Mick Hucknall (Simply Red)

Simply Red have sold 50 million albums worldwide, and enjoyed 5 UK number one albums in their career spanning over 20 years. Having recently announced that the band will be splitting in 2009, Hucknall grants Songbook an intimate reflection on his career spanning 23 years and a rare insight into his creative mind, revealing how he wrote half of Holding Back The Years in under an hour, but only completed the song nine years later. Songs performed: Holding Back the Years For Your Babies You’ve Got It Someday In My Life