Paul Young – a singer, songwriter, dad-of-three, widow, who shot to fame in the Eighties and recorded hit after hit including Wherever I Lay My Hat, Love of the Common People and Don’t Dream It’s Over. Now, on the 40th anniversary of No Parlez, he’s back with a new album and his first autobiography, an extraordinary musical memoir; both called Behind The Lens. Based on a bunch of unfinished tracks the singer unearthed during lockdown, he explains: ‘It’s a reference to music from the past, like looking back at old photos’…
Hi Paul. Why a coffee-table book?
It is a musical journey. It starts when I’m a kid, I’m a child of the Sixties, and it goes right through my journey in local bands, moving to London and carries on…
