Artist Profile

Mick Hucknall

Biography

Michael James Hucknall (born 8 June 1960) is an English singer and songwriter. Hucknall achieved international fame in the 1980s as the lead singer and songwriter of the soul-influenced pop band Simply Red, with whom he enjoyed a 25-year career and sold over 50 million albums. Hucknall was described by Australian music magazine Rhythms as "one of the truly great blue-eyed soul singers", while Q credited him with "the most prodigious voice this side of Motown". Hucknall, born at Saint Mary's Hospital, Manchester, on 8 June 1960, was an only child. His mother abandoned the family when he was three; the upheaval caused by this event inspired him to write "Holding Back the Years", which would become one of Simply Red's biggest and best-known hits. He was brought up in Denton by his father, Reginald (1935–2009), a barber in Stockport. According to Hucknall he had a happy childhood until the age of 10, when he began to clash with his father "because there was no woman to act as referee". ...

Born
1960-06-08
From
Manchester, England, UK

Known For

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Tom Jones : An Audience with Tom Jones

1999

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Una domenica sì

1986

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An Audience with Rod Stewart

1998

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Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6

2013

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Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux

2008

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De-Lovely

2004

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Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest

2008

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B.B. King - Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2011

2012

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The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon

1997

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Simply Red: Farewell

2011

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Simply Red: Montreux Jazz Festival 2016

2016

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Simply Red - Home: Live in Sicily

2025

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Simply Red: Live at Montreux 2010

2012

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Simply Red: Home Live in Sicily

2003

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Simply Red: Live at Montreux 2003

2012

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Simply Red: Cuba! (Recorded Live At El Gran Teatro, Havana)

2006

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Holding Back the Years: 40 Years of Simply Red

2025

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SIMPLY RED: For The Last Time

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Simply Red: Stay - Live at the Royal Albert Hall

2007

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Simply Red - Live At The O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire

2023

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Simply Red: Live at Old Trafford - Theatre of Dream

2021

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Classic Albums: Simply Red - Stars

2011

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Simple Red: Viva Chile

2012

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Simply Red - Symphonica In Rosso - Live At Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam

2018

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Simply Red: Radio 2 in the Park

2023