Posted a month ago from a Six Nine Records promo is a new single "You're A Star" from 80s veteran Howard Johnson which also has a Remix included. It is scheduled for a vinyl release but it
has now been released digitally on 4 Jul 2022. The song was written by Leon Sylvers III and will be Johnson's fifth release for the label who consider him as their founding father.
Johnson is from Miami and got his start after being spotted singing in local clubs by Sandy Torana (guitarist/producer for Commodores, Phyllis Hyman) who was looking for a lead singer for a group he was putting together called Niteflyte. Torano was previously in a group named Tornador who released an album and three singles on Polydor in 1977. Niteflyte would release two albums (both self-titled) on Ariola in 1979 and 1981 and around four singles. Phyliss Hyman and Hamish Stuart (Average White Band) sang backing vocals on their first album. Stuart also played guitar.
After the release of the second Niteflyte album Johnson left for a solo career and hit with his first solo recording "So Fine" and had another four R&B chart entries between 1982-85. He is best known in UK for his second single "Keeping Love New" which came out in the UK with "So Fine" as the flip (both written by Kashif) which reached #45 on UK pop chart along with "Stand Up" in 1985 which got to #91.
Johnson continues to record and released his eight solo album "Jet Black Casinova" in 2018.
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