British musician, lead singer and guitarist of the Moody Blues
Not to be confused with Justin Hayward-Young.
Justin Hayward
OBE
Hayward performing in 2018
Background information
Birth name
David Justin Hayward
Born
(1946-10-14) 14 October 1946 (age 77) Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Genres
Rock
progressive rock
hard rock
heavy metal
Occupation(s)
Musician
songwriter
Instrument(s)
Guitar
vocals
Years active
1965–present
Labels
Pye
Parlophone
Threshold
Deram
Polydor
CMC International
Trax
Towerbell Records
Armour Records
Website
justinhayward.com
Musical artist
David Justin Hayward[1][2]OBE (born 14 October 1946) is an English musician. He was the guitarist and frontman of the rock band the Moody Blues from 1966 until that group's dissolution in 2018. He became the group's principal vocalist and its most prolific songwriter over the 1967–1974 period, and composed several international hit singles for the band.
Singles written by Hayward for the Moody Blues include "Nights in White Satin", "Tuesday Afternoon", "Question", "The Voice", "I Know You're Out There Somewhere" and "English Sunset"; he wrote 20 of the group's 27 post-1967 singles. He also has a solo career. His first album outside the Moody Blues, Blue Jays, a collaboration with John Lodge, reached the UK top five in 1975. The single "Blue Guitar", recorded with 10cc as the backing band, reached the UK top ten in 1975, and his 1978 recording of "Forever Autumn" from Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds reached the UK top five.[3]
In 2018 Hayward was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Moody Blues[4] and in 2022 was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the music industry.
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David JustinHayward OBE (born 14 October 1946) is an English musician. He was the guitarist and frontman of the rock band the Moody Blues from 1966 until...
left the band by the end of 1966, being replaced by guitarist/vocalist JustinHayward and bassist/vocalist John Lodge. They embraced the psychedelic rock...
old bandmate John Lodge as a permanent replacement and also recruited JustinHayward to replace Laine. With this line-up the band released seven successful...
the departure of Laine and Clint Warwick and the later recruitment of JustinHayward and John Lodge in 1966, the band continued initially to play the R&B-style...
Swindon guitarist, vocalist and songwriter JustinHayward to replace Laine. It was Pinder who phoned Hayward and collected him from the railway station...
point for the band. The album is their first with guitarist and singer JustinHayward in place of Denny Laine and bassist John Lodge in place of Clint Warwick...
charts, the group's first No. 1 album in the UK. According to guitarist JustinHayward, "I think Threshold is the defining album for the Moody Blues. And it's...
performing, at which point the lineup also included 1966 additions JustinHayward on guitar and vocals, and John Lodge on bass and vocals. For their final...
order to be better able to perform the songs in concert. Guitarist JustinHayward remembers, "From the beginning of our recording sessions we were all...
jesters and the chaos experienced backstage at a rock show. Guitarist JustinHayward recalls writing "The Voice": "It was the first thing that we recorded...
and listen – get away on a trip of musical exploration." Guitarist JustinHayward recalled that In Search of the Lost Chord "was when I feel we found...
neighborhood surrounding the studio where the band recorded the album. JustinHayward remembers, "It came about because of where Tony’s studio was, right...
line-up and sound when compared to the group's subsequent work. Guitarist JustinHayward recalls the inspiration behind Mike Pinder's socially conscious "Lost...
White Satin" is a song by the Moody Blues, written and composed by JustinHayward. It was first featured as the segment "The Night" on the album Days...
member of the band at the time during which it was recorded. Guitarist JustinHayward remembers writing "I Know You're Out There Somewhere" and working on...
JustinHayward and Friends Sing the Moody Blues Classic Hits is an album by JustinHayward of The Moody Blues with the Frankfurt Rock Orchestra and Michael...
band, formed in West London in 2010. The band currently consists of JustinHayward-Young (lead vocals, guitars), Árni Árnason (bass, vocals), Timothy Lanham...
(Tuesday?)", or simply "Forever Afternoon") is a 1968 song written by JustinHayward that was first released by English rock band the Moody Blues on their...
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