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Biography
Infobox musical artist|name = Paul Hardcastle|image =|caption =|image_size =|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist|Born = birth date and age|df=y|1957|12|10 Kensington, London , England |birth_name = Pauli Hardcastle|instrument = Synthesizer |genre = Electronic dance music|Electronic dance , Electro (music)|Electro , Boogie (genre)|Boogie , Smooth jazz , Synthpop , Freestyle music|Freestyle , House music|House |occupation = musician, producer, songwriter, radio presenter in US|years_active = 1982–present|label = Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis , Motown Records|Motown , Hardcastle Records|Hardcastle , Trippin' 'n' Rhythm |associated_acts =|website = http://www.paulhardcastle.com Paul Hardcastle (born 10 December 1957, London , England cite web |first= |last= |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4437|pure_url=yes |title=Biography by Steve Huey |publisher=Allmusic.com |accessdate=18 March 2009) is an English people|English composer and musician , specialising in the synthesizer .
Discography
In the early 1980s, Hardcastle played the keyboard instrument|keyboards on several single (music)|singles on the Oval record label by the dance music groups Direct Drive and First Light, before going solo (music)|solo .
He achieved some acclaim for his early singles, notably in 1984, the electro music|electro-funk / Freestyle music|freestyle / instrumental track, "Rain Forest", which along with the track, "Sound Chaser" hit number two on the dance chart.cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=117 "Rain Forest" also hit number five on the soul chart and number fifty-seven on the Hot 100 .cite book |title= Top R& B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=244 In 1985, he came to greater prominence with the international hit " 19 (song)|19 ", a song about America's involvement in the Vietnam War and the effect it had on the soldiers who served, using sampled dialogue from an American television documentary about the post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by veterans.
Hardcastle enjoyed several further hits in the UK, including "Don't Waste My Time" (with singer|vocals by Carol Kenyon ) (UK #8) and " Top_of_the_Pops#Theme_music|The Wizard ", a UK #15 hit that became the theme music|theme tune for BBC Television 's music chart show Top of the Pops in the 80's. He also had a hit with "Just For Money", which reached #19 in the UK and featured Bob Hoskins and Laurence Olivier . Earlier, he had cut a cover version of D-Train 's most influential hit "You're the One For Me", segued with his own compositions "Daybreak" and "A.M." Hardcastle also wrote the theme tune for Saturday Live (UK TV series)|Saturday Live , a popular entertainment show which ran from 1985-1987.
He also made the hit single "The Voyager", which was used for the BBC One programme Holiday (TV series)|Holiday . Paul now acknowledges he was behind the "N-N-Nineteen Not Out" track with Rory Bremner .
After 1986, Hardcastle started to specialise in television soundtrack s and remix|remixed work, for musician|artists as such as Five Star , Barry White , Third World , Sinitta , Johnny Logan (singer)|Johnny Logan , Hiroshima (band)|Hiroshima and Ian Dury .
In 1988, Hardcastle released the concept album , No Winners , which focuses on the potential negative effects of the Cold War arms race. In 2000, he released Hardcastle III , which included a remake of "Rainforest" and a hit single, "Desire."
Hardcastle has also sound recording and reproduction|recorded several synth jazz album s, alternating releases under the artist names Kiss The Sky, The Jazzmasters, and Paul Hardcastle. Working regularly with vocalist Helen Rogers , Hardcastle has recruited several saxophone|saxophonist s including Gary Barnacle (on the first album), Snake Davis , Phil Todd and Tony Woods. All these albums have been played on smooth jazz radio in the United States , where some of the most played tracks include "Northern Lights", "Lost in Space", "Desire", "Shine", and "Serene". He won the Billboard Smooth Jazz Artist Of The Year award in 2008.
2010's The Jazzmasters VI track "Touch and Go", featuring his son Paul Jr. on saxophone, reached #1 on the US Billboard Jazz songs chart, becoming his tenth number one on the Smooth Jazz chart in total.
His most recent album, Hardcastle VI , released in September 2011, features yet another remake of "Rainforest" -- this time mixed with R& B legend Marvin Gaye 's signature song, " What's Going On ."
Personal life
Hardcastle is married to Dolores Baker, and they have three children http://www.discogs.com/artist/Paul+Hardcastle Paul Hardcastle @ Discogs Accessed 8-23-2009.: Maxine (born April 1986 http://www.discogs.com/artist/Maxine+Hardcastle Maxine Hardcastle @ Discogs Accessed 8-23-2009.cite news| url= http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1238224/Playboy-model-howls-faints-convicted-battering-pop-stars-daughter-nightclub-toilet.html | location=London | work=Daily Mail | title=I'll never work in TV again, howls Playboy model at judge as she's convicted of battering pop star's daughter in nightclub toilet | date=24 December 2009), Paul Jr. (born August 1990 http://www.discogs.com/artist/Paul+Hardcastle+Jr. Paul Hardcastle, Jr. @ Discogs Accessed 8-23-2009.), and Ritchie (born May 1997).
The Jazzmasters VIhttp:/ / chatterboxworldwide.com/ 2009/ 12/ 08/ the-holidays-are-coming-and-so-is-jazzmasters-6-paul-hardcastle/ The holidays are coming and so is Jazzmasters 6 – Paul Hardcastle
Kiss The Sky series
Year
Album
1992
Kiss The Sky
1994
Millennium sky way
Singles
1984: "You're the One For Me - Daybreak - A.M." ( UK Singles Chart|UK #41)
1984: "Guilty" (UK #55)
1984: "Rainforest" (UK #41)
1984: "Eat Your Heart Out" (UK #59)
1985: " 19 (song)|19 " (Switzerland #1 (7 Weeks) ; Norway #1 (7 Weeks) ; Germany #1 (6 Weeks) ; UK #1 (5 Weeks); Netherlands #1 (5 Weeks); New Zealand #1 (4 Weeks); Sweden #1 (2 Weeks); Austria #1; Italy #1; Ireland #1; US Dance Club Play Chart #1 (2 Weeks); France #15; Billboard Hot 100|U.S. #15)
1985 "N-N-Nineteen Not Out" as producer of Rory Bremner's parody single recorded under the name of the Commentators (UK #13)
1985: "Rainforest" (re-issue) (US #57 / UK #53)
1985: "Just for Money" (UK #19; Ireland #15)
1986: "Don't Waste My Time" (UK #8; Ireland #15)
1986: "Foolin' Yourself" (UK #51)
1986: "The Wizard" (UK #15; Ireland #10)
1988: "Walk in the Night" (UK #54)
1988: "40 Years" (UK #53)
1989: "Are You Ready" as Paul Hardcastle Sound Syndication (UK #90)
2011: "Rainforest"/"What's Going On - Smooth Jazz Indicator Chart (#16)
2011: "Easy Come, Easy Go - Smooth Jazz Indicator Chart (#1)
Complete Chart from 1981 to 2011 can be seen here.... http://www.paulhardcastle.com/charts.html cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 243
See also
List of number-one dance hits (United States)
List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
List of 1980s one-hit wonders in the United States
List of performers on Top of the Pops
List of Euro disco artists
List of smooth jazz performers
List of synthpop artists
List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.hardcastlemusic.com Official website
http://www.paul-hardcastle.co.uk European website
http://www.trippinrecords.com Trippin 'n' Rhythm Records
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