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• Started his musical career as the lead singer of punk rock band The Frantic Elevators.
• Formed Simply Red in 1985, and the band went on to record more than 30 Top 40 UK Singles and 2 U.S. no.1s.
• Based the hit song Holding Back the Years on his own experience of growing up with an absent mother for most of his life.
• Supporter of Manchester United Football Club.
• One of the founders and financial supporters of the reggae label, Blood and Fire.
• As an active supporter of the Labour Party, Hucknall backed the stance Tony Blair adopted on Operation Iraqi Freedom. However, years later, admitted his conscience had changed towards the war and would no longer donate to the party.