own with "Don't Shed a Tear" (1988). Carrack's songs have been recorded by artists such as Linda Ronstadt, Eagles, Diana Ross, Tom Jones, Michael McDonald and Jools Holland, and he has served as a session and/or touring musician for Roxy Music, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, B.B. King, the Pretenders, the Smiths and Madness.

Born

Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK on 22nd April 1951

All Credits

ZDF-Fernsehgarten Image
ZDF-Fernsehgarten
Self
Geld oder Liebe Image
Geld oder Liebe
Self
Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin Image
Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin
Self - Vocals
Eric Clapton: Slowhand at 70 - Live at The Royal Albert Hall Image
Eric Clapton: Slowhand at 70 - Live at The Royal Albert Hall
Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 Image
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013
Self
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Image
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Self
The Strat Pack: Live in Concert Image
The Strat Pack: Live in Concert
Self
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 Image
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019
Self
Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 3 Image
Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 3
Self
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band: Tour 2003 Image
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band: Tour 2003
Self
A Concert by the Lake Image
A Concert by the Lake
Himself
Eric Clapton Live At Baloise Session Image
Eric Clapton Live At Baloise Session
Self - Vocals, Keyboards
Eric Clapton - Live on Basel Image
Eric Clapton - Live on Basel
Self - Vocals, Keyboard
Eric Clapton - Planes, Trains and Eric Image
Eric Clapton - Planes, Trains and Eric
Self
Mike + the Mechanics + Paul Carrack: Live at Shepherds Bush London Image
Mike + the Mechanics + Paul Carrack: Live at Shepherds Bush London
Himself - Vocals
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Mike + the Mechanics | Live at the House of Blues 1995
Self
Paul Carrack In Concert Image
Paul Carrack In Concert
Paul Carrack Live In 3D Image
Paul Carrack Live In 3D
Himself
Band Du Lac - A Concert By The Lake Image
Band Du Lac - A Concert By The Lake
Keyboards
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SWR Big Band - 70 Jahre und kein bisschen leise
Self
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Mike and the Mechanics - Video Collection
Himself