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Mick Hucknall
An audience member at the Sex Pistols legendary Lesser Trade Hall gig in
Manchester in 1976, the 16-year-old Mick Hucknall was inspired to form his own
punk band the Frantic Elevators before finding huge international fame as the
frontman of smooth pop rockers Simply Red. His tender songwriting and soulful
sound produced four Number 1 albums and the hits If You Don't Know Me By Now,
Holding Back The Years, Stars and Fairground, culminating in record sales of
over 50 million. With his distinctive curly red hair Hucknall became a tabloid
darling linked with a string of glamorous wo...
