Paul Da Vinci

Paul Da Vinci
Birth name	Paul Leonard Prewer
Born	1951 (age 65–66) Thurrock, Essex, England
Genres	Rock and roll, pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1969–present
Associated acts	The Rubettes
Website	http://www.pauldavinci.biz/

Paul Da Vinci (born Paul Leonard Prewer, 1951) is a British singer and musician. He is best known as the lead singer on the 1974 hit recording by The Rubettes, "Sugar Baby Love", although he did not perform with the group at the time. He reportedly had a three-and-a-half octave vocal range, and worked as a demo and session singer before and after his own moderately successful solo career, which included the UK hit "Your Baby Ain't Your Baby Anymore", which peaked at number 20 in the UK Official Charts, week ending 17 August 1974

He was born in Grays, Thurrock, Essex, and in 1969 recorded two singles on the Big T label as singer with the group 1984. After the group broke up in about 1970, he started working as a session singer in London, making demo records for songwriters Tony Macaulay and others. He also sang on many advertising jingles, and on recordings by musicians including Gary Moore, Ringo Starr, Barry Blue and David Essex; and appeared on Top of the Pops with both Elton John and Justin Hayward.

In late 1973, he sang on a demo recording of "Sugar Baby Love", written and produced by Wayne Bickerton and Tony Waddington and initially offered to Showaddywaddy, who turned the song down. Bickerton and Waddington then offered it to the demo musicians, provided that they became an actual group, the Rubettes. Although the other musicians agreed, Da Vinci turned down the opportunity to perform with the group as, by the time of its release in 1974, he had signed a solo contract with Penny Farthing Records. After "Sugar Baby Love" - featuring Da Vinci's striking falsetto but with Alan Williams miming the part on Top of the Pops - became a UK no.1 hit in 1974 (also reaching no.37 on the US pop chart), he issued his first solo single. The song, "Your Baby Ain't Your Baby Anymore," was co-written and co-produced by Da Vinci with Edward Seago, reached no.20 on the UK singles chart, and was a hit in many other European countries. However, its follow-up, "If You Get Hurt", was less successful. He moved to Epic Records in 1977 and released two singles, but again without chart success.

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