By 1964, he was reduced to working as an assistant, and playing the warm-up for the British music television programme Ready Steady Go!. Martin produced two singles, "Walk on Boy" and " Tower of Strength", but neither sold very well, and Gadd's recording career as Paul Raven stalled. Ī year later, with a new manager, Vic Billings, he signed a new recording contract with Parlophone and worked with record producer George Martin, before Martin's association with the Beatles. In January 1960, at 15, under the stage name Paul Raven, he released his first single, "Alone in the Night". Gadd gained his first break when film producer Robert Hartford-Davis discovered him and financed a recording session for Decca Records. His repertoire consisted of early rock and roll standards and gentle ballads. His career grew as he appeared at such venues as the Two I's, in Soho, and the Laconda and Safari Clubs. Career Early work as Paul Ravenīy the time he was 16, Gadd was already performing at London clubs. Gadd frequently ran away to London, visiting the clubs that were to be the launching ground of his career. Although nominally a Protestant, he was educated at a Roman Catholic school. Gadd was hard to control and at the age of 10, along with his brother, was taken into local authority care. His mother, a cleaner, was unmarried, and initially brought him up with the help of her mother he never knew his father. ![]() Paul Francis Gadd was born on in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England.
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