The man has slept with a thousands girls. ...Mick Hucknall

Mick Hucknall has confirmed a notorious claim
that he slept with 1,000 women.
Asked if the rumours were true, the 54-year-
old singer, who has sold more than 60million
records said: “It probably is. I’ve not denied
that, but I never claimed it. I never bragged
about it. I don’t keep count.
“I’ve no idea, but I would think over a 25-year
period that’s probably reasonable to say.
But do I want to say it? No. It’s not what
makes me tick. I don’t put chips on the
bedpost.” Talking ahead of a 30th anniversary
reunion of his band Simply Red next year, he
added: ‘It’s like kids in a candy store. You
can’t believe it. There’s girls chasing you all
the time – it’s incredible.
“When you’re 24 you don’t give a toss. You’re
invincible. You can do anything. Your mind is
set in a way that the world is just ready and
you’re just going to take it all. You’re just
going to have a grand time.”
Hucknall formed Simply Red in 1985 and their
hits include Holding Back the Years and Stars.
After more than 30 top 40 UK singles and two
US No 1s, they split up in 2009. Born into a
working class family in Manchester, Hucknall
began singing at the age of four and held his
first gig when he was just six.
“I was singing all the time. I used to sing for
the girls,” he said. “I feel very blessed
because I grew up in what was effectively a
British musical renaissance.
“The Sixties and early Seventies, to me, mark
an era that is unsurpassed in British music.”
He dropped out of grammar school at 16 after
struggling with bullies who singled him out
because of his bright red hair. Being accepted
at an art school proved to be the turning point
for him and after two years at a further
education college and three at a polytechnic,
he emerged with a 2:2 degree.
He said it was a disappointing result that he
blamed on departmental politics. While
studying he formed a punk band called The
Frantic Elevators, playing their first gig in
1978.
Hucknall drifted away in the 1980s to set up
Simply Red. Their record Stars, released in
1991, was the best-selling album in the UK for
two years running – and remains joint sixth
highest of all time.


Culled from Daily Mail