Paul Ryan (singer)

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Paul Ryan (October 24, 1948, Leeds, Yorkshire - November 29, 1992) was an English singer, songwriter and record producer.

Paul and his twin brother, Barry Ryan, were the sons of singer, Marion Ryan, and had some success as a singing duo during the 1960s. However, the stress of public attention caused Paul to retreat into the background while Barry went solo. Paul wrote Barry's enormous 1968 hit, "Eloise", the 1971 hit "Who Put The Lights Out?" for Dana and another of his songs, "I Will Drink the Wine", was a UK hit single for Frank Sinatra . New wave band The Damned reached number 3 in the UK charts in 1986 with their version of Eloise.

He died of cancer at the age of 44.