Paddy McAloon
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English singer-songwriter and musician
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Patrick (Paddy) Joseph McAloon (born 7 June 1957 in Durham) is an English singer/songwriter and member of the band Prefab Sprout. He has written songs for that have been recorded by Kylie Minogue (If You Don't Love Me), Cher (The Gunman) and various songs for Jimmy Nail as well as his own band. In recent years, Paddy McAloon was diagnosed with a medical disorder that has impaired his vision. McAloon released the spoken word/instrumental album I Trawl The Megahertz under his own name in 2003 on
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Witton Gilbert
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- new wave
- Instrument
- voice
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- date of birth
- 1957-06-07
- medical condition
- retinal detachment
- influenced by
- Stephen Sondheim
- member of
- Prefab Sprout
- copyright representative
- PRS for Music
- name in native language
- Paddy McAloon
- birth name
- Patrick Joseph McAloon
- pseudonym
- Johann Sebastian Barcode
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