Paul Young or Paul Young?

Many people remember the 80s singer Paul Young. However, there was another singer of the same name who was in the very successful bands Sad Café and Mike + The Mechanics. I refer to him as "the other Paul Young." All you have to do is guess which Paul Young the following statements apply to.

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1. Who was born first?

The other Paul Young was born on 17 June 1947, making him over eight years older than his more famous namesake.

The famous Paul Young

The other Paul Young

2. Who sang Toast?

Famous Paul was the lead singer of Streetband. It was originally the B-side to Hold On, issued by Logo Records on 8 September 1978. The label flipped the sides seven weeks later.

The other Paul

The famous Paul

3. Who started singing at a younger age?

Other Paul was 17 when The Toggery Five (his first band) released their debut single, I’m Gonna Jump, on 18 September 1964. By contrast, Famous Paul was 22 when Hold On was issued.

Famous Paul

Other Paul

4. Who is alive today?

Other Paul died on 15 July 2000 at the age of 53.

Neither

Both

Other Paul

Famous Paul

5. Which former member of Toggery Five frequently collaborated with Other Paul?

As the Young Brothers, they released I’ve Always Wanted Love on MCA on 27 September 1968. They later became Young and Renshaw and cut three singles for Bell in 1971–72.

Graham Smith

Frank Renshaw

Alan Doyle

Ken Mills

6. Who grew up in the South of England?

Famous Paul is from Luton (East of England), while Other Paul was from Manchester (North West).

Famous Paul

Neither

Both

Other Paul

7. Did Other Paul ever have a solo hit?

He recorded six singles between 1967 and 1985. None charted and all are very rare.

Yes

8. Which Paul was signed to CBS (Sony’s Columbia) at some point in his career?

All of Famous Paul’s solo singles were on CBS. Other Paul had three flops on the label between 1973 and 1975.

Both

Neither

Famous Paul

Other Paul

9. Did both Pauls ever tour together?

Alongside David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, this happened shortly before Other Paul’s death.

Yes

10. True or false: Other Paul's middle name was Anthony.

That was Famous Paul. Other Paul didn't have any middle names.

False

True

11. True or false: between Sad Café and Mike + The Mechanics, Other Paul released at least one single.

They were Second Chance (1984, collaboration with Ian Devaney) and One More Heartache (credited to YPY, ironically standing for "Young Paul Young" despite him being older than Famous Paul)

False

True

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