Paul Hardcastle Paul Hardcastle Paul Louis Hardcastle is a British composer, musician, producer, songwriter, radio presenter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known for his song "19", which went to number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in 1985. Born in Kensington in London in 1957, he is the son of Joyce ("née" Everett, 1930–1991) and Louis Hardcastle (1915–2000). Hardcastle achieved some success with his early singles, including the 1984 electro-funk/freestyle/instrumental track, "Rain Forest", which along with the track "Sound Chaser", reached number two on the dance chart. "Rain Forest" also hit number five on the soul chart and number fifty-seven on the
Peter Hardcastle (rower) Peter Hardcastle (rower) Peter Hardcastle (born 14 July 1978) is a British born, Australian rower who competed at the Summer Olympic Games in 2000, 2004, and 2008. His senior rowing was with the Mosman Rowing Club in Sydney. State representation came for Hardcastle in 2002 when he was selected as the New South Wales single sculler to contest the President's Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships.2002 Interstate Regatta. He raced further President's Cups for New South Wales in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007. On seven occasions between 2001 and 2008 in Mosman's red & white he contested