Paul Norton

Paul Norton (born Paul McNaughton, 31 March 1961) is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was bass guitarist of the pop rock band Runners before launching a solo career in 1987.

Biography

1979–1987: The Runners

Paul Norton (as Paul McNaughton) started playing bass guitar in various bands in his teens. In the late 1970s he formed the band, City, in Melbourne with Mark Edwards on vocals and guitar, Mark Greig on guitar and Trevor Reading on lead guitar. In 1980 local pop singer Ronnie Charles (ex-the Groop), recorded a single, "Rock and Roll Hoodlum", with his backing band, the Runners. The pop rock group were formed by Norton on bass guitar and backing vocals, Edwards and Reading with Grant Hamston on drums and Lester Price on keyboards.

Norton spent mid- to late 1980s playing with various bands. Norton was recorded on Hoy's extended play, Possession (1987). In the following year he signed with Mushroom as a solo artist to release another single, "Stuck on You",

Released: August 1990 Format: LP, CD, cassette Label: Mushroom (TVD93326) 44

Released: October 1992 Format: CD, cassette Label: Mushroom (D 30840) 141

Singles + List of singles, with Australian chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Certification Album AUS NZ "Stuck on You" 1989 3 33 ARIA: Gold Under a Southern Sky "I Got You" 31 — "Southern Sky" 1990 37 — "Billy Billy" 114 — "Shake That Devil" 1991 — — "When We Were Young" 1992 99 — Let It Fly "Lil' Red Ridin' Hood" 1993 147 —