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  • Paul Humphreys
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  • Living people
  • 1960 births
  • British synthpop new wave musicians
  • English New Wave musicians
  • English male singers
  • English rock keyboardists
  • English rock singers
  • English songwriters
  • Singers from London
  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark members
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  • British musician, songwriter and keyboardist, born 27 February 1960 in London, England, UK.
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  • Paul David Humphreys (born 27 February 1960, in London) is a British musician and songwriter who serves as the keyboardist, backing vocalist and occasional lead vocalist of synthpop band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD). The pairing of Humphreys and co-founder Andy McCluskey remains the group's most recognized visual identifier, with both being regarded as pioneers of electronic music in the United Kingdom. John Doran in The Quietus remarked: %22If, roughly speaking, McCluskey is the intellect and inquisitive nature in the group, then Humphreys is the heart.%22Humphreys fulfilled his role from the group's inception in 1978 to his 1989 departure, seven years before their disbandment, and returned for their 2006 reformation. His songwriting contribution features on all of OMD's studio albums, save for 1991's Sugar Tax. He performed lead vocals on several of the band's singles, including %22Electricity%22 (in unison with McCluskey), %22Souvenir%22, %22Never Turn Away%22, %22Secret%22 and %22(Forever) Live and Die%22. A number of album tracks and B-sides were also sung by Humphreys. He became the frontman of now-defunct spin-off group The Listening Pool in 1989, and was the keyboardist for the band Onetwo 2000-2013.
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  • P.D. Humphreys
  • Paul D Humphreys
  • Paul David Humphreys
  • Paul Humphries
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  • Paul David Humphreys
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