To celebrate his brilliant career, here is your handy guide to the talented musician and songwriter:. Mick is an English singer-songwriter. He achieved worldwide fame in the s as the lead singer of soul-pop band Simply Red. He is often described as one of the greatest 'blue-eyed soul' singers. He first found his love for music when attending the Lesser Free Trade Hall show in Manchester in June where the Sex Pistols were playing their first gig.
He was born in Saint Mary's Hospital, Manchester, and is an only child. His mother abandoned the family when he was aged just three, which later inspired him to write 'Holding Back the Years'. Smoked it.
I felt woozy and threw up. It wasn't for me,' he said. And speaking of cocaine, he said: 'I have been around it all my working life, but it was not my thing. Cocaine, to me, is one of the most pointless drugs of all time. It just makes you feel like wood,' he added. The singer went on to say that he is now only a 'moderate drinker' and for two nights of the week is a vegetarian and drinks nothing at all. It comes after the singer denied sleeping with 3, women and instead claimed that he had been taken 'wildly out of context'.
The Fairground singer, who now lives in Surrey and has been married for over a decade, admitted that he had 'no idea' how many women he slept with.
He had told The Guardian : 'When I had the fame, it went crazy. Between , I would sleep with about three women a day, every day. I never said no. I was living the dream and my only regret is that I hurt some really good girls. But he then told The Sunday Times that the figure was not a literal number, adding that his past confessions were 'conflated'. Out and about: It comes after the singer denied sleeping with 3, women and instead claimed that he had been taken 'wildly out of context'.
When asked what the real number was he said: 'I have no idea. I don't put chips on the bedposts. I haven't a clue and have never thought about calculating. However, the singer, did admit to living a playboy lifestyle when his career was at its peak, which involved 'a lot of' alcohol and drugs. The star has had a host of famous flings including a relationship with Catherine Zeta-Jones in before she dumped him after just four months, and a short-lived romance with Ulrika Jonsson.
Back then: The star has had a host of famous flings including a relationship with Catherine Zeta-Jones in before she dumped him after just four months, and a short-lived romance with Ulrika Jonsson.
The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Argos AO. Headlines U. Privacy Policy Feedback. Share this article Share. Comments Share what you think. View all. With each album, their fan base expanded, especially in the U. While perhaps not the saviors of the form, Simply Red 's approach is marked by both a reverence for soul music's past and a crisp sound that's very much their own.
The single caused the album to go platinum, and made the group one of the major successes of Men and Women March , which featured two collaborations between Hucknall and soul songwriter Lamont Dozier , was less popular, though it generated the Top 40 hit "The Right Thing. Richardson left in and was replaced by guitarist Aziz Ibrahim , who was replaced by Heitor T. In the U. By the time of their fourth album, Stars , in September , Bowers and Joyce had left, with Shaun Ward joining on bass and Gota on drums, and saxophonist Ian Kirkham had become a permanent member.
Stars was a relative commercial disappointment in the U. The album again proved more of a success at home than in America, topping charts all over Europe, as did its leadoff single, "Fairground," while spending only three months in the U. Blue followed in May After establishing the simplyred. It reached number two in the U.
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