Paul Heaton – Bio, Net Worth, Wife, Family, Age, Facts, Career, Height

Paul Heaton is an English singer–songwriter. He is known for being the frontman of ‘the Housemartins‘, who had success with the singles “Happy Hour” and the UK number one ‘Caravan of Love’ in 1986 before disbanding in 1988. He formed ‘The Beautiful South‘, whose debut single and album was released in 1989 to commercial success including the number-one single “A Little Time”. They disbanded in 2007. He next pursued a solo career, which produced three albums, and in 2014 he released ‘What Have We Become?’, a collaboration with former Beautiful South vocalist Jacqui Abbott. As of 2022, he has recorded four more albums with her: ‘Wisdom, Laughter and Lines’ in 2015, ‘Crooked Calypso’ in 2017, ‘Manchester Calling’ in 2020, and ‘N.K-Pop’ in 2022.

Why is Paul Heaton so famous?

• Paul Heaton is a singer-songwriter from England. 
• Paul is famous for being the lead singer of ‘the Housemartins’. 

Where is Paul Heaton From?

Paul Heaton opened his eyes for the first time on 9 May 1962 to his parents – Doris and Horace Heaton. He has two older brothers Mark Heaton and Adrian Heaton. His full name is Paul David Heaton. He is from Bromborough, Cheshire, England. He holds British nationality and his ethnicity is British-White. At the age of four, his family relocated to Sheffield. While living in Sheffield, he became interested in football. After moving to Sheffield, his dad took a job in management and Heaton described his childhood as being “fairly middle class, although you wouldn’t know it given the schools I went to and the friends I had”.

After a childhood in Sheffield, he moved to Chipstead, Surrey during his adolescent years, an early life Heaton described as “bred in Sheffield, fed in Surrey”. Whilst in Surrey he, with his brother Adrian, formed their first band “Tools Down” with friends John Box and Stuart Mair. After leaving Surrey, he spent time hitch-hiking around Europe before moving to Hull in 1983, where he formed the Housemartins. He also lived in Leeds for a year. Paul celebrated his 60th birthday as of 2022. 

Paul Heaton Career Timeline

• Paul Heaton formed “the Housemartins” in the early 1980s. At that time, he billed himself as P.d. Heaton. The band released a number of singles and two studio albums, “London 0 Hull 4” and “The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death”. 
• During the period, their popular hit was a cappella cover version of “Caravan of Love” (originally by Isley-Jasper-Isley). Later, the Housemartins split up. The band’s lyrics were a mixture of Marxist politics and Christianity (the inner sleeve of London 0 Hull 4 contained the mantra “Take Jesus – Take Marx – Take Hope”).
• After the split, he formed “the Beautiful South” in 1988. The initial lineup consisted of Heaton, Dave Rotheray on lead guitar, former Housemartins roadie Sean Welch on bass, David Stead on drums, and Housemartins former drummer Dave Hemingway, now in the role of joint lead singer and frontman. 
• The Beautiful South released two top-ten singles, “Song for Whoever” and “You Keep It All In”. In 1989, the band released an album, “Welcome to the Beautiful South”. The band’s biggest success to date is the single “A Little Time”, released in 1990. 
• Next on, the band went on to release eight more albums, including two (1996’s Blue Is the Colour and 1998’s Quench) before the band split up.
• After a band meeting on 30th January 2007, they decided to split. They released a statement on 31 January, in which their reasons for splitting were “musical similarities”. 
• Heaton then began his solo career. He released a solo album using the persona of Biscuit Boy (a.k.a. Crackerman) in 2001. He released his solo album, called “Fat Chance”. 
• In 2002, Mercury Records re-issued his debut album “Fat Chance”. Later, in 2007, Heaton formed a new band, “The Sound of Paul Heaton”.
• His next second album “The Cross-Eyed Rambler”, was released on 7 July 2008. It was then followed by his third solo album “Acid Country” in 2010. 
• In 2011, the Manchester International Festival endorsed the writing by Heaton of an anthology of songs based on the 7 deadly sins, to be called The 8th. The 8th debuted in July 2011 at the Festival Pavilion Theatre in Manchester’s Albert Square. Along with the live shows in July 2012, a recording of The 8th was released on a CD/DVD format including tracks by Simon Aldred of Cherry Ghost, Aaron Wright, Mike Greaves, Yvonne Shelton, Jacqui Abbott, and Heaton himself.
• Heaton then reunited with former Beautiful South vocalist Jacqui Abbott in 2013. “What Have We Become?” was released on 19 May 2014.
• During the summer of 2014, Paul and Jacqui performed at a series of festivals across the UK and Ireland including Glastonbury Festival, Latitude Festival, V Festival, and Festival N°6.
• Heaton and Abbott’s next two albums together, “Wisdom, Laughter and Lines” (2015) and “Crooked Calypso” (2017), both reached the UK top 10, and their fourth, “Manchester Calling” (2020), became their first UK Number 1 album for over twenty years. 
• On 16th November 2018, a career-spanning collection of Heaton’s music titled “The Last King Of Pop” was released on the Virgin EMI label that featured 23 of the songs written by Heaton throughout his career in the Housemartins, The Beautiful South, his solo years, and his collaboration with Jacqui Abbott. The album reached Number 10 in the UK Charts and was certified Gold on 11 January 2019. 
• Heaton and Abbott performed three shows at Sheffield City Hall, Blackpool Empress Ballroom, and London’s Royal Albert Hall, performing the album in full.
• A TV documentary covering Paul Heaton’s life and career was broadcast on Wednesday 12 December 2018 on Channel 4. The documentary included archived material and interviews with many key figures from throughout Heaton’s life. 

How much is Paul Heaton’s Net Worth?

Paul Heaton is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. He started a fairly good career and amassed a remarkable fortune for his family and himself. He is one of the wealthiest and most well-known rock singers. As of 2022, the net worth of Paul is estimated to have $4 million. He is making an annual salary of around $1 million at present. His main source of wealth comes from the music industry. In December 2011, he purchased the lease of The Kings Arms public house, Bloom Street in Salford, Greater Manchester. He sold the pub in December 2015. He lives a lavish lifestyle at present. 

Who is Paul Heaton’s Wife?

Paul Heaton’s fans are very much eager to know about his personal life. Paul is a married man to his beautiful wife whose name goes by Linda Heaton in the year 2016. The duo is also blessed with three children. Right now, he lives in Manchester with his spouse and their kids. His sexual orientation is straight. 

What is Paul Heaton Height?

Paul Heaton stands tall at the perfect height of 6 feet. He has an average body type. His body weight along with other body sizes is still to get disclosed yet. He has got a healthy body with a charming personality attracting a lot of people towards him. He also wears a spectacle that suits him well.