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Old page wikitext, before the edit (old_wikitext ) | '{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Paul Hardcastle
|image =
|caption =
|image_size =
|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1957|12|10}}
|birth_place =[[Kensington, London]], England
|birth_name = Paul Hardcastle
|instrument = Synthesizer, keyboards, piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussion, programming
|genre = [[Synthpop]], [[Freestyle music|freestyle]], [[electronica]], [[ambient music|ambient]], [[electro house]], [[breakstep]], [[smooth jazz]]
|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]], [[V2 Records|V2]], [[Profile Records|Profile]]
|associated_acts =
|website = {{URL|paulhardcastle.com}}
}}
'''Paul Hardcastle''' (born 10 December 1957, London, England<ref name="AMG">{{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}}</ref>) is an English composer, musician, and multi-instrumentalist. Although he specializes in the synthesizer, he can also play multiple instruments.
==Career==
In the early 1980s, Hardcastle played the keyboards on several [[single (music)|singles]] on the Oval record label by the [[dance music]] groups Direct Drive and [[First Light (band)|First Light]], before going 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.<ref>{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=117}}</ref> "Rain Forest" also hit number five on the soul chart and number fifty-seven on the [[Hot 100]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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 the 1984 [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] documentary [[Vietnam Requiem]] about the post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by veterans. Producer [[Simon Fuller]] named his company '[[19 Entertainment]]' after the song, and the two are known to collaborate on certain projects.
Hardcastle enjoyed several further hits in the UK, including "Don't Waste My Time" (with vocals by [[Carol Kenyon]]) (UK No. 8) and "[[Top of the Pops#Theme music|The Wizard]]", a UK No. 15 hit that became the [[theme music|theme tune]] for [[BBC Television]]'s music chart show ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' from April 1986 until September 1991. He also had a hit with "Just for Money", which reached No. 19 in the UK and featured [[Bob Hoskins]] and [[Laurence Olivier]]. Earlier, he had cut a [[cover version]] of [[D Train (music group)|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", a version of which was used for the [[BBC One]] programme ''[[Holiday (TV series)|Holiday]]''.
After 1986, Hardcastle started to specialise in television soundtracks and [[remix]]ed work, for artists as such as [[Five Star]], [[Barry White]], [[Third World]], [[Sinitta]], [[Johnny Logan (singer)|Johnny Logan]], [[Hiroshima (band)|Hiroshima]] and [[Ian Dury]]. His piece "The Shuffle" was included in the soundtrack of the movie ''[[When the Wind Blows (1986 film)#Soundtrack|When the Wind Blows]]''.
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 "Rain Forest" and a hit single, "Desire".
Hardcastle has also [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] several synth [[jazz]] albums, alternating releases under the pseudonyms Kiss The Sky (with Jaki Graham) and The Jazzmasters, as well as under his real name Paul Hardcastle.<ref name="AMG"/> Working regularly with vocalists such as [[Helen Rogers]], Becki Biggins and Margo LeDuc, Hardcastle has recruited several saxophonists including [[Gary Barnacle]] (on the first album), [[Snake Davis]], Phil Todd, Tony Woods and Rock Hendricks. 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 No. 1 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Jazz songs chart, becoming his tenth number one on the Smooth Jazz chart in total.
His album, ''Hardcastle VI'', released in September 2011, features yet another remake of "Rain Forest"—this time mixed with R&B legend [[Marvin Gaye]]'s signature song, "[[What's Going On (song)|What's Going On]]".
In February 2014, Hardcastle was appointed Chairman of NUA Entertainment, which was founded by one of the UK's top businessmen, Neil Utley and his wife, Nicky.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}
==Personal life==
Hardcastle is married to Dolores Baker, and they have three children:<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Paul+Hardcastle Paul Hardcastle @ Discogs] Retrieved 23 August 2009.</ref> Maxine (born April 1986<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Maxine+Hardcastle Maxine Hardcastle @ Discogs] Retrieved 23 August 2009.</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>), Paul Jr. (born August 1990<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Paul+Hardcastle+Jr. Paul Hardcastle, Jr. @ Discogs] Retrieved 23 August 2009.</ref>), and Ritchie (born May 1997).
==Discography==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left" valign="top"|Year
!align="center" valign="top"|Album
!Label
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1984
|align="center" valign="top"|''Daybreak (by First Light)''
|
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1985
|align="center" valign="top"|''Zero One (feat. Universal Funk)''
|EMI Music Distribution <ref>http://www.allmusic.com/album/zero-one-mw0000845585/releases</ref>
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1985
|align="center" valign="top"|''Rainforest''
|
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1985
|align="center" valign="top"|''[[Paul Hardcastle (album)|Paul Hardcastle]]''
|
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1988
|align="center" valign="top"|''No Winners''
|
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1990
|align="center" valign="top"|''Sound Syndicate''
|A/K Music / K-tel International
|-
|align="left valign="top"|1993
|align="center" valign="top"|''Time For Love''
|Fast Forward Records (import) <ref>http://www.amazon.co.uk/Time-Love-Paul-Hardcastle/dp/B0000070PU/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1441603483&sr=1-1&keywords=time+for+love+hardcastle</ref>
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1993
|align="center" valign="top"|''The Definitive''
|
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1997
|align="center" valign="top"|''First Light''
|
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1997
|align="center" valign="top"|''Cover to Cover: A Musical Autobiography''
|JVC 1997, Trippin 'N' Rhythm/Push Records 1999 <ref>http://www.allmusic.com/album/cover-to-cover-mw0000029669/releases</ref>
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2003
|align="center" valign="top"|''Very Best: Paul Hardcastle 1983–2003''
|
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2009
|align="center" valign="top"|''Paul Hardcastle: The Collection''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records <ref>5 cuts from Hardcastle Series, 5 cuts from Jazzmasters series, http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-collection-mw0000816835</ref>
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2009
|align="center" valign="top"|''Zero One''
|
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2011
|align="center" valign="top"|''Desire ''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records <ref>http://www.allmusic.com/album/desire-mw0002093551</ref>
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2012
|align="center" valign="top"|''Perceptions of Pacha VIII''
|P&C Pacha Recordings / Pacha Multimedia
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2012
|align="center" valign="top"|''19 Below Zero''
|Hardcastle Music, Universal Music
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2013
|align="center" valign="top"|''Electrofied 80s: Essential Paul Hardcastle''
|Music Club Deluxe (division of [[Demon Music Group]])
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2014
|align="center" valign="top"|''Movin & Groovin''
|Trippin 'N' Rythmn Records
|-
|2015
|align="center" valign="top"|''19: The 30th Anniversary Mixes''
|NUA Entertainment
|}
===Smooth jazz albums===
====Hardcastle series====
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left" valign="top"|Year
!align="center" valign="top"|Album
!Label
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1994
|align="center" valign="top"|Hardcastle
|JVC Musical Industries
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1996
|align="center" valign="top"|Hardcastle II
|JVC Musical Industries
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2002
|align="center" valign="top"|Hardcastle III
|Hardcastle Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2005
|align="center" valign="top"|Hardcastle 4
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2008
|align="center" valign="top"|[[Hardcastle 5]]
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2011
|align="center" valign="top"|Hardcastle VI
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2013
|align="center" valign="top"|Hardcastle VII
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|}
====The Jazzmasters series====
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left" valign="top"|Year
!align="center" valign="top"|Album
!Label
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1993
|align="center" valign="top"|The Jazzmasters
|Fast Forward Records, ltd., JVC Musical Industries, Inc
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1995
|align="center" valign="top"|The Jazzmasters II
|JVC Musical Industries
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1999
|align="center" valign="top"|The Jazzmasters III
|Hardcastle Records, Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2000
|align="center" valign="top"|Jazzmasters: The Greatest Hits
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2004
|align="center" valign="top"|The Jazzmasters 4
|Hardcastle Records, Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2004
|align="center" valign="top"|JazzMasters: The Smooth Cuts
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records <ref>http://www.allmusic.com/album/jazzmasters-the-smooth-cuts-mw0000473936</ref>
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2006
|align="center" valign="top"|The Jazzmasters V
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2010
|align="center" valign="top"|The Jazzmasters VI <ref> [http://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]</ref>
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2014
|align="center" valign="top"|The Jazzmasters VII
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|}
====Kiss The Sky series with Jaki Graham====
<ref>http://www.allmusic.com/artist/paul-hardcastle-mn0000018513/biography</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left" valign="top"|Year
!align="center" valign="top"|Album
!Label
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1992
|align="center" valign="top"|Kiss The Sky
|Motown Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1994
|align="center" valign="top"| Millennium sky way
|JVC Musical Industries
|}
====The Chill Lounge series====
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Album
! Label
|-
| 2012
| style="text-align:center;" |The Chill Lounge, vol.1
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
| 2013
| style="text-align:center;" |The Chill Lounge, vol.2
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
| 2015
| style="text-align:center;" |The Chill Lounge, vol.3
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|}
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{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}}</ref>
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" colspan="14"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[Dance Club Songs|US Dance]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[Smooth Jazz Songs|US Jazz]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[Ireland|IRE]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[Switzerland|SWI]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[VG-lista|NOR]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[Media Control Charts|GER]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[MegaCharts|NLD]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[Sweden|SWE]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[Austria|ATR]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[Italy|ITL]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[France|FR]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br />
|-
! scope="row" | "You're the One For Me – Daybreak – A.M."
| rowspan="3"| 1984
| 41 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="2"| Daybreak
|-
! scope="row" | "Guilty"
| 53 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "Eat Your Heart Out"
| 59 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="2"| Rain Forest
|-
! scope="row" | "Rain Forest"
| rowspan="3"| 1985
| 53 || 57 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "[[19 (song)|19]]"
| 1 || 15 || 1 || — || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 15 || 1
| rowspan="3"| Paul Hardcastle
|-
! scope="row" | "Just for Money"
| 19 || — || — || — || 15 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "Don't Waste My Time"
| rowspan="3"| 1986
| 8 || — || — || — || 15 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "Foolin' Yourself"
| 51 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="2"| The Definitive Paul Hardcastle
|-
! scope="row" | "The Wizard"
| 15 || — || — || — || 10 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "Walk in the Night"
| rowspan="2"| 1988
| 54 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="2"| No Winners
|-
! scope="row" | "40 Years"
| 53 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "Are You Ready"
| rowspan="2"| 1989
| 90 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="2"| Sound Syndicate
|-
! scope="row" | "Galaxy Of Love"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "Rain Forest" / "What's Going On"
| rowspan="2"| 2011
| — || — || — || 16 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="2"| Hardcastle VI
|-
! scope="row" | "Easy Come, Easy Go"
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "No Stress (At All)"
| rowspan="2"| 2013
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="2"| Hardcastle VII
|-
! scope="row" | "Easy Street"
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|}
==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.trippinrecords.com Trippin 'n' Rhythm Records]
* [http://www.paulhardcastle.com/charts.html Paul Hardcastle charts]
* {{IMDb name|id=0362058|name=Paul Hardcastle}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hardcastle, Paul}}
[[Category:1957 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:English keyboardists]]
[[Category:English composers]]
[[Category:Musicians from London]]
[[Category:English boogie musicians]]
[[Category:English electro musicians]]
[[Category:British freestyle musicians]]
[[Category:Chrysalis Records artists]]
[[Category:Profile Records artists]]
[[Category:Smooth jazz musicians]]
[[Category:Jazz keyboardists]]' |
New page wikitext, after the edit (new_wikitext ) | '{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Paul Hardcastle
|image =
|caption =
|image_size =
|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1957|12|10}}
|birth_place =[[Kensington, London]], England
|birth_name = Paul Hardcastle
|instrument = Synthesizer, keyboards, piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussion, programming
|genre = [[Synthpop]], [[Freestyle music|freestyle]], [[electronica]], [[ambient music|ambient]], [[electro house]], [[breakstep]], [[smooth jazz]]
|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]], [[V2 Records|V2]], [[Profile Records|Profile]]
|associated_acts =
|website = {{URL|paulhardcastle.com}}
}}
'''Paul Hardcastle''' (born 10 December 1957, London, England<ref name="AMG">{{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}}</ref>) is an English composer, musician, and multi-instrumentalist. Although he specializes in the synthesizer, he can also play multiple instruments.
==Career==
In the early 1980s, Hardcastle played the keyboards on several [[single (music)|singles]] on the Oval record label by the [[dance music]] groups Direct Drive and [[First Light (band)|First Light]], before sucking his own dick..
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.<ref>{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=117}}</ref> "Rain Forest" also hit number five on the soul chart and number fifty-seven on the [[Hot 100]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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 the 1984 [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] documentary [[Vietnam Requiem]] about the post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by veterans. Producer [[Simon Fuller]] named his company '[[19 Entertainment]]' after the song, and the two are known to collaborate on certain projects.
Hardcastle enjoyed several further hits in the UK, including "Don't Waste My Time" (with vocals by [[Carol Kenyon]]) (UK No. 8) and "[[Top of the Pops#Theme music|The Wizard]]", a UK No. 15 hit that became the [[theme music|theme tune]] for [[BBC Television]]'s music chart show ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' from April 1986 until September 1991. He also had a hit with "Just for Money", which reached No. 19 in the UK and featured [[Bob Hoskins]] and [[Laurence Olivier]]. Earlier, he had cut a [[cover version]] of [[D Train (music group)|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", a version of which was used for the [[BBC One]] programme ''[[Holiday (TV series)|Holiday]]''.
After 1986, Hardcastle started to specialise in television soundtracks and [[remix]]ed work, for artists as such as [[Five Star]], [[Barry White]], [[Third World]], [[Sinitta]], [[Johnny Logan (singer)|Johnny Logan]], [[Hiroshima (band)|Hiroshima]] and [[Ian Dury]]. His piece "The Shuffle" was included in the soundtrack of the movie ''[[When the Wind Blows (1986 film)#Soundtrack|When the Wind Blows]]''.
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 "Rain Forest" and a hit single, "Desire".
Hardcastle has also [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] several synth [[jazz]] albums, alternating releases under the pseudonyms Kiss The Sky (with Jaki Graham) and The Jazzmasters, as well as under his real name Paul Hardcastle.<ref name="AMG"/> Working regularly with vocalists such as [[Helen Rogers]], Becki Biggins and Margo LeDuc, Hardcastle has recruited several saxophonists including [[Gary Barnacle]] (on the first album), [[Snake Davis]], Phil Todd, Tony Woods and Rock Hendricks. 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 No. 1 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Jazz songs chart, becoming his tenth number one on the Smooth Jazz chart in total.
His album, ''Hardcastle VI'', released in September 2011, features yet another remake of "Rain Forest"—this time mixed with R&B legend [[Marvin Gaye]]'s signature song, "[[What's Going On (song)|What's Going On]]".
In February 2014, Hardcastle was appointed Chairman of NUA Entertainment, which was founded by one of the UK's top businessmen, Neil Utley and his wife, Nicky.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}
==Personal life==
Hardcastle is married to Dolores Baker, and they have three children:<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Paul+Hardcastle Paul Hardcastle @ Discogs] Retrieved 23 August 2009.</ref> Maxine (born April 1986<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Maxine+Hardcastle Maxine Hardcastle @ Discogs] Retrieved 23 August 2009.</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>), Paul Jr. (born August 1990<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Paul+Hardcastle+Jr. Paul Hardcastle, Jr. @ Discogs] Retrieved 23 August 2009.</ref>), and Ritchie (born May 1997).
==Discography==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left" valign="top"|Year
!align="center" valign="top"|Album
!Label
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1984
|align="center" valign="top"|''Daybreak (by First Light)''
|
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1985
|align="center" valign="top"|''Zero One (feat. Universal Funk)''
|EMI Music Distribution <ref>http://www.allmusic.com/album/zero-one-mw0000845585/releases</ref>
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1985
|align="center" valign="top"|''Rainforest''
|
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1985
|align="center" valign="top"|''[[Paul Hardcastle (album)|Paul Hardcastle]]''
|
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1988
|align="center" valign="top"|''No Winners''
|
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1990
|align="center" valign="top"|''Sound Syndicate''
|A/K Music / K-tel International
|-
|align="left valign="top"|1993
|align="center" valign="top"|''Time For Love''
|Fast Forward Records (import) <ref>http://www.amazon.co.uk/Time-Love-Paul-Hardcastle/dp/B0000070PU/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1441603483&sr=1-1&keywords=time+for+love+hardcastle</ref>
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1993
|align="center" valign="top"|''The Definitive''
|
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1997
|align="center" valign="top"|''First Light''
|
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1997
|align="center" valign="top"|''Cover to Cover: A Musical Autobiography''
|JVC 1997, Trippin 'N' Rhythm/Push Records 1999 <ref>http://www.allmusic.com/album/cover-to-cover-mw0000029669/releases</ref>
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2003
|align="center" valign="top"|''Very Best: Paul Hardcastle 1983–2003''
|
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2009
|align="center" valign="top"|''Paul Hardcastle: The Collection''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records <ref>5 cuts from Hardcastle Series, 5 cuts from Jazzmasters series, http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-collection-mw0000816835</ref>
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2009
|align="center" valign="top"|''Zero One''
|
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2011
|align="center" valign="top"|''Desire ''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records <ref>http://www.allmusic.com/album/desire-mw0002093551</ref>
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2012
|align="center" valign="top"|''Perceptions of Pacha VIII''
|P&C Pacha Recordings / Pacha Multimedia
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2012
|align="center" valign="top"|''19 Below Zero''
|Hardcastle Music, Universal Music
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2013
|align="center" valign="top"|''Electrofied 80s: Essential Paul Hardcastle''
|Music Club Deluxe (division of [[Demon Music Group]])
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2014
|align="center" valign="top"|''Movin & Groovin''
|Trippin 'N' Rythmn Records
|-
|2015
|align="center" valign="top"|''19: The 30th Anniversary Mixes''
|NUA Entertainment
|}
===Smooth jazz albums===
====Hardcastle series====
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left" valign="top"|Year
!align="center" valign="top"|Album
!Label
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1994
|align="center" valign="top"|Hardcastle
|JVC Musical Industries
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1996
|align="center" valign="top"|Hardcastle II
|JVC Musical Industries
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2002
|align="center" valign="top"|Hardcastle III
|Hardcastle Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2005
|align="center" valign="top"|Hardcastle 4
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2008
|align="center" valign="top"|[[Hardcastle 5]]
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2011
|align="center" valign="top"|Hardcastle VI
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2013
|align="center" valign="top"|Hardcastle VII
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|}
====The Jazzmasters series====
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left" valign="top"|Year
!align="center" valign="top"|Album
!Label
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1993
|align="center" valign="top"|The Jazzmasters
|Fast Forward Records, ltd., JVC Musical Industries, Inc
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1995
|align="center" valign="top"|The Jazzmasters II
|JVC Musical Industries
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1999
|align="center" valign="top"|The Jazzmasters III
|Hardcastle Records, Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2000
|align="center" valign="top"|Jazzmasters: The Greatest Hits
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2004
|align="center" valign="top"|The Jazzmasters 4
|Hardcastle Records, Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2004
|align="center" valign="top"|JazzMasters: The Smooth Cuts
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records <ref>http://www.allmusic.com/album/jazzmasters-the-smooth-cuts-mw0000473936</ref>
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2006
|align="center" valign="top"|The Jazzmasters V
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2010
|align="center" valign="top"|The Jazzmasters VI <ref> [http://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]</ref>
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2014
|align="center" valign="top"|The Jazzmasters VII
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|}
====Kiss The Sky series with Jaki Graham====
<ref>http://www.allmusic.com/artist/paul-hardcastle-mn0000018513/biography</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left" valign="top"|Year
!align="center" valign="top"|Album
!Label
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1992
|align="center" valign="top"|Kiss The Sky
|Motown Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1994
|align="center" valign="top"| Millennium sky way
|JVC Musical Industries
|}
====The Chill Lounge series====
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Album
! Label
|-
| 2012
| style="text-align:center;" |The Chill Lounge, vol.1
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
| 2013
| style="text-align:center;" |The Chill Lounge, vol.2
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
| 2015
| style="text-align:center;" |The Chill Lounge, vol.3
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|}
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{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}}</ref>
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" colspan="14"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[Dance Club Songs|US Dance]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[Smooth Jazz Songs|US Jazz]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[Ireland|IRE]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[Switzerland|SWI]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[VG-lista|NOR]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[Media Control Charts|GER]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[MegaCharts|NLD]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[Sweden|SWE]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[Austria|ATR]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[Italy|ITL]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[France|FR]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:60%;" | [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br />
|-
! scope="row" | "You're the One For Me – Daybreak – A.M."
| rowspan="3"| 1984
| 41 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="2"| Daybreak
|-
! scope="row" | "Guilty"
| 53 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "Eat Your Heart Out"
| 59 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="2"| Rain Forest
|-
! scope="row" | "Rain Forest"
| rowspan="3"| 1985
| 53 || 57 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "[[19 (song)|19]]"
| 1 || 15 || 1 || — || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 15 || 1
| rowspan="3"| Paul Hardcastle
|-
! scope="row" | "Just for Money"
| 19 || — || — || — || 15 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "Don't Waste My Time"
| rowspan="3"| 1986
| 8 || — || — || — || 15 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "Foolin' Yourself"
| 51 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="2"| The Definitive Paul Hardcastle
|-
! scope="row" | "The Wizard"
| 15 || — || — || — || 10 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "Walk in the Night"
| rowspan="2"| 1988
| 54 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="2"| No Winners
|-
! scope="row" | "40 Years"
| 53 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "Are You Ready"
| rowspan="2"| 1989
| 90 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="2"| Sound Syndicate
|-
! scope="row" | "Galaxy Of Love"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "Rain Forest" / "What's Going On"
| rowspan="2"| 2011
| — || — || — || 16 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="2"| Hardcastle VI
|-
! scope="row" | "Easy Come, Easy Go"
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "No Stress (At All)"
| rowspan="2"| 2013
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="2"| Hardcastle VII
|-
! scope="row" | "Easy Street"
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|}
==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.trippinrecords.com Trippin 'n' Rhythm Records]
* [http://www.paulhardcastle.com/charts.html Paul Hardcastle charts]
* {{IMDb name|id=0362058|name=Paul Hardcastle}}
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