John Howard Jones born 23 February [ 1 ] is a British musician, singer and songwriter. Around the world, Jones had 15 top 40 hit singles between and Four others placed in the US top His brothers, Roy, Martin, and Paul, are all musicians in their own right. His first band was Warrior, a progressive rock group. Jones appeared as a solo artist in local venues in High Wycombe before inviting mime artist Jed Hoile to perform improvised choreography as Jones played behind him.
Jones' first single , " New Song ", was released in September It reached the top 30 in the US and the top 5 in the UK. He had four more hits over the next twelve months and a UK number one album, Human's Lib , which eventually went double platinum.
Bill Bryant was credited with jointly writing the lyrics for six songs on the album. Jones had developed a loyal teen following. His parents ran his fan club. It reached No. In February , Jones appeared with Stevie Wonder , Herbie Hancock and Thomas Dolby at the 27th Grammy Awards ceremony; the group performed a medley of material from all four artists.
Jones' second LP was a remix album. In , Jones released his second studio album, Dream into Action , [ 1 ] which included backup work by the trio Afrodiziak. One of the album's tracks, " No One Is to Blame ", was later re-recorded, featuring Phil Collins as drummer and producer, and performing backing vocals.
This second version appears on Jones's U. Dream into Action was Jones's most successful album and popular worldwide; it reached number two in the UK and number 10 in the US, and remained on the US chart for almost a year. The EP Action Replay was released in It included the re-recorded version of "No One Is to Blame". Jones released his third studio album, One to One , in October , which peaked at number 10 in the UK and would be his last UK hit album, despite achieving gold sales status.
