Howard Jones

Howard Jones (b. 23 February 1955) is a British singer and songwriter best known for his early hits in the eighties, namely New Song, What Is Love and No-One Is To Blame. He scored ten Top 40 hits in the UK between 1983 and 1986 and nine hits in the US Hot 100 between 1984 and 1992. His debut album Human's Lib also went to no. 1 in the UK.

He performed at the Live Aid concert in Wembley in 1985 although was not part of the original Band Aid. He has been quoted as saying "I wasn't fashionable. I never got good reviews. But I'm proud of the fact that I wasn't liked by the media... Pop music is so reactionary and bigoted. And I found that what's 'cool' is often very shallow and transient". Jones continues to perform live and record.

Jones' first two albums Human's Lib and Dream Into Action were re-released in 2018 in CD and digital formats, with the original tracks remastered plus bonus tracks from each period. Super-deluxe editions also feature a DVD. Remastered coloured vinyl editions of the two albums were also made available.

See also: What Links Here

Discography
UK singles and albums only full chart listings here

Significant dates

 * 1983
 * 03 September 1983: Radio One Janice Long Special
 * 22 September 1983: first TOTP appearance with New Song
 * 20 October 1983: New Song on TOTP with at its peak no.3 position.
 * 06 January 1984: ORS (What is Love?)
 * 09 March 1984: live performance on Whistle Test (Equality, Don't Always Look At The Rain)
 * 16 March 1984: Live performance on The Tube (Conditioning)
 * 12 May 1984: BBC Radio 1 In Concert (repeated twice during the year)
 * 28 May 1984: The Montreux Golden Rose Pop Festival (BBC1)
 * 29 June 1984: live on A Midsummer Night’s Tube with backing band (Equilaity, Like To Get To Know You Well)
 * 25 December 1984: Top of the Pops Christmas edition.
 * TBC