Paul Bevoir

This biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (July 2008) (Find sources: Paul Bevoir – news, books, scholar)

Paul Bevoir (born 20 May 1960, Islington, London, England), is a pop/rock songwriter and musician. He is probably best known as a member^{[citation needed]} of the 1980s English pop band The Jetset, who were associated with the British Mod revival.

Forming the band with friend Melvyn J Taub in 1979, Bevoir was the principle songwriter with The Jetset and along with record producer Paul Bultitude, a partner in the Dance Network, the band's record label. The band released five albums before their acrimonious demise in 1988.^[1]

During his tenure with The Jetset, Bevoir temporarily joined Mari Wilson's Wilsations as a backing vocalist in 1981 before leaving to focus on his own music. He also found time to produce other acts, working alongside Edward Ball to produce The Moment's 1985 debut album, The Work Gets Done. The same year, while the The Jetset were still an ongoing concern, Bevoir recorded his own first solo debut album, The Happiest Days Of Your Life.^[2] Just prior to his debut album, Bevoir wrote and performed the song "It's Gotta Stop Somewhere", which was included on two LPs on the Compact Organization record label.

When The Jetset disbanded in 1988, Bevoir formed a new group Smalltown Parade, releasing three singles in the UK and two albums, which were released in Japan only. The first UK single "Sunday Way Of Life" was released on Captain Sensible's Deltic Records.

Bevoir's second solo album of entirely original material, Dumb Angel, was released in March 1994 on Tangerine Records in the UK^[3] and Polystar Records in Japan. After the success of his song "Tadaima", recorded by the Japanese duo Puffy 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.^[4]

Bevoir also contributed to the 2005 debut album by Rinaldi Sings. Steve Rinaldi had previously featured on the final Jetset album, Five. Bevoir co-wrote one song with Rinaldi for the album and co-wrote two additional tracks released as b-sides.^[5] Rinaldi Sings also recorded the Bevoir composition "When Matilda Flies", but this remains unissued.

Bevoir's songs have been recorded by many other artists, including Edward Ball, Mari Wilson, Dee Walker, The Candees, Sarah Brookes, Thereza Bazar^[6] 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, under the band names Direct Drive and First Light.

In addition to his writing and performing credits, Bevoir makes his living as a CD sleeve designer, and his work has graced the covers of reissues by Elvis Presley, Ronnie Lane, The Kinks, Family, Lindisfarne, Jeff Beck, The Honeybus and Fleetwood Mac. 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)

Notes

External links