Howard Donald
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Donald performing at the Newcastle Metro Radio Arena in November 2007.
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| Birth name | Howard Paul Donald |
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28 April 1968 Droylsden, Lancashire, England |
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| Years active | 1990–present |
| Associated acts | Take That |
Howard Paul Donald (born 28 April 1968), is an English singer, songwriter, drummer, pianist, dancer, DJ and record producer. He is a member of English pop-group Take That and a judge on the German reality talent show Got to Dance.
Nigel Martin-Smith hired Donald, along with Gary Barlow, Jason Orange, Mark Owen, and Robbie Williams to form a British boyband, Take That. The band enjoyed seven years of success until Robbie Williams left in 1995, leaving them to carry on as a quartet. Along with Orange, Donald featured less on lead vocals than Barlow, Owen and Williams during the band's first era, however did sing lead vocal on the single "Never Forget", which reached #1 in the UK in 1995.
When Take That split in February 1996, Donald went solo and recorded a single "Speak Without Words" that is still unreleased to-date. When his solo career failed to take off, he returned to DJing.
In early 1996, Donald's band mates Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Jason Orange came to the difficult decision that Take That was to split. They told Donald, who was not happy, but went along with their decision. In the 2006 documentary, Take That for the Record, Donald shocked band mates with his confession of being unstable enough to have the intention of committing suicide by drowning himself in the River Thames, not long after the split.
In 2005 Take That reformed for what was intended to be "one last tour" in the summer of 2006, following the release of their Greatest Hits album.
In late 2006, Take That reunited and released their first studio album since 1995, Beautiful World and from it they recorded two number ones in "Patience" and "Shine". Beautiful World featured Donald on lead vocals on two tracks; "Beautiful World" and "Mancunian Way". The song "Mancunian Way" is a tribute to the band's hometown Manchester.
On Take That album The Circus, Donald sings lead on two tracks, "What is Love" and "Here". He also shares lead vocals with the rest of the band on the album's opening track, "The Garden".
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