Eddie Howell

British singer/songwriter/musician, born in Birmingham, UK. Began his professional career in the late 1960s, when Chrysalis Music picked up on his songwriting demos and introduced him to an independent record producer, who in turn licensed his first single "Easy Street" (billed as "Eddy Howell"), as a one-off deal to Parlophone in 1969. He worked as a songwriter throughout the early 1970s, and then signed to Warner Bros. as an artist in 1975, releasing two singles, "Long Story" and "Can't Get Over You," and his debut LP "The Eddie Howell Gramophone Record," which featured members of "Brand X" (including Phil Collins) and guitarist Gary Moore. The album was launched at a promotional gig at Thursday's club in Kensington. Eddie's band included "Brand X" players Robin Lumley on keyboards, Phil Collins on congas and Jack Lancaster on saxophone. In the audience that night was Queen's Freddie Mercury, who had been brought along to the gig by Eddie's manager David Minns. After hearing "Man From Manhattan," which was a newly written song included in the set, Freddie offered to produce the song, which took a week to record. Howell continues to work as a performer and songwriter, with various artists having successfully covered his songs.