Debrett's Peerage Limited =========================
SMITH, Robert James; s of James Alexander Smith, of Crawley, Sussex, and Rita Mary, *nee* Emmott; b 21 April 1959; *Educ* Notre Dame Middle Sch Crawley, St Wilfrids Comp Crawley; m 13 Aug 1988, Mary Theresa, da of John Richard Poole; *Career* pop singer, musician and song-writer; stage debut with Malice (school group) 1976, name changed to Easy Cure (debut concert 1977), band now called The Cure (debut concert 1978); first tours: Britain Feb-April 1979, Europe July 1979, USA April 1980, Antipodes July-Aug 1980, Japan Oct 1984; performer in over 1000 concerts worldwide; LPs (world sales figures in brackets): Three Imaginary Boys (US version Boys Don't Cry, 850,000) 1979, Seventeen Seconds (650,000) 1980, Faith (550,000) 1981, Pornography (800,000) 1982, Japanese Whispers (compilation, 1,100,000) 1983, The Top (1,200,000) 1984, Concert (Live, 850,000) 1984, The Head On The Door (1,700,000) 1985, Standing On A Beach (compilation, 2,300,000) 1986, Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (Double LP, 1,850,000) 1987, Disintegration (2,600,000) 1989, Mixed Up (compilation 1,600,000) 1990; videos incl: Staring At The Sea (singles compilation) 1986, The Cure In Orange (concert) 1986; awards: BPI award Best Video 89 (for Lullaby), ASCAP award Best US Radio Song 89 (for Lovesong); other work incl: guitarist Siouxsie and the Banshees Sept-Oct 1979 and Oct 1982-May 1984, co-fndr The Glove (Studio Project - One album) 1983; *publications* Ten Imaginary Years (official Cure biography, jtly 1987), Songwords (co-author and ed. 1989); *Recreations* deep sea diving, hot air ballooning, reading, writing, looking into space; *Style* - Robert Smith Esq.