Key facts
- Origin
- Manchester , England
- Genres
- Pop soul blue-eyed soul soft rock sophisti-pop
- Years active
- 1985–2010 2015–present
- Labels
- Elektra East West Simplyred.com
- Members
- Mick Hucknall Ian Kirkham Kenji Suzuki Kevin Robinson Roman Roth Gary Sanctuary Orefo Orakwue
- Website
- simplyred .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Simply Red – Official site of Simply Red
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- musical group
- Named after
- red hair
- Official name
- Simply Red
- Genre
- jazz fusion
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Record label
- East West Records
- Discography
- Simply Red discography
- Official website
- www.simplyred.com
- Image
- Simply Red crop.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- native label
- Simply Red
- location of formation
- Manchester
- Commons category
- Simply Red
- topic's main category
- Category:Simply Red
- inception
- 1984-00-00
- nominated for
- Grammy Award for Best New Artist
- topic has template
- Template:Simply Red
- social media followers
- 1320000
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Simply Red are an English pop and soul band formed in Manchester in 1985. The band is led by singer and songwriter Mick Hucknall, who is the only original member remaining in the band. They have released thirteen studio albums, from Picture Book (1985) through Time (2023), all of which have peaked within the top ten on the UK Albums Chart; with the albums A New Flame (1989), Stars (1991), Life (1995) and Blue (1998), along with their Greatest Hits (1996) album, reaching number one. Stars is one of the best-selling albums in the United Kingdom.
The group have released ten songs that have reached the top 10 on the UK singles chart, including "Stars", the Fugees-assisted "Angel", "The Air That I Breathe" and "Sunrise", with the single "Fairground" peaking atop the UK chart. Their singles "Holding Back the Years" and "If You Don't Know Me by Now" both reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, while "Something Got Me Started", the mentioned "Fairground" and "Say You Love Me" topped the European Hit Radio Chart.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Simply Red” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.