Howard Stafford Huntsberry (born March 5, 1952) is an American

United States

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 R&B

Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...

 singer and actor

Actor

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 from Pacoima, California. He was the lead singer of the group Klique

Klique

Klique was an American R&B trio, consisting of Howard Huntsberry, Isaac Suthers and his sister, Deborah Hunter. They released four albums, starting with It's Winning Time in 1981, concluding with Love Cycles in 1985...

 from 1981 to 1985, and then had a solo career that produced two minor hits on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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R&B

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...

 chart. He also starred as singer Jackie Wilson

Jackie Wilson

Jack Leroy "Jackie" Wilson, Jr. was an American singer and performer. Known as "Mr. Excitement", Wilson was important in the transition of rhythm and blues into soul. He was known as a master showman, and as one of the most dynamic singers and performers in R&B and rock history...

 in the movie La Bamba

La Bamba (film)

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He also performed Jackie Wilson

Jackie Wilson

Jack Leroy "Jackie" Wilson, Jr. was an American singer and performer. Known as "Mr. Excitement", Wilson was important in the transition of rhythm and blues into soul. He was known as a master showman, and as one of the most dynamic singers and performers in R&B and rock history...

's "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher

(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher

" Higher and Higher" is a hit R&B song originally performed by Jackie Wilson in 1967. The song was notably recorded by Rita Coolidge in 1977.-Overview:...

" in Ghostbusters II

Ghostbusters II

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Discography

Howard Huntsberry - With Love - MCA MCA-42217 (1988)

• "Sleepless Weekend"
• "Don't Take This Out On Me"
• Interlude: Sorrow
• "Married Men Get Lonely Too"
• "Typical Reaction"
• "Roses"
• "With Love"
• "You Ought To Be With Me"
• "For You"

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