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Simply Red is a English soul and pop band formed in Manchester in 1985. The band are led by singer and songwriter Mick Hucknall , who, by the time the band initially disbanded in 2010, was the only original member left. [5]
- Mick Hucknall
Michael James Hucknall (born 8 June 1960) is an English...
- Simply Red Discography
The discography of Simply Red, a British soul band, consists...
- Life
Life is the fifth studio album by British pop and soul band...
- Gary Sanctuary
Currently - since 2023, Sanctuary is officially the new...
- Picture Book
The album helped Simply Red earn a 1987 Grammy nomination...
- Holding Back The Years
"Holding Back the Years" is a song by the British soul and...
- A New Flame
A New Flame is the third album by British pop and soul group...
- Mick Hucknall
To date, Simply Red have had seven UK number one singles. Their first number one was “Holding Back the Years” in 1986, followed by “If You Don’t Know Me by Now” in 1989. They then had three consecutive number ones with “A New Flame” (1989), “Something Got Me Started” (1991) and “Stars” (1991). Their most recent number one ...
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Jun 8, 2021 · The punk rock revolution turned Mick Hucknall’s world on its head courtesy of a now-legendary Sex Pistols gig at Manchester Free Trade Hall on 20 July 1976. As a 16-year-old art-college student, Hucknall was the perfect age for punk’s rebellious call to arms. “The person I was relating to was John Lydon,” he said.
Keeping his mouth shut. It's been 33 years since Simply Red's debut album Picture Book introduced the world to singer Mick Hucknall's northern brand of blue-eyed soul. They say the last thing to ...
Jul 23, 2022 · The Lowdown – Simply Red. By Classic Pop | July 23, 2022. Simply Red emerged from the post-punk scene in Manchester to become a Brit pop-soul sensation, clocking up No.1 singles on both sides of the Atlantic, winning multiple Brit and Grammy Awards and shifting more than 55 million units worldwide. By David Burke, Wyndham Wallace and Jon O ...
Oct 9, 2021 · In the song’s music video, directed by Michael Geoghegan and filmed at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, the Simply Red frontman sported flowing ginger dreadlocks and jumped on a rollercoaster to dive head-first into electronic dance music. With euphoric Latin-flavoured percussion adding extra flavour, the song was a timely product of 90s sample ...
May 26, 2023 · “The Beatles changed the way music sounded, but the Stones were the world’s greatest rock band,” explains the 62-year-old. As the outspoken frontman with the phenomenally successful blue-eyed soul boys, Simply Red, Hucknall might occasionally come across as “one of them mainstream ‘80s arseholes” (his words, not mine), but it’s patently obvious that he is a serious music fan.
