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|name = Paul Louis Hardcastle
|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
|image =
|image_size =
|caption =
|birth_name = Paul Louis Hardcastle
|birth_date = 10 December 1957<ref name=Index/>
|origin =[[Kensington]],<ref name=Index/> London, [[United Kingdom]]
|genre = [[Synthpop]], [[Freestyle music|freestyle]], [[electronica]], [[ambient music|ambient]], [[electro house]], [[breakstep]], [[smooth jazz]]
|occupation = {{ublist|[[Musician]]|[[Record producer|Producer]]|[[Songwriter]]|[[Radio presenter]] <small>(in the [[United States|U.S.]])</small>}}
|instrument = Synthesizer, keyboards, piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussion, programming
|years_active = 1982–present
|label = [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]], [[Motown Records|Motown]], [[V2 Records|V2]], [[Profile Records|Profile]]
|associated_acts =
|website = {{URL|paulhardcastle.com}}
}}
'''Paul Hardcastle''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[composer]], [[musician]], [[Record producer|producer]], [[songwriter]], [[Radio personality|radio presenter]], and [[multi-instrumentalist]]. He is best known for his song ''[[19 (song)|19]]'' which went to number 1 in 1985.
==Career==
Born in [[Kensington]] in London in 1957, he is the son of Joyce (''née'' Everett, 1930-1991) and Louis Hardcastle (1915-2000).<ref name=Index>"Birth of Paul Louis Hardcastle", England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2005</ref>
Hardcastle achieved some success with his early singles, including the 1984 [[electro (music)|electro-funk]]/[[Freestyle music|freestyle]]/[[instrumental]] track, "Rain Forest", which along with the track "Sound Chaser", reached 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 [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' 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>
Hardcastle is best known for the 1985 single "[[19 (song)|19]]", which went to No.1 in the UK (for five weeks), a number of other countries worldwide, and reached number 15 in the US Pop Charts and number 1 in the US Dance and Club charts. The follow-up single to "[[19 (song)|19]]" was "Just For Money", which reached No. 19 in the UK It also charted in several other European countries.<ref>[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/21532/paul-hardcastle "Paul Hardcastle"], UK Chart Info. Retrieved 04/11/17</ref>
In 1986, Hardcastle released a remix to "[[One Wish (Hiroshima song)|One Wish]]" by [[Hiroshima (band)|Hiroshima]].<ref name="Hiroshima">{{cite news|last1=Chin|first1=Brian|title=Dance Trax|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1986/BB-1986-05-10.pdf|accessdate=December 28, 2016|date=May 10, 1986|pages=39–40}}</ref>
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">{{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>
==Personal life==
Hardcastle married Dolores Baker in 1985,<ref>"Marriage of Paul Louis Hardcastle and Dolores Baker"], England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916–2005</ref> and they have three children,<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Paul+Hardcastle "Paul Hardcastle"], Discogs. Retrieved 23 August 2009.</ref> including 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>) and Paul Jr. (born August 1990<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Paul+Hardcastle+Jr. Paul Hardcastle, Jr. @ Discogs] Retrieved 23 August 2009.</ref>). Their son Ritchie Max Hardcastle (born 1997)<ref>"Ritchie Max Hardcastle"], England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2005</ref> is Chairman of the Romford [[Young Conservatives (UK)|Young Conservatives]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.in/We-asked-some-Tories-what-Brexit-should-actually-mean/Ritchie-Hardcastle-19-chairman-of-Young-Conservatives-Romford/slideshow/54678707.cms|title=Ritchie Hardcastle, 19, chairman of Young Conservatives Romford|work=Business Insider|access-date=2018-01-08}}</ref>
==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'' (with Universal Funk)
|Bluebird, EMI Music Distribution <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/zero-one-mw0000845585/releases|title=Zero One - Paul Hardcastle - Releases - AllMusic|publisher=}}</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''
|AJK Music, K-Tel International
|-
|align="left valign="top"|1993
|align="center" valign="top"|''Time For Love''
|Fast Forward Records <ref>{{cite web|url=https://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%20for%20love%20hardcastle|title=Time for Love|publisher=|via=Amazon}}</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, Hardcastle 1999, Trippin 'N' Rhythm 2007 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/cover-to-cover-mw0000029669/releases|title=Cover to Cover - Paul Hardcastle - Releases - AllMusic|publisher=}}</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"|''Zero 1''
|Hardcastle Music
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2011
|align="center" valign="top"|''Desire ''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/desire-mw0002093551|title=Desire - Paul Hardcastle - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|publisher=}}</ref>
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2012
|align="center" valign="top"|''Perceptions of Pacha VIII''
|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"|''Moovin & Groovin''
|Trippin 'N' Rythmn Records
|-
|2015
|align="center" valign="top"|''19: The 30th Anniversary Mixes''
|Nusic Sounds, Caroline International
|}
===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, JVC Musical Industries
|-
|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"|2004
|align="center" valign="top"|The Jazzmasters 4
|Hardcastle Records, Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|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>{{cite web|url=http://chatterboxworldwide.com/2009/12/08/the-holidays-are-coming-and-so-is-jazzmasters-6-paul-hardcastle/|title=The holidays are coming and so is Jazzmasters 6 – Paul Hardcastle|last=|first=|date=2009-12-08|website=Chatterboxworldwide's Blog|publisher=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212214902/http://chatterboxworldwide.com/2009/12/08/the-holidays-are-coming-and-so-is-jazzmasters-6-paul-hardcastle/|archive-date=2009-12-12|dead-url=yes|access-date=2017-12-16}}</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>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/paul-hardcastle-mn0000018513/biography|title=Paul Hardcastle - Biography & History - AllMusic|publisher=}}</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 Skyway
|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
|}
====Transcontinental with Paul Hardcastle & [[Ryan Farish]] ====
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/transcontinental-ep/id470326774|title=Paul Hardcastle & Ryan Farish - Transcontinental on iTunes}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left" valign="top"|Year
!align="center" valign="top"|Album
!Label
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2011
|align="center" valign="top"|Transcontinental (6-song EP)
|Rytone Entertainment
|}
====Compilations====
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left" valign="top"|Year
!align="center" valign="top"|Album
!Label
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2000
|align="center" valign="top"|Jazzmasters: The Greatest Hits
|Hardcastle Records, Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2004
|align="center" valign="top"|Jazzmasters: The Smooth Cuts
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/jazzmasters-the-smooth-cuts-mw0000473936|title=Jazzmasters: the Smooth Cuts - Paul Hardcastle - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|publisher=}}</ref>
|-
|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"|2016
|align="center" valign="top"|The History of Paul Hardcastle 1984–2016
|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="4"| 1984
| 41 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="2"| ''Daybreak''
|-
! scope="row" | "Guilty"
| 53 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "Eat Your Heart Out"
| 59 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="4"| ''Rain Forest''
|-
! scope="row" | "King Tut"
| — || — || 10 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "Rain Forest"
| rowspan="4"| 1985
| 41 || 57 || 2 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "[[19 (song)|19]]"
| 1 || 15 || 1 || — || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 15 || 1
|-
! scope="row" | "19 (German Version)"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 17 || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="3"| ''Paul Hardcastle''
|-
! scope="row" | "Just for Money"
| 19 || — || — || — || 15 || 27 || — || 31 || — || — || — || — || — || — |
|-
! scope="row" | "Don't Waste My Time"
| rowspan="3"| 1986
| 8 || — || 31 || — || 15 || 9 || — || 15 || 12 || — || — || — || — || 20
|-
! scope="row" | "Foolin' Yourself"
| 51 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="2"| ''The Definitive Paul Hardcastle''
|-
! scope="row" | "The Wizard"
| 15 || — || — || — || 10 || — || — || 51 || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! 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 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "Echoes Rising"
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="2"| ''The History of Paul Hardcastle''
|-
|}
==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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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:British freestyle musicians]]
[[Category:British jazz keyboardists]]
[[Category:Chrysalis Records artists]]
[[Category:English boogie musicians]]
[[Category:English electro musicians]]
[[Category:English keyboardists]]
[[Category:English male composers]]
[[Category:Musicians from London]]
[[Category:Profile Records artists]]
[[Category:Smooth jazz musicians]]' |
New page wikitext, after the edit (new_wikitext ) | '{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Paul Louis Hardcastle
|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
|image =
|image_size =
|caption =
|birth_name = Paul Louis Hardcastle
|birth_date = 10 December 1957<ref name=Index/>
|origin =[[Kensington]],<ref name=Index/> London, [[United Kingdom]]
|genre = [[Synthpop]], [[Freestyle music|freestyle]], [[electronica]], [[ambient music|ambient]], [[electro house]], [[breakstep]], [[smooth jazz]]
|occupation = {{ublist|[[Musician]]|[[Record producer|Producer]]|[[Songwriter]]|[[Radio presenter]] <small>(in the [[United States|U.S.]])</small>}}
|instrument = Synthesizer, keyboards, piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussion, programming
|years_active = 1982–present
|label = [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]], [[Motown Records|Motown]], [[V2 Records|V2]], [[Profile Records|Profile]]
|associated_acts =
|website = {{URL|paulhardcastle.com}}
}}
'''Paul Hardcastle''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[composer]], [[musician]], [[Record producer|producer]], [[songwriter]], [[Radio personality|radio presenter]], and [[multi-instrumentalist]]. He is best known for his song ''[[19 (song)|19]]'' which went to number 1 in 1985.
==Career==
Born in [[Kensington]] in London in 1957, he is the son of Joyce (''née'' Everett, 1930-1991) and Louis Hardcastle (1915-2000).<ref name=Index>"Birth of Paul Louis Hardcastle", England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2005</ref>
Hardcastle achieved some success with his early singles, including the 1984 [[electro (music)|electro-funk]]/[[Freestyle music|freestyle]]/[[instrumental]] track, "Rain Forest", which along with the track "Sound Chaser", reached 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 [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' 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>
Hardcastle is best known for the 1985 single "[[19 (song)|19]]", which went to No.1 in the UK (for five weeks), a number of other countries worldwide, and reached number 15 in the US Pop Charts and number 1 in the US Dance and Club charts. The follow-up single to "[[19 (song)|19]]" was "Just For Money", which reached No. 19 in the UK It also charted in several other European countries.<ref>[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/21532/paul-hardcastle "Paul Hardcastle"], UK Chart Info. Retrieved 04/11/17</ref>
In 1986, Hardcastle released a remix to "[[One Wish (Hiroshima song)|One Wish]]" by [[Hiroshima (band)|Hiroshima]].<ref name="Hiroshima">{{cite news|last1=Chin|first1=Brian|title=Dance Trax|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1986/BB-1986-05-10.pdf|accessdate=December 28, 2016|date=May 10, 1986|pages=39–40}}</ref> In the same year, Hardcastle's "The Wizard" was adopted as the theme tune for the [[BBC|BBC's]] [[Top_of_the_Pops#Theme_music|Top of the Pops]] weekly chart show. The theme tune was used from 3 April 1986 to 26 September 1991.
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">{{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>
==Personal life==
Hardcastle married Dolores Baker in 1985,<ref>"Marriage of Paul Louis Hardcastle and Dolores Baker"], England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916–2005</ref> and they have three children,<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Paul+Hardcastle "Paul Hardcastle"], Discogs. Retrieved 23 August 2009.</ref> including 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>) and Paul Jr. (born August 1990<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Paul+Hardcastle+Jr. Paul Hardcastle, Jr. @ Discogs] Retrieved 23 August 2009.</ref>). Their son Ritchie Max Hardcastle (born 1997)<ref>"Ritchie Max Hardcastle"], England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2005</ref> is Chairman of the Romford [[Young Conservatives (UK)|Young Conservatives]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.in/We-asked-some-Tories-what-Brexit-should-actually-mean/Ritchie-Hardcastle-19-chairman-of-Young-Conservatives-Romford/slideshow/54678707.cms|title=Ritchie Hardcastle, 19, chairman of Young Conservatives Romford|work=Business Insider|access-date=2018-01-08}}</ref>
==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'' (with Universal Funk)
|Bluebird, EMI Music Distribution <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/zero-one-mw0000845585/releases|title=Zero One - Paul Hardcastle - Releases - AllMusic|publisher=}}</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''
|AJK Music, K-Tel International
|-
|align="left valign="top"|1993
|align="center" valign="top"|''Time For Love''
|Fast Forward Records <ref>{{cite web|url=https://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%20for%20love%20hardcastle|title=Time for Love|publisher=|via=Amazon}}</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, Hardcastle 1999, Trippin 'N' Rhythm 2007 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/cover-to-cover-mw0000029669/releases|title=Cover to Cover - Paul Hardcastle - Releases - AllMusic|publisher=}}</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"|''Zero 1''
|Hardcastle Music
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2011
|align="center" valign="top"|''Desire ''
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/desire-mw0002093551|title=Desire - Paul Hardcastle - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|publisher=}}</ref>
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2012
|align="center" valign="top"|''Perceptions of Pacha VIII''
|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"|''Moovin & Groovin''
|Trippin 'N' Rythmn Records
|-
|2015
|align="center" valign="top"|''19: The 30th Anniversary Mixes''
|Nusic Sounds, Caroline International
|}
===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, JVC Musical Industries
|-
|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"|2004
|align="center" valign="top"|The Jazzmasters 4
|Hardcastle Records, Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|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>{{cite web|url=http://chatterboxworldwide.com/2009/12/08/the-holidays-are-coming-and-so-is-jazzmasters-6-paul-hardcastle/|title=The holidays are coming and so is Jazzmasters 6 – Paul Hardcastle|last=|first=|date=2009-12-08|website=Chatterboxworldwide's Blog|publisher=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212214902/http://chatterboxworldwide.com/2009/12/08/the-holidays-are-coming-and-so-is-jazzmasters-6-paul-hardcastle/|archive-date=2009-12-12|dead-url=yes|access-date=2017-12-16}}</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>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/paul-hardcastle-mn0000018513/biography|title=Paul Hardcastle - Biography & History - AllMusic|publisher=}}</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 Skyway
|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
|}
====Transcontinental with Paul Hardcastle & [[Ryan Farish]] ====
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/transcontinental-ep/id470326774|title=Paul Hardcastle & Ryan Farish - Transcontinental on iTunes}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left" valign="top"|Year
!align="center" valign="top"|Album
!Label
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2011
|align="center" valign="top"|Transcontinental (6-song EP)
|Rytone Entertainment
|}
====Compilations====
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left" valign="top"|Year
!align="center" valign="top"|Album
!Label
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2000
|align="center" valign="top"|Jazzmasters: The Greatest Hits
|Hardcastle Records, Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2004
|align="center" valign="top"|Jazzmasters: The Smooth Cuts
|Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/jazzmasters-the-smooth-cuts-mw0000473936|title=Jazzmasters: the Smooth Cuts - Paul Hardcastle - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|publisher=}}</ref>
|-
|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"|2016
|align="center" valign="top"|The History of Paul Hardcastle 1984–2016
|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="4"| 1984
| 41 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="2"| ''Daybreak''
|-
! scope="row" | "Guilty"
| 53 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "Eat Your Heart Out"
| 59 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="4"| ''Rain Forest''
|-
! scope="row" | "King Tut"
| — || — || 10 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "Rain Forest"
| rowspan="4"| 1985
| 41 || 57 || 2 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "[[19 (song)|19]]"
| 1 || 15 || 1 || — || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 15 || 1
|-
! scope="row" | "19 (German Version)"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 17 || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="3"| ''Paul Hardcastle''
|-
! scope="row" | "Just for Money"
| 19 || — || — || — || 15 || 27 || — || 31 || — || — || — || — || — || — |
|-
! scope="row" | "Don't Waste My Time"
| rowspan="3"| 1986
| 8 || — || 31 || — || 15 || 9 || — || 15 || 12 || — || — || — || — || 20
|-
! scope="row" | "Foolin' Yourself"
| 51 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="2"| ''The Definitive Paul Hardcastle''
|-
! scope="row" | "The Wizard"
| 15 || — || — || — || 10 || — || — || 51 || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! 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 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "Echoes Rising"
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| — || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="2"| ''The History of Paul Hardcastle''
|-
|}
==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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