Robert Smith

He married Mary Theresa Poole in 1988, whom he met at St. Wilfrid's when he was 14. He has dedicated his song, ‘Love Song,’ to Mary as his wedding gift. They have mutually agreed not to have children.

Robert James Smith was born on 21 April 1959, in Lancashire, to James Alexander Smith and Rita Mary Smith. He was the third of the four children. When he was three, his family moved to Horley in Surrey. He was educated at St. Francis Primary School.

In 1966, his family moved to Crawley and he was educated at St. Francis Primary School, Notre Dame Middle School, and St. Wilfrid's Comprehensive School. He completed his school education by 1977.

Smith and his siblings were encouraged by their parents to pursue their musical talents and Smith began playing the guitar at the age of 12.

His career started at the age of 14 with the high school band ‘The Crawley Goat Band’ that also included his brother, Richard, sister Janet, and some of his friends as its members.

He formed the band ‘Easy Cure’ in 1976 along with Laurence Tolhurst, Porl Thompson, and Michael Dempsey with Smith performing the role of one of the songwriters and singer.

In 1978, the band was renamed as ‘The Cure’ with the dismissal of Porl Thompson from the group. The band worked for Chris Parry's recording label, Fiction Records.

From 1978 to 1979, the band released the singles ‘Killing and Arab’ and ‘10:15 Saturday Night’. They also released their debut album ‘Three Imaginary Boys’. By this time, he had become the principal writer for most of the songs of ‘The Cure’.

The band agreed to work along with ‘Siouxsie and the Banshees’ for Chris Parry's recording label, Fiction Records.

The album ‘Disintegration’ released in 1989 by ‘The Cure’ reached the No.3 position in the UK music chart and has sold over three million copies worldwide till date.

In the spring of 1992, the band, ‘The Cure’, released the album titled ‘Wish’ that became an instant hit, peaking at the No.1 position on all top UK music charts and at No.2 on US Charts.