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Mandy Smith (born Amanda Louise Smith on 17 July 1970) is an English dance-pop singer, former model and aspiring actress.

Biography

In 1983, as a 13-year old child, she started dating the then 47-year-old Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman. The two eventually married in 1989 and divorced in 1991. At the same time Wyman's son was engaged to Mandy Smith's mother (they would break up before marrying).

The press coverage that surrounded these affairs largely contributed to Mandy's career as a singer. In 1987 at age 17 she was signed to PWL by Stock Aitken Waterman. The SAW team wrote and produced her first two singles - "I Just Can't Wait" and "Positive Reaction". Collaboration with Daize Washbourne brought another single, "Boys and Girls" (which reached No. 8 in South Africa). Despite the lack of any British chart success with these singles, an album, Mandy, was released in 1988. In the contrary to Britain, Mandy Smith was very successful in Scandinavia, Germany, Italy, Spain, Turkey and Japan where she even entered the TOP 10 music chart. She was about to launch her career in the United States in 1989 with her single "Victim Of Pleasure" released under Atlantic Records but due to health problems, she had to cancel all the promotion. Same thing happened with her fifth European single, a cover of the Human League hit single "Don't You Want Me Baby". These events and a difficult recovery marked the end of the short musical career of Mandy Smith though several remixes of "I just can't wait" appeared in the early 1990's without getting any proper release; her album was also re-released in Japan in 1993.

She also recorded the original version of "Got To Be Certain", which would later be the second international single release for fellow PWL act, Kylie Minogue. Kylie's version was a number one hit in Australia and number two in the UK. Mandy's version remained unreleased until 2005 when it was premiered for the first time on PWL Radio and later included on the 2005 release Stock Aitken Waterman Gold as a special bonus track. Mandy's version includes lyrics which differ slightly from Kylie's, yet the backing music and production are virtually identical.

During the 1980s and 1990s Mandy appeared in various TV series and shows. She also appeared in numerous magazines as a model and celebrity. On 19 June 1993 she married for the second time, to professional footballer Pat van den Hauwe, but this only lasted two years. In 2001 she was briefly engaged to Ian Mosby with whom she had a son, Max Harrison Mosby.

She also published her biography It's all over now.

By now, Mandy had only celebrity as a career: In 1994, she got the "Rear of the Year" British award, which is given to people with a notable posterior, while in 1995, Mandy entered the FHM's list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World" (72 place).

Discography

Albums

  • 1988 Mandy (re-released in 1993 in Japan with brand new sleeve and artwork as well as various bonus tracks and mixes)

Singles

  • 1987 I Just Can't Wait
  • 1987 Positive Reaction
  • 1988 Boys And Girls
  • 1988 Victim Of Pleasure (released one year later in the United States)
  • 1988 Mandy EP (3-track CD single released in Hong Kong only including remixes of "Positive reaction", "Boys and girls" and "Victim of pleasure")
  • 1989 Don't You Want Me Baby
  • 1992 I Just Can't Wait (remix '92) (promo 12" only or available on the PWL Black Diamond EP)
  • 1995 I Just Can't Wait (remix '95) (promo 12" only)

Unreleased Songs

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