A brief summary of Paul's work over the past decades as listed on Wikipedia: Paul Carrack (born April 22, 1951 in Sheffield, England) is an English keyboardist, singer and songwriter. Carrack has had multiple careers which have overlapped over the last three-plus decades.
The response, despite him being a relatively seasoned connoisseur of music, was ‘who?’ When I rolled off a couple of Carrack’s most well-known hits - How Long Has This Been Going On? and, of course, The Living Years, the recognition was instant.