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Michael James Hucknall
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Who is this?
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 had a 25-year career and sold over 50 million albums. Hucknall was described by the Australian Rhythms Magazine as "one of the truly great blue-eyed soul singers", while Q credited him with "the most prodigious voice this side of Motown".
Career
- 1960Born
- 2014Won Eckart Witzigmann Prize
- Member of Simply Red
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Denton
- •Citizenship: United Kingdom
- •Known as: singer, composer, businessperson, musician
- •Genre: soul, pop music
- •Plays: voice