Simply Red ~ Similar Artists

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George Michael - 100% match to Simply Red

Georgios (Yorgos) Kyriacos Panayiotou, 25 June 1963, East Finchley, London, England. Michael first served his pop apprenticeship in the million-selling duo Wham!, the most commercially successful, teen-orientated band of the 80s. His solo career was foreshadowed in 1984's UK... Read more

Lisa Stansfield - 96% match to Simply Red

11 April 1966, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Stansfield started her musical career singing in her early teens, entering and winning several talent contests. She gained valuable experience presenting the Granada television children's programme, Razzamatazz in the early... Read more

Seal - 76% match to Simply Red

Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel, 19 February 1963, Paddington, London, England. Singer-songwriter Seal established himself at the forefront of a British soul revival in the 90s, enjoying transatlantic success with his first two albums. The second eldest of six... Read more

Billy Ocean - 68% match to Simply Red

Leslie Sebastian Charles, 21 January 1950, Trinidad, West Indies. Raised in England, Ocean worked as a session singer simultaneously with his employment at the Dagenham Ford Motor Company plant, before being signed by the GTO label as a solo artist. His early UK hits included... Read more

Robert Palmer - 68% match to Simply Red

Alan Palmer, 19 January 1949, Batley, Yorkshire, England, d. 26 September 2003, Paris, France. Britain's leading "blue-eyed soul" singer served a musical apprenticeship over four decades in which time he participated in many different styles of music. Palmer spent much of his... Read more

Wet Wet Wet - 68% match to Simply Red

This Scottish pop band was formed in 1982 by Marti Pellow (Mark McLachlan, 23 March 1965, Clydebank, Scotland; vocals), Graeme Clark (b. 15 April 1966, Glasgow, Scotland; bass/vocals), Neil Mitchell (b. 8 June 1965, Helensburgh, Scotland; keyboards), and Tommy Cunningham (b. 22... Read more

Lighthouse Family - 65% match to Simply Red

This UK pop soul band was formed by the Newcastle-based duo of Tunde Baiyewu (25 November 1968, London, England), a vocalist of Nigerian descent, and songwriter and musician Paul Tucker (b. 12 August 1968, London, England). They met while working at nightclub bars in the north... Read more

M People - 64% match to Simply Red

The Beautiful South - 52% match to Simply Red

This highly literate adult pop band arose from the ashes of the Housemartins. The line-up originally featured vocalists Paul Heaton (9 May 1962, West Kirby, Cheshire, England) and David Hemingway (b. 20 September 1960, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England) from Hull's... Read more

Sting - 51% match to Simply Red

Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, 2 October 1951, Wallsend, Northumberland, England. Sting's solo career began in 1982, two years before the break-up of the Police, for whom he was lead singer and bass player. In that year he starred in the film Brimstone And Treacle and from it... Read more