Editing Jimmy Young (broadcaster) (section)

==Singing career==
Young signed to the new [[Polygon Records]] in 1950,<ref name=standard>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/veteran-broadcaster-and-singer-sir-jimmy-young-dies-at-the-age-of-95-a3389626.html|title=Veteran broadcaster and singer Sir Jimmy Young dies at the age of 95|author= Ruby, Jennifer|work=[[Evening Standard]]|date = 7 November 2016|access-date=9 November 2016}}</ref> joining [[Petula Clark]], [[Louis Prima]] and [[Dorothy Squires]]. All his recordings on the label were conducted by [[Ron Goodwin]]. Goodwin later said he always liked working with Young "because he was always so enthusiastic. He thought everything we did was going to be a hit."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BwwLBaH9488C&pg=PT84|title=1000 UK Number One Hits|first=Jon|last=Kutner|date=26 May 2010|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857123602}}</ref> The most popular was "[[Too Young (popular song)|Too Young]]" which he recorded in 1951, but this was before the days of UK record charts which didn't start until November 1952, so the record books do not list it. The song was a big [[sheet music]] seller at the time and was a [[cover version]] of the [[Nat King Cole]] original. There were also two duets with Petula Clark that year, "[[Mariandl]]" (b/w "Broken Heart").

In 1952, he signed a [[recording contract]] with [[Decca Records|Decca]]. Young enjoyed [[UK Singles Chart#early|Top 10]] successes with "Eternally", "[[Chain Gang (1955 song)|Chain Gang]]" and "[[More (1956 song)|More]]" (with which he surpassed [[Perry Como]]'s American original in the British Singles Chart listings). His most successful year as a recording artist was 1955, when "Unchained Melody" (from the film ''[[Unchained (film)|Unchained]]'') and "The Man from Laramie" (from the film of the same name) were both [[List of number-one singles from the 1950s (UK)|number one]] hits. He returned to the UK Top 20 after a lengthy absence in 1963 with "Miss You" and continued to release singles until the late 1960s. However, after the success of [[Elvis Presley]], he became anxious, depressed and increasingly dependent on sleeping pills. In February 1960,<ref name="Indi">{{cite news |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/sir-jimmy-young-you-ask-the-questions-93655.html |work= [[The Independent]] |title= Sir Jimmy Young: You Ask The Questions|date = 30 October 2003|access-date=30 January 2018}}</ref> he started to have thoughts of suicide, and one friend told him to see an astrologer, Katina Theodossiou.<ref name="Indi"/> Young said later, that "She said I was going to be a great success...there is absolutely no way with your chart you can commit suicide. In actual fact you're going to be around so long they're going to have to take you off the field and shoot you". Young later credited her with saving his career. Young said "She forecast that my future lay in interviewing people, not singing".<ref name="Indi"/>