Dr. Paul Cooke

About the author: Social media: @mysadestory @sadedrummer https: //... To contact Paul Cooke direct via email please use: paul@diamondlifrecords.com Full name: Paul Anthony Cook aka Paul Cooke Incidentally Paul's band Esposito supported Paul Cook's new band in London in the 1980's at the Fridge Club, Brixton. Paul Anthony Cook aka Paul Cooke (born December 18th 1961 in East Hull) is an author and musician. He initially formed the band Sade with two other former Hull musicians Stuart Mathewman...See more

About the author: Social media: @mysadestory @sadedrummer https: //... To contact Paul Cooke direct via email please use: paul@diamondlifrecords.com Full name: Paul Anthony Cook aka Paul Cooke Incidentally Paul's band Esposito supported Paul Cook's new band in London in the 1980's at the Fridge Club, Brixton. Paul Anthony Cook aka Paul Cooke (born December 18th 1961 in East Hull) is an author and musician. He initially formed the band Sade with two other former Hull musicians Stuart Mathewman from the band (the Odds) and Paul Denman from the band (the Posers), Hull in January 1982 whilst living in London. Paul was responsible for the creative collaborations on all of the music on the first released album from the band 'Diamond Life' in 1984 by CBS Records. As well as collaborating on the music with the band Paul also provided the original drums for the album on songs such as 'Smooth Operator' and 'Your Love is King' the groups two biggest hits to date. Paul is a multi-instrumental musician and has worked in various bands as a musician and singer and provided backing vocals for the Uncle Sam hit by Madness released in the 1980's. Paul fronted two bands in London as the singer Jazz-Funk-Latin band 'Esposito' similar to 'The Meters' and Soul group 'Papa Divine'. Paul also wrote and produced all the music for the groups. Esposito produced a single with Jarjazz records in the late 1980's and was produced by Paul Cooke and Mark Bedford from Madness. The band Esposito also featured on the first terrestrial broadcast of a fledgling broadcast in 1986 when they performed with Curiosity Killed the Cat, and Potato 5 at the Smirnoff Fashion Awards at Albert Hall, London. in 1985 Paul was awarded Triple Platinum Discs by the BPI in 1985 for his work on the Diamond Life released by CBS Records in 1984. The work has created 50 Million sales worldwide since its inception and it is the most successful album ever for a UK female singer. Paul was awarded a x4 Platinum Disc by the RIAA for sales in the USA of 4 Million units. See less