Hi, everyone. Welcome to this week’s edition of Music Monday.

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Another of my favorite songs just hit a milestone anniversary. It was written by blue-eyed soul master Daryl Hall and included by he & John Oates on their 1980 album, Voices. Another singer with a smooth R&B sound released it 40 years ago on February 25, 1985 as the first single from his second album, The Secret Of Association. The track reached the #4 spot in the UK a month later and the #1 spot in the U.S. for one week in July of the same year.

British singer, songwriter & musician Paul Young followed that hit with “I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down” which reached #13, also in 1985. Young first broke into the U.S. Top 40 in February 1984 with “Come Back And Stay” which peaked at #22 off his 1983 debut solo album, No Parlez. Later that year he was chosen as one of the lead voices (and the first one heard) on the charity single by Band Aid, “Do They Know It’s Christmas”. He also performed at Live Aid in London in 1985.

In 1990, Young reached the #8 spot in the U.S with a cover of The Chi-Lites #1 hit from May 1972, “Oh Girl”. Another cover-this one of Jimmy Ruffin’s 1966 classic, “What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted”-peaked at #22 for Young in 1992. A year later, he joined Elton John on his Duets album for a cover of “I’m Your Puppet”. To date Young has released 10 albums including 2023’s Behind The Lens.

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Paul Young: “Everytime You Go Away” (1985, written by Daryl Hall).

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