About Mick Hucknall

Michael Hucknall, known commonly with his stage name, Mick Hucknall, is a British singer and a songwriter. He is known for his red curly hair and a smooth and distinctive voice and a wide range of vocals. Mick Hucknall always had great interest in music and he was one of those lucky people who saw the Sex Pistols performing the Lesser Free Trade Hall of Manchester and later formed a band, named as Frantic Elevators. With this band, Hucknall released four singles including Holding Back The Years which he later re-did with the band, Simply Red.

Mick Hucknall was the most prominent member of the band, Simply Red being its lead vocalist and was extensively featured on its album covers and artworks. He is amongst the financers and founders of the record label, Blood and Fire and also manages the record label, simplyred.com. In 2008, Hucknall released his first solo album, the next year after he announced the disbanding of Simply Red in 2009. The title of his first album was Tribute to Bobby which was a tribute to a blues singer, Bobby Bland. In 2009, he appeared in Songbook and appeared for charity performances.

The same year, he joined the band, Faces replacing Rod Stewart and became its front man. All throughout 2010, he performed in various festivals as planned eelier and for 2001, they have a world tour in plan. Hucknall is a supporter of the Labor Party of UK and quite active in politics. He donated largely to the party and also to those affected by the Black Saturday Australian Bushfire. He is a fan of Manchester United, owns much property and claimed to have been a sex addict at one time.

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Ken Bruce - BBC News
This week, former Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall chooses the 'Tracks Of My Years' and, being a Motown fan, Mick's choice includes a classic track from The Supremes along with a song by style guru David Bowie. Plus there's a new Record and Album Of The ...
Brit scoops 40million EuroMillions jackpot - The Sun
The mystery winner will instantly become as rich as pop stars Kylie Minogue, Mick Hucknall and Pete Townshend, each of whose wealth was estimated at 40m in last year's Sunday Times Rich List. - DO you know the 40.6m jackpot winner Call the Sun ...
Twisted Med: A whimper, not a bang - The Bolton News
Opened in September, The Twisted Med is on the former site of trendy Manchester bar Barca, a venue which I avoided like the plague due to an antipathy to its owner, Simply Red's Mick Hucknall, a man that gives ginger people a bad name. By the time we'd ...
41m Brit EuroMillions winners revealed - The Sun
The 40-year-old and his wife, 35, are now as rich as pop stars Kylie Minogue, Mick Hucknall and Pete Townshend, each of whose wealth was estimated at 40million in last year's Sunday Times Rich List. At first, Catherine thought Gareth had banked 4,000 ...
The Insider: Behind the scenes at Amanda Holden's wedding - Daily Mail
It was Chris Hughes, Amanda's bridegroom-to-be. A waiting taxi escorted me straight to a restaurant, where I was met by a small group including David 'DC' Coulthard and Mick Hucknall. As the wine flowed, I asked the obvious question: 'Who gets the ...
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Paul McCartney, Jon Bon Jovi and Mick Hucknall were other public personas who have had untrue news of their demise splashed across the site. In 1966, there was an urban legend according to which, Paul McCartney died and was replaced by one of his lookalikes.