Howard Hewett | Shalamar Wednesday 26 June 2024 21:30 Boisdale of Canary Wharf Restaurant
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Table reservations from 5.30 pm | Live Music: 9.30pm
Intimate acoustic performance by the Grammy award-winning vocalist Howard Hewett, the voice of Shalamar.
With his silky smooth, straight-from-the-heart soulful style, Howard Hewett is gifted with one of the most instantly recognizable voices in contemporary music.
“the premier vocalist in the post-Marvin Gaye era of romantic pop.”Rolling Stone magazine
An intimate acoustic performance by the Grammy award-winning vocalist Howard Hewett, the voice of Shalamar, with his silky smooth, straight-from-the-heart soulful style, Howard Hewett is gifted with one of the most instantly recognizable voices in contemporary music.
Howard Hewett is one of the most gifted vocalists in the Post-Marvin Gaye era of pop R&B. He started singing as a child, fronting his older sisters in The Hewett Singers. The group toured the gospel circuit. As a teen, Hewett sharpened his crooner skills in a funk band called Lyfe. In 1976, Hewett moved to Los Angeles and formed a group put together by the owners of the historic Maverick’s Flat, called Beverly Hills.
Hewett got his mainstream break as the male vocal lead in Shalamar, a centerpiece of Dick Griffey’s SOLAR (Sound of Los Angeles Records) label. His tenor voice mixed beautifully with the bright vocals of Jody Watley, the dancing skills of Jeffery Daniels and the writing and production of Leon Sylvers III. The group gave the world feel-good dance favorites The Second Time Around and A Night to Remember, the baby-making classic For the Lover in You, as well as a number of beautiful B-side ballads like You Can Count On Me and Somewhere There’s a Love.
Hewett continues to seduce audiences and eardrums as he is constantly touring and intermittently releasing new music.