Ryan's success came as a singing duo, with his twin brother Barry Ryan during the 1960s, known simply as "Paul & Barry Ryan". However, the stress of public attention caused Paul to retreat into the background,[3] while Barry went solo.
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Paul Ryan wrote Barry's 1968 hit "Eloise", the 1971 hit "Who Put the Lights Out?" for Dana and another of his songs, "I Will Drink the Wine", was a top-20 hit on the UK Singles Chart for Frank Sinatra.[4]
In the 1970s Ryan relocated to the United States, and in 1976 released an album, Scorpio Rising, but later left the music industry. After returning to the UK in 1985, he earned his living from operating a chain of hairdressing salons.[5][6] The gothicpunk band the Damned reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart in 1986 with their cover version of "Eloise".[7]
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paul, ryan, singer, other, people, named, paul, ryan, paul, ryan, disambiguation, some, this, article, listed, sources, reliable, please, help, this, article, looking, better, more, reliable, sources, unreliable, citations, challenged, deleted, january, 2020, . For other people named Paul Ryan see Paul Ryan disambiguation Some of this article s listed sources may not be reliable Please help this article by looking for better more reliable sources Unreliable citations may be challenged or deleted January 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Paul Ryan born Paul Sapherson 24 October 1948 1 29 November 1992 2 was an English singer songwriter and record producer Paul RyanBirth namePaul SaphersonBorn 1948 10 24 24 October 1948Leeds West Riding of Yorkshire EnglandDied29 November 1992 1992 11 29 aged 44 London England Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early life 1 2 Career 1 3 Later career 1 4 Death 2 Songwriting credits 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksBiography editEarly life edit Born in Leeds West Riding of Yorkshire England Paul and his twin brother Barry were the sons of singer Marion Ryan Career edit Ryan s success came as a singing duo with his twin brother Barry Ryan during the 1960s known simply as Paul amp Barry Ryan However the stress of public attention caused Paul to retreat into the background 3 while Barry went solo Later career edit Paul Ryan wrote Barry s 1968 hit Eloise the 1971 hit Who Put the Lights Out for Dana and another of his songs I Will Drink the Wine was a top 20 hit on the UK Singles Chart for Frank Sinatra 4 In the 1970s Ryan relocated to the United States and in 1976 released an album Scorpio Rising but later left the music industry After returning to the UK in 1985 he earned his living from operating a chain of hairdressing salons 5 6 The gothic punk band the Damned reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart in 1986 with their cover version of Eloise 7 Death edit Ryan died of lung cancer in 1992 in London at the age of 44 2 8 Songwriting credits edit Eloise Barry Ryan Love Is Love Barry Ryan Who Put the Lights Out Dana I Will Drink the Wine Frank Sinatra Joe Longthorne The Colour of My Love Dalida Jefferson Barry Ryan Love s Only Love Engelbert Humperdinck Sunrise in the Morning Frank Sinatra 4 Both of the above Sinatra tracks appeared on his 1971 album Sinatra amp Company 9 See also editList of performers on Top of the PopsReferences edit October Birthdays and Deaths Bittersuiteband com Archived from the original on 29 August 2018 Retrieved 28 December 2015 unreliable source a b Doc Rock The Dead Rock Stars Club 1992 1993 Thedeadrockstarsclub com Retrieved 28 December 2015 Geocities com badcatrecords Archived from the original on 28 October 2009 Retrieved 5 October 2008 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link unreliable source a b Paul Ryan Songs AllMusic Retrieved 28 December 2015 Paul amp Barry Ryan Biography amp History AllMusic Retrieved 28 December 2015 Talevski Nick 2006 Rock Obituaries Knocking On Heaven s Door Omnibus Press p 565 ISBN 978 1 84609 091 2 Retrieved 28 December 2015 Roberts David 2006 British Hit Singles amp Albums 19th ed London Guinness World Records Limited pp 138 139 ISBN 1 904994 10 5 Barry Ryan Alexgitlin com Retrieved 28 December 2015 Erlewine Stephen Thomas Sinatra amp Company Frank Sinatra Songs Reviews Credits AllMusic Retrieved 28 December 2015 External links editPaul Ryan discography at Discogs Paul Ryan at AllMusic Paul Ryan at IMDb nbsp This article on a singer songwriter is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Paul Ryan singer amp oldid 1166708642, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
