Paul Bevoir is a pop/rock

Rock and roll

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 songwriter

Songwriter

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 and musician

Musician

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. He is probably best known as a member of the 1980s English

England

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 pop band The Jetset

The Jetset

The Jetset were a 1980s English pop band, who were associated with the British Mod revival.-Career:Formed in 1979 by teenage friends Paul Bevoir and Melvyn J Taub, the band developed their style under the guidance of former Advertising and Secret Affair drummer, Paul Bultitude...

, who were associated with the British Mod revival

Mod Revival

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.

Early life

Paul grew up in Islington

Islington

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, London, England, with a passion for pop music and pop culture. He attended Woodberry Down

Woodberry Down School

Woodberry Down Compehensive School was located off the Seven Sisters Road in the Manor House area of North London. The now defunct secondary school verges on three boroughs Hackney, Haringey and Islington. The school was opened in 1955, closing in 1981 when it was amalgamated with Clissold School...

 Comprehensive School, Manor House

Manor House, London

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, North London

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, at the same time as the members of ska

Ska

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 band

Musical ensemble

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 Bad Manners

Bad Manners

Bad Manners are an English 2 Tone ska band. They quickly became the novelty favourites of the UK pop scene through their bald outsized frontman's on-stage antics, earning early exposure through their Top of The Pops exploits and an appearance in the live film documentary, Dance Craze.They were at...

, who were formed at the school, and after performing in a series of local bands himself, such as the Double Agents and the Cyclones, Bevoir formed The Jetset

The Jetset

The Jetset were a 1980s English pop band, who were associated with the British Mod revival.-Career:Formed in 1979 by teenage friends Paul Bevoir and Melvyn J Taub, the band developed their style under the guidance of former Advertising and Secret Affair drummer, Paul Bultitude...

 with friend and ice cream man Melvyn J Taub

Melvyn J Taub

Melvyn J Taub is a London-based pop/rock singer and some-time actor, primarily known for his role as singer in 1980s bubblegum pop band The Jetset and as a part of Mari Wilson's touring revue band The Wilsations.-Early life:...

 in July 1981.

The Jetset

While Taub was predominantly the voice of The Jetset, Bevoir was the principle songwriter and along with record producer Paul Bultitude

Paul Bultitude

Paul Bultitude is an English musician and record producer. He was the drummer in power pop band Advertising, working with his cousin Dennis Smith, Tot Taylor and Simon Boswell, before replacing Seb Shelton as the drummer in Secret Affair...

, a partner in the Dance Network, the band's record label

Record label

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. Along with Angus Nanan and Paul Bonin

Paul Bonin

Paul Bonin is a singer and musician and a songwriter/composer. His body of published recorded work spans from 1980 to the present day.Bonin was born in Hammersmith, London and grew up in north London...

, the band played their first gig at the Rock Garden in Covent Garden, London, in 1981 Bonin departed the group in 1985 and was eventually replaced by Mickey Dias. The Jetset went on to release five albums before their acrimonious demise in 1988.

During his tenure with The Jetset, Bevoir temporarily joined Mari Wilson

Mari Wilson

Mari Wilson is an English singer, best known for her sometimes quirky, early 1960s-influenced pop music songs, and her beehive hairstyle.-Career:...

's Wilsations as a backing vocalist

Backing vocalist

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 in 1981 before leaving to focus on his own music. He also found time to produce other acts, working alongside Edward Ball

Ed Ball (musician)

Edward "Ed" Ball is a songwriter, singer, guitarist and keyboard player from London, who has recorded both solo and as a member of the Television Personalities, 'O' Level, Teenage Filmstars, The Times, and Conspiracy of Noise. He also served as an executive at Creation Records...

 to produce The Moment

The Moment (band)

The Moment were among the leading bands of the 1980s UK mod revival, described retrospectively by Paul Moody of the NME as "English pop music's greatest ever secret"....

's 1985 debut album, The Work Gets Done.

Smalltown Parade

When The Jetset

The Jetset

The Jetset were a 1980s English pop band, who were associated with the British Mod revival.-Career:Formed in 1979 by teenage friends Paul Bevoir and Melvyn J Taub, the band developed their style under the guidance of former Advertising and Secret Affair drummer, Paul Bultitude...

 disbanded in 1988, Bevoir formed a new group Smalltown Parade, releasing three singles

Single (music)

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 in the UK

United Kingdom

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 and two albums, which were released in Japan

Japan

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 only. The first UK single "Sunday Way Of Life" was released on Captain Sensible

Captain Sensible

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's Deltic Records. The video for the single "Watching Mary Go Round" featured a cameo appearance by entertainer Rolf Harris

Rolf Harris

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.

Solo career

In 1985, while The Jetset

The Jetset

The Jetset were a 1980s English pop band, who were associated with the British Mod revival.-Career:Formed in 1979 by teenage friends Paul Bevoir and Melvyn J Taub, the band developed their style under the guidance of former Advertising and Secret Affair drummer, Paul Bultitude...

 were still an ongoing concern, Bevoir recorded his own first solo debut album, The Happiest Days Of Your Life. Just prior to his debut album, Bevoir wrote and performed the song "It's Gotta Stop Somewhere", which was included on two LPs released by the Compact Organization record label.

Bevoir's second solo album of entirely original material, Dumb Angel, was released in March 1994 on Tangerine Records

Tangerine Records (1992)

Tangerine Records is a UK-based independent record label founded in 1992 by musician Paul Bevoir, music journalist Chris Hunt and marketing executive John Ashworth.-History:...

 in the UK and Polystar Records in Japan. After the success of his song "Tadaima", recorded by the Japanese duo Puffy

Puffy AmiYumi

or Puffy AmiYumi is a Japanese rock duo that is currently signed with Sony Music Japan. The group continues to go by the moniker of PUFFY in Japan, but in order to avoid legal naming conflicts with Sean Combs, it has adopted the name Puffy AmiYumi outside of Japan...

 in 1997, Bevoir began work on his next solo album In Days Of Wonder. This album was finally completed in April 2008 and released in the UK on Accident Records.

Songwriter

Bevoir's songs have been recorded by many other artists, including Edward Ball

Ed Ball (musician)

Edward "Ed" Ball is a songwriter, singer, guitarist and keyboard player from London, who has recorded both solo and as a member of the Television Personalities, 'O' Level, Teenage Filmstars, The Times, and Conspiracy of Noise. He also served as an executive at Creation Records...

, Mari Wilson

Mari Wilson

Mari Wilson is an English singer, best known for her sometimes quirky, early 1960s-influenced pop music songs, and her beehive hairstyle.-Career:...

, Dee Walker, Puffy

Puffy AmiYumi

or Puffy AmiYumi is a Japanese rock duo that is currently signed with Sony Music Japan. The group continues to go by the moniker of PUFFY in Japan, but in order to avoid legal naming conflicts with Sean Combs, it has adopted the name Puffy AmiYumi outside of Japan...

, The Candees, Sarah Brookes, Thereza Bazar

Thereza Bazar

Thereza Bazar is a British-Canadian singer, best known as one half of the pop duo, Dollar.- Career :Bazar first found fame in her teens as a member of 1970s group Guys 'n' Dolls, who scored a 1975 hit with There's A Whole Lot Of Lovin and went on to have a short hit career, which also included...

, The Eddies, The Go-Bangs, Oserockets, The Gonks, Jeremy Morris and Roy Hamilton. In 1985 "Time Machine", a song that Bevoir had written for the band of an old friend, was released twice in the UK by Paul Hardcastle

Paul Hardcastle

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, under the band names Direct Drive and First Light. In 1995 a compilation of cover version of his songs was released by Polystar Records in Japan. He also contributed to the 2005 debut album by Rinaldi Sings

Rinaldi Sings

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, co-writing one song for the album in addition to tracks released as b-sides

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In 2009 Twist Records released, Do You Wanna Be In The Show: A Pop Tribute to The Jetset, featuring 17 artists covering Bevoir's compostitions, including The Risk, The Spring Collection and Cola Jet Set

In 2010 Bevoir began writing lyrics for songs composed with Spanish singer and musician Guille Milkyway :es:Guille Milkyway for the animated children's TV series Jelly Jamm which is currently being screened on the Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network

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 channel Cartoonito

Cartoonito

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 in the UK and another 130 countries around the world.

Additional work

In addition to his writing and performing credits, Bevoir also makes his living as a CD sleeve designer, and his work has graced the covers of reissues by Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

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, Ronnie Lane

Ronnie Lane

Ronald Frederick "Ronnie" Lane was an English musician, songwriter, and producer who is best known as the bass guitarist and founding member of two prominent English rock and roll bands; the Small Faces where he was nicknamed "Plonk", – and, after losing the band's frontman, Faces, with two new...

, The Kinks

The Kinks

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, Family

Family (band)

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, Lindisfarne

Lindisfarne (band)

Lindisfarne were a British folk/rock group from Newcastle upon Tyne established in 1970 and fronted by singer/songwriter Alan Hull. Their music combined a strong sense of yearning with an even stronger sense of fun...

, Jeff Beck

Jeff Beck

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, Honeybus

Honeybus

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 and Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac

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. He initially gained experience designing the covers for all of the original Jetset albums.

Discography

Full studio solo albums:

• The Happiest Days Of Your Life (1985)
• Dumb Angel (1994)
• In Days Of Wonder (2008)

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