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There are two persons with this name.

1. Howard Jones (born John Howard Jones on February 23, 1955) is an English singer and songwriter.

He is the eldest of three boys. His birthplace is Southampton, England, and he spent his early years in High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, and attended the Royal Grammar School. He now lives with his family in Maidenhead, England.

When he was young, he used to give piano lessons. One of his clients was a girl named Jan Smith, who he later married. Whilst working with her, a vehicle crashed into their van, injuring Jan. She claimed compensation and used the money to buy Howard a synthesiser, Moog Prodigy. The shop delivered two by mistake, and Howard liked the combination of the two so much that he paid for the extra one.

He hit the charts in 1983 with a song called “New Song,” which made it into the UK top ten. He subsequently had three more hits over the next twelve months and a UK Number 1 album, Human’s Lib. He acquired a hardcore fanbase made up of both starstruck teenagers and more mature music lovers, who saw the musicianship which went into the electronic sounds of his songs. His mother ran his fan club. Jones was a close temporal and stylistic contemporary of Nik Kershaw, and the two musicians were often conflated in the affections of the contemporary pop audience.

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1	Things Can Only Get Better full track	994
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CLUEIT wrote:
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CLUEIT wrote:
last month

Pearl in the Shell <3

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cesarmexico2007 wrote:
last month

hide and seek, the best song!! :D

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misterpockets wrote:
last month

i wanted to have his hair so bad in the 80's. never pulled it off. never even came close, but oh how i tried!

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shortbutfast wrote:
September 2009

Dream into Action = one of the best albums of the 80s <3

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psychoma wrote:
September 2009

"Celebrate our Love" is awesome ;]

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lale_16 wrote:
July 2009

Great artist =)

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CDPETE01 wrote:
July 2009

never owned humans lib until recently,had all 7" and 12" singles from that album,but now i play it all the time

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Xtinka wrote:
July 2009

nice music from 80s))))

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JBrestle wrote:
July 2009

i think this accoustic set is the best he ever put out!

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m1lh0us3 wrote:
July 2009

wtf, where's howard from killswitch?

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GazzaRWF wrote:
June 2009

Same

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Garrettcore wrote:
June 2009

yeah my pic says enough about this. totally not the howard jones i was looking for.

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Sensormusic wrote:
June 2009

HoJo is a real talent. Awesome music.

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cdyaro wrote:
May 2009

He is great. Pure 80's.

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tonecapone22 wrote:
May 2009

Dj set with some of the best 80's dance groups...http://www.last.fm/music/Dj+Tony+Stewart/Tribute+of+the+Masses

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realmenno wrote:
May 2009

Yes, but isn´t it a little bit perverted?

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crazykaz02 wrote:
April 2009

love this song

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Mark-Bold wrote:
April 2009

The New Wave-Rock Blockbuster "Flashback": http://www.lastfm.de/music/Mark+Bold

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Paul_Logik wrote:
April 2009

legend..

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