John Howard (mai raira waƙa )

****John Howard** (an haife shi **Howard Michael Jones''', 9 ga Afrilu 1953) mawaƙi ne kuma marubucin waƙoƙi na Ingila, pianist kuma mai yin rikodi kuma marubucin da aka buga. Tare da kundi na farko na watan Fabrairun 1975 Kid in a Big World (CBS Records), Howard ya fito ne a matsayin muryar murya ta glam-pop na farkon shekarun 1970. A duk faɗin aikin kiɗa wanda ya haɗa da manyan lokutan rikodin aiki guda biyu - 1974-84 da 2004-yanzu - Howard ya fitar da kundin studio 21 da EPs 12 na studio. A watan Maris na shekara ta 2018, ya zama marubucin da aka buga, tarihin kansa na farko, Incidents Crowded With Life, wanda ya shafi yarinta har zuwa shekara ta 1976, Fisher King Publishing ne ya buga shi. A watan Agustan 2020, Fisher King Publishing ta buga kundi na biyu na tarihin kansa, Illusions of Happiness, wanda ya shafi shekarun 1976 - 1986. A watan Fabrairun 2022, Fisher King Publishing ne ya buga kundi na uku na tarihin kansa, In The Eyeline of Furtherance, wanda ya shafi 1986 zuwa 2001. A watan Satumbar 2023, littafin farko na Howard, Across My Dreams With Nets of Wonder, Fisher King Publishing ne ya buga shi.

## Farkon da farkon shekarun, 1953-1973
An haifi John Howard Howard Michael Jones  a Bury, wani gari na kasuwa a Arewa maso Yammacin Ingila wanda a tarihi yana cikin Lancashire kuma a cikin gudanarwa yana cikin Greater Manchester . 

Bayan ya fara buga piano yana da shekaru hudu, Howard ya fara horo na gargajiya yana da shekaru bakwai. Ya halarci makarantar sakandaren Roman Katolika ta St. Gabriel a Bury, kuma a shekarar 1969 ya shiga Kwalejin Fasaha ta Accrington.

Farawa a watan Maris na shekara ta 1970 kuma ya ci gaba da shekaru uku masu zuwa, Howard - bayan ya karbi sunan kwararru "Jon Howard" - ya buga waƙoƙinsa a jami'o'i da kungiyoyin gargajiya, da kuma gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Bolton Octagon . 

A Octagon, Howard sau da yawa ya ba da tallafi ga ƙungiyar mutane / rock mai ci gaba Spirogyra . Kungiyar a lokacin ta kasance karkashin jagorancin Howard na zamani, Max Hole, wanda daga baya, a matsayin manajan A & R a WEA Records UK a farkon shekarun 1980, ya ci gaba da sanya hannu kan Howard Jones, wanda sunan haihuwarsa - a matsayin ba'a - shine John Howard Jones.  Hole ya ci gaba da aiki a matsayin babban jami'in aiki na Universal Music Group International .

## CBS Records, 1973-1976
Ba da daɗewa ba bayan ya koma Landan a watan Agustan 1973, Howard yana wasa a kulob din Troubadour, lokacin da manajan "Hurricane" Smith Stuart Reid ya hango shi, wanda shine shugaban pop a Chappell Music. Reid ya sanya hannu kan Howard zuwa kwangilar gudanarwa - canza "Jon" zuwa "John," a cikin tsari - kuma Howard ya sanya hannu tare da CBS a ƙarshen wannan shekarar.

Kid in a Big World (1975) ita ce ta farko daga cikin kundi uku da Howard ya rubuta don CBS a 1974 da 1975. Kundin - wanda aka rubuta a Abbey Road da Apple Studio - tsohon dan wasan Shadows Tony Meehan da Paul Phillips ne suka samar da shi. 'Yan wasan zaman sun hada da kafa Zombies da Argent keyboardist Rod Argent da kuma kafa Argent drummer Bob Henrit . 

CBS da farko ta sanya albarkatu masu yawa a bayan sabon mai zane-zane - inganta kundi na farko na Howard tare da babban kamfen ɗin talla na bugawa, katunan katako na Howard a shagunan rikodin, da kuma ƙaddamar da kide-kide don shugabannin masana'antar rikodin da kuma manema labarai a Purcell Room a Cibiyar Southbank ta London.

Amma BBC Radio 1 ta ki buga na farko, "Goodbye Suzie,"  tana kiranta "mai matukar bakin ciki," kuma ta wuce na biyu, "Family Man,"  tana kiranta ""mai adawa da mace".

Bayan fitowar kundi na farko a watan Fabrairun 1975, Howard ya rubuta wasu kundi biyu na kayan don CBS a wannan shekarar. Kundin sa na biyu - Technicolour Biography (wanda aka rubuta a 1974 da 1975), wanda Paul Phillips ya samar - tarin waƙoƙi ne a cikin irin wannan nau'in da ke kan Kid in a Big World . Lalle ne, waƙoƙin da ke cikin kundi biyu na farko na Howard sun kasance daga cikin ƙungiyar waƙoƙi, waɗanda aka rubuta tsakanin 1970 da 1973, wanda ya sa CBS ta sanya hannu kan Howard a ƙarshen 1973. Amma bayan da BBC Radio 1 ta ƙi waƙoƙin biyu daga kundi na farko, CBS ta ƙi wannan sabon saiti kuma ta ajiye aikin, tare da ba a taɓa haɓaka waƙoƙinsa ba bayan zanga-zangar "murya da piano" na farko.

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