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Paul Carrack (born April 22, 1951 in Sheffield, England) is a British keyboardist, singer & ballad maker world health organization worked by having many groups, including Ace and Squeeze.

Career Overview
Ace was Carrack's foremost band. He wrote "How Long", their debut only & the hit inside each sides of the Atlantic in 1972, but there is no farther recordings caught in.

Inside 1977, Ace disbanded and Carrack began working by having Frankie Miller, followed by turns in Roxy Music, as a solo artist & around Squeeze, where he worked in their right-known album, East Side Story. Carrack joined higher using Nick Lowe and then went back to the solo career, scoring the minor Usa hit prior to working for a time period by using Eric Clapton.

Mike & the Mechanics
He so joined Mike Rutherford (of Genesis) in Mike & the Mechanics. This latter class action observed a few profits, & Carrack freed a second solo album, One Good Reason, which yielded a Top Ten hit around "Don't Shed a Tear". Microphone & the Mechanics released a #1 hit with the title track to 1988's The Living Years. When that a hits dried higher, two within his solo career & using Microphone & the Mechanics. Charted a hiatus, the band reformed within 2004 as Mike & the Mechanics featuring Paul Carrack.

Session Work
He has too worked widely as a sessiin musician, e.g. on Roger Waters' "Radio K.A.O.S." (1987) and subsequent tour; on Elton John's "The Big Picture" (1987); and on The Smiths' eponymous debut album (1984).

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Official Paul Carrack Web Site
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Ark 21 Records: Paul Carrack
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Arts: Music: Bands and Artists: M: Mike and the Mechanics
Arts: Music: Styles: By Decade: 1980s
Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: England: Arts and Entertainment: Music




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