Mandy Smith

Amanda Louise "Mandy" Smith (born 17 July 1970) is an English former pop singer and model.

For those of a similar name, see Mandy Smith (field hockey) and Amanda Smith (disambiguation).

Mandy Smith
Birth nameAmanda Louise Smith[1]
Also known asMandy
Born (1970-07-17) 17 July 1970
GenresPop
Years active1986–present
LabelsPWL

Early life

Mandy Smith was convent educated, and lived in Tottenham as a young child. She met Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman when she attended the BPI Awards with her sister Nichola Smith. She also modelled for Boy and Katherine Hamnett. She became famous due to her relationship with Wyman. The story broke in 1986, on her return from Marbella, Spain.

Music career

In 1986, Smith was to be interviewed on Irish television 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.[2]

Personal life

In 1989, Smith married Bill Wyman.They divorced in 1991.[3]

On 19 June 1993, she married footballer Pat Van Den Hauwe, but this only lasted two years. She published her biography It's All Over Now in 1993.[4] 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.

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
UK
[9]		 AUS
[5]		 GER
[6]		 IRE
[10]		 ITA
[11]		 NOR
[12]		 NZ
[13]		 S AFR
[14]		 SWI
[8]		 US
Dance
[15]
1987 "I Just Can't Wait" 91 91 14 — 12 9 37 — 16 — Mandy
"Positive Reaction" — — 39 — 16 — — — 11 — UK Indie Chart #48[16]
1988 "Boys and Girls" — — 23 — 12 — — 7 4 —
"Victim of Pleasure" 93 78 49 — 18 — — — 28 22
The Mandy EP — — — — — — — — — — Non-album release Released in Hong Kong only
1989 "Don't You Want Me Baby" 59 90 — 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
  1. "Mandy Smith profile". IMDb.com. Amazon, Inc.
  2. "The Sex Factor". Irish Independent. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
  3. Nashawaty, Chris (3 June 1994). "A Teen Bride for a Stone". Entertainment Weekly.
  4. Smith, Mandy (1993). My Life with Bill Wyman, It's all over now. London: Blake Publishing Ltd. p. 1. ISBN 1-85782-044-4.
  5. Australian chart peaks:
  6. German chart peaks:
  7. "swedishcharts.com > Mandy in Swedish Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  8. "hitparade.ch > Mandy in der Schweizer Hitparade" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  9. "Official Charts > Mandy Smith". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  10. "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.
  11. Italian chart peaks:
  12. "norwegiancharts.com > Mandy in Norwegian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  13. "charts.nz > Mandy in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  14. "South African Rock Lists Website – SA Charts 1969–1989 Acts (S)". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  15. "Billboard > Mandy Smith Chart History > Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  16. Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1999. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4.
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