Howard Donald
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Howard Paul Donald was born on April 28 at home in Droylsden, Manchester. His parents split up when Howard was 8. His dad taught Latin-American dancing and his mum used to be a singer, so you could say that Howard was born to be a performer. Like Jason, Howard has a big family. He has two older brothers, Michael and Colin, a younger brother, Glenn, and a younger sister, Samantha.
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His first school was Moreside Junior High School in Jorsdan, Manchester. From there on, he went to Little Moss High School for boys. Howard was not very good at studying - he only passed three subjects: English, maths and geography. School didn't really interest him, he was more into riding his BMX bike and break-dancing.
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Howard has always had ambitious ideas. When he was 13 he wanted to be a pilot but when he left school, he got an apprenticeship at Knibbs in Manchester, a company that specialises in spraying cars. After completing his Apprenticeship and learning the trade, he got his first real job at Wimpole Garages doing up cars. However it was break-dancing that was his true passion. Before joining Take That, he was part of a crew called the RDS Royal. He met Jason at the Apollo, a club where they used to go break-dancing. Howard was very impressed with Jason's dancing and they got talking. They later teamed up to form Streetbeat, which led them to Nigel Martin-Smith. He introduced them to Gary and Mark. |
When Take That split up, Howard embarked on a solo career. He recorded a song called Speak without Words, for which the video was shot in Cuba. Unfortunately, due to some trouble with his record company, the song was never released. Howard also proved his songwriting skills when he wrote the song Crazy Chance for Kavana - one of Nigel's other acts.
Under
the name of DJ HD, Howard released his first
record 'Take Control'. He also has a very popular website and MY Space. Click here to go to Howard's official website. |
In
1999, Howard and then girlfriend Victoria became the proud
parents of a baby girl called Grace. He gave up his singing career to return to his first love, DJing.