Mandy Smith
Mandy Smith | |
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Birth name | Amanda Louise Smith |
Also known as | Mandy |
Born | 17 July 1970 |
Genres | Pop |
Years active | 1986–present |
Labels | PWL |
Website |
kisspr |
Mandy Smith (born Amanda Louise Smith[1] on 17 July 1970) is an English former pop singer and model.
Early life
In 1983, when Smith was only 13 years old, a relationship began between her and 47-year-old Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman.[2][3] In a 2010 interview with the Daily Mail, Smith claimed to have started a sexual relationship with Wyman at just 14.[4] Smith married Wyman in 1989; they divorced in 1991.[5]
Music career
In 1986, Smith was to be interviewed on Irish TV show Saturday Live, but cancelled when broadcaster RTÉ decided she would be interviewed from a seat in the audience rather than on the set. RTÉ said she was "not important enough" and that she might "give a bad example to young teenage girls". The story appeared in the international media.[6]
Personal life
On 19 June 1993, she married footballer Pat Van Den Hauwe, but this only lasted two years.[7] She published her biography It's All Over Now in 1993.[8] In 2001, she was briefly engaged to Vanity Fair fashion model Ian Mosby with whom she had a son, Max Harrison Mosby. Smith is currently a resident of Manchester where she has now become a teetotaller and vegan.[9] Smith was raised as a Catholic and, in recent years, has returned to the church.[10]
Other interests
Having tried a career as a make-up artist, Smith was reported in 2009 to be training to be a counsellor.[7] In the 1990s, Smith wrote a beauty/fashion column for a magazine; since 2012 she has written an advice column for a Christian lifestyle magazine.
Discography
Albums
Singles/EPs
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | Notes | ||||||||||||
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UK [15] |
AUS [11] |
GER [12] |
IRE [16] |
ITA [17] |
JPN | NOR [18] |
NZ [19] |
S AFR [20] |
SWI [14] | |||||||
1987 | "I Just Can't Wait" | 91 | 91 | 14 | — | 12 | 1 | 9 | 37 | — | 16 | Mandy | ||||
"Positive Reaction" | — | — | 39 | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | 11 | UK Indie Chart #48[21] | |||||
1988 | "Boys and Girls" | — | — | 23 | — | 12 | — | — | — | 7 | 4 | |||||
"Victim of Pleasure" | 93 | 78 | 49 | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | 28 | US Billboard Dance Chart #22 | |||||
The Mandy EP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album release | Released in Hong Kong only | ||||
1989 | "Don't You Want Me Baby" | 59 | — | — | 30 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
1992 | "I Just Can't Wait ('92 Remixes)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Promo 12" only | ||||
1995 | "I Just Can't Wait ('95 Remixes)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Promo 12" only | ||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in those countries. |
References
- ↑ "Mandy Smith profile". Internet Movie Database. Amazon, Inc.
- ↑ The curse of Hello! The Independent, 9 May 2008
- ↑ Wyman, Bill; Ray Coleman (1990). Stone Alone. London: Viking. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-670-82894-4.
- ↑ Mandy Smith: I DID sleep with Bill Wyman when I was 14... but now the only man in my life is God Mail Online, 17 April 2010
- ↑ Nashawaty, Chris (3 June 1994). "A Teen Bride for a Stone". Entertainment Weekly.
- ↑ "The Sex Factor". Irish Independent. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
- 1 2 Cable, Simon (11 May 2009). "Mandy Smith, from rock chick to mother hen, 20 years after her marriage to Bill Wyman". London: Daily Mail. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
- ↑ Smith, Mandy (1993). My Life with Bill Wyman, It's all over now. London: Blake Publishing Ltd. p. 1. ISBN 1-85782-044-4.
- ↑ Hoyle, Antonia (3 June 2009). "'If it happened now, Bill would go to jail.' Mandy Smith on the Rolling Stone who seduced her at the age of 13". Daily Mail. London.
- ↑ Hale, Beth (13 April 2010). "Bill Wyman's former child bride Mandy Smith swaps clubbing for communion". Daily Mail. London.
- 1 2 Australian chart peaks:
- Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 19 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 278. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
- "Boys and Girls", "Victim of Pleasure" and "Don't You Want Me Baby"(ARIA Chart) peaks: "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 17 June 2014". Imgur.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- Mandy (ARIA Chart) peak: "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 9 November 2015". Imgur.com. Archived from the original on 9 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- 1 2 German chart peaks:
- "I Just Can't Wait": "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Mandy Smith – I Just Can't Wait (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- "Positive Reaction": "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Mandy Smith – Positive Reaction (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- "Boys and Girls": "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Mandy – Boys and Girls (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- Mandy: "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Mandy – Mandy (album)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- "Victim of Pleasure": "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Mandy – Victim of Pleasure (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ↑ "swedishcharts.com > Mandy in Swedish Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- 1 2 "hitparade.ch > Mandy in der Schweizer Hitparade" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ↑ "Official Charts > Mandy Smith". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ↑ "The Irish Charts – All there is to know > Search results for 'Mandy' (from irishcharts.ie)". Imgur.com (original source published by Fireball Media). Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ↑ Italian chart peaks:
- All except "Boys and Girls": "Hit Parade Italia > Indice per Interprete: S" (in Italian). HitParadeItalia. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- "Boys and Girls": "Hit Parade Italia > Indice per Interprete: M" (in Italian). HitParadeItalia. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ↑ "norwegiancharts.com > Mandy in Norwegian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ↑ "charts.org.nz > Mandy in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ↑ "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (S)". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ↑ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1999. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4.
External links
- Plastic Retro - English fansite with discography
- Mandy's Official website, Website Kiss PR
- Mandy Smith at the Internet Movie Database