Justin Hayward
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Justin Hayward is an English musician, best known as singer, songwriter and guitarist in the rock band The Moody Blues
.
Hayward was born in Dean Street, Swindon
, Wiltshire
, England
. He attended The Commonweal School, in Swindon, Wiltshire.
amplifier through performing with local Swindon groups in clubs and dance halls playing mostly Buddy Holly
songs. One of Hayward's early groups was All Things Bright, which opened for The Hollies
and Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. In 1965 he answered an advertisement in Melody Maker
and auditioned as guitarist for Marty Wilde
and he went on to work with Wilde and his wife in The Wilde Three. At age 17, he signed a publishing contract as a songwriter with the skiffle
artist and record producer Lonnie Donegan
, a move Hayward later regretted as it meant the rights to all his songs written before 1974 would always be owned by Donegan's Tyler Music.
Justin was recently involved in the remastering of The Moody Blues back catalogue for Universal Music
.
of The Animals
, Hayward was contacted by Mike Pinder
of The Moody Blues after Burdon had passed on Hayward's letter and demo discs to Pinder. Within a few days Hayward had replaced departing Moody Blues vocalist and guitarist Denny Laine
. Bassist
John Lodge replaced temporary deputy Rod Clarke who had stood in for departed Bassist Clint Warwick
at the same time.
After beginning by singing the old Blues inspired repertoire of The Moodies 1964-1965 era, Hayward's initial artistic contribution to The Moody Blues was his song 'Fly Me High' which was a Decca single early in 1967, this failed to chart but gave the revised band a new sound and direction, being more of an original contemporary track than the 'R & B' sound they had been largely producing up to that point.
Hayward's driving rocker 'Leave This Man Alone' was then used as 'B' side to the next Moodies single on Decca, backing Mike Pinder's 'Love And Beauty' (1967) the first Moodies record to feature the mellotron.
Hayward's and Lodge's integration into the Moody Blues along with Pinder's use of the Mellotron
sparked greater commercial success and recognition for the band, transforming them into one of pop music's biggest-selling acts. Hayward says of Pinder: "Mike and the Mellotron made my songs work."
The 1967 album Days of Future Passed
, one of the first and most influential symphonic rock
albums, spawned the Hayward-penned singles "Tuesday Afternoon
" and "Nights in White Satin
". The latter record went on to sell over two million copies, charting three times in the UK (1967, 1972, and in 1978) and has been recorded by many other recording artists. Hayward's 'B' side song 'Cities' being an early ecology themed item.
Hayward became the group's main onstage figurehead over the 1967-1974 period, the most prolific songwriter and composer of several big singles hits for the band. During this time he wrote memorable album tracks such as: "'Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?)" (which became known as "Tuesday Afternoon
" thereafter when issued as an overseas single later), "The Actor
", "Lovely to See You
", "Never Comes the Day
", "Gypsy (Of a Strange and Distant Time)
", "It's Up To You", "Dawning is The Day","You Can Never Go Home", "The Story in Your Eyes
" (a US chart hit), "New Horizons", "The Land of Make-Believe", and "Island"
Hayward wrote the band's UK #2 hit, "Question" as well as "Voices in the Sky
", "Driftwood
", "The Voice
", "Blue World
", "Your Wildest Dreams
", "I Know You're Out There Somewhere
", "English Sunset
" and "December Snow"; in all, writing 20 of the group's 27 post-1967 singles.
In addition to handling the Lead vocals on his own compositions, Hayward also took a featured lead or co-lead vocal on other band members songs such as; "Dawn is A Feeling
" (Pinder), "Gimmie A Little Something", "Isn't Life Strange
", "Candle of Life
" (Lodge), "After You Came", "I'll Be Level With You", "The Spirit". "Nothing Changes" (Edge) etc....
The Moodies attempts to come up with another specific 'hit single' during the 1967-68 period saw them record three other Hayward compositions; "Long Summer Days", "King and Queen" and "What Am I Doing Here?" all of which were then left unissued, but together with unissued songs by Mike Pinder and John Lodge later formed the 'studio side four' of Decca's 1977 release; Caught Live Plus Five which largely comprised a December 1969 Live Recording of a concert at The Royal Albert Hall (issued against the group's wishes).
Hayward also co-wrote album tracks with Ray Thomas - "Visions of Paradise
", "Are You Sitting Comfortably
", "Watching and Waiting
", and much later "Never Blame the Rainbows for the Rain", plus later co-wrote many songs with John Lodge for The Moodies, notably "Gemini Dream
" (a US Chart hit), "Meet Me Halfway", "Talkin' Talkin'", "Want To Be With You", "Once is Enough", "Strange Times","Sooner or Later (Walking on Air)" among others.
Hayward's songs have opened each of The Moodies albums in their 'post Mike Pinder era' since Long Distance Voyager in 1981, and his songs, both solo compositions and co-written with John Lodge, plus his lead vocals, harmony voice, and guitar playing have been a major overriding factor in the bands work and continued success since 1981.
Their album sales from 1978 to the present are more than 60 million. This is the regularly quoted total of their album sales, since the total sales of their albums before 1978 is disputed due to lack of official record company data, However the period 1967 to 1974 was when their albums (and singles) were charting highest in the UK and US plus worldwide (album track "Melancholy Man" made number one in France as a single in 1970) - Days of Future Passed topped the US album charts on re-issue in 1972, then was followed into the album charts by the new studio album Seventh Sojourn.
, using musicians from the Moody Blues' label, Threshold
, and sounding very much like the mother group. Together, they had a hit in 1975 with "Blue Guitar" (a Hayward recording with the band 10cc
), and released an album titled Blue Jays
.
In 1977 Justin recorded his first solo album Songwriter. He enjoyed international solo success in 1978 when he appeared on Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
concept album
, which yielded his hits "Forever Autumn
" and "The Eve of the War". Wayne later contributed to Hayward's 1980 album Night Flight
.
Hayward issued a rare non album single "Marie" c/w "Heart of Steel' (Decca F13834) in April 1979, both sides composed by him, the 'A' side dedicated to his wife. These tracks were later included among the 'Bonus' tracks on a CD re-issue of his Songwriter solo album in 2004.
During the 1980s, Hayward composed and performed for film and television, including the theme song "It Won't Be Easy" for the 1987 BBC2
science fiction
series Star Cops
, "Something Evil, Something Dangerous" for the film Howling IV: The Original Nightmare
, "Eternal Woman" for the film She
and music for the animated television series The Shoe People
.
In 1989, with producer-arranger Mike Batt
, Hayward released Classic Blue
, an album of pop standards written by other composers, set to orchestration
arranged by Batt. Classic Blue included a cover version of Led Zeppelin
's hit "Stairway to Heaven
." Hayward's most recent solo album, The View from the Hill, was released in 1996, and a live recording, Live in San Juan Capistrano
, followed in 1998.
Hayward contributed vocals to a song on Rick Wakeman
's 1999 album Return to the Centre of the Earth
.
In 2003 he sang along with other rock singers on another orchestral album, consisting of Moody Blues songs with the Frankfurt Rock Orchestra, titled Justin Hayward and Friends Perform the Hits of the Moody Blues
(alternatively called Justin Hayward and Friends Sing the Moody Blues Classic Hits). Hayward was later involved in a legal dispute, now resolved, arguing he was not paid for his participation on the album.
In April 2006, Hayward took part in the stage tour of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
, reprising his role in Autumn 2007 in Australia
and in the UK in December 2007. He did so again in the UK in June 2009, and appeared on the tour in November and December 2010.
The Moody Blues, with Hayward, Lodge and original drummer Graeme Edge
, continue to tour extensively and in a recent BBC World Service
interview, Hayward and Lodge made it clear they have no plans to stop working, regarding it as "a privilege" to still be working in the music industry. In an interview, in 2005, Edge said if he remained in good health, he could go on for 10 more years.
("main axe"), though he also uses other guitars in both performing and recording, including a 1955 Martin
D-28 "Dreadnought
", a James Olson six-string acoustic, a black Guild
acoustic, a Squier Stratocaster
(essentially an inexpensive Fender Stratocaster
, as Squier
is a subsidiary of Fender), a Fender Telecaster
, a blonde Guild 12-string acoustic (tuned to "open C"), a 12-string Gibson acoustic (for "Question"), and in 1967 a black Gibson Les Paul
. Between 1965 and 1968 he was without his Gibson 335 and relied on other instruments, most notably a 1964 Fender Telecaster and a hand-built 12-string guitar he had renovated for Donegan (he eventually bought this guitar from Donegan's widow). However, in an interview included on the Lovely to See You concert DVD (2005), Hayward says the 1963 Gibson 335 has been with him since 1967. Recently he has played a Collings
D3 on stage and on recordings. Among other instruments, Hayward also played mandolin
on A Question of Balance
and sitar
on "In Search of the Lost Chord".
The Moody Blues
The Moody Blues are an English rock band. Among their innovations was a fusion with classical music, most notably in their 1967 album Days of Future Passed....
.
Hayward was born in Dean Street, Swindon
Swindon
Swindon is a large town within the borough of Swindon and ceremonial county of Wiltshire, in South West England. It is midway between Bristol, west and Reading, east. London is east...
, Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. He attended The Commonweal School, in Swindon, Wiltshire.
Career
When Hayward was 15 he was able to afford a Gibson guitar and a VoxVox (musical equipment)
Vox is a musical equipment manufacturer which is most famous for making the Vox AC30 guitar amplifier, the Vox Continental electric organ, and a series of innovative but commercially unsuccessful electric guitars and bass guitars...
amplifier through performing with local Swindon groups in clubs and dance halls playing mostly Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly
Charles Hardin Holley , known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll...
songs. One of Hayward's early groups was All Things Bright, which opened for The Hollies
The Hollies
The Hollies are an English pop and rock group, formed in Manchester in the early 1960s, though most of the band members are from throughout East Lancashire. Known for their distinctive vocal harmony style, they became one of the leading British groups of the 1960s and 1970s...
and Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. In 1965 he answered an advertisement in Melody Maker
Melody Maker
Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express.-1950s–1960s:Originally the Melody...
and auditioned as guitarist for Marty Wilde
Marty Wilde
Marty Wilde is an English singer and songwriter. He was among the first generation of British pop stars to emulate American rock and roll, and is the father of pop singers Ricky Wilde, Kim Wilde and Roxanne Wilde.-Career:Wilde was performing under the name Reg Patterson at London's Condor Club in...
and he went on to work with Wilde and his wife in The Wilde Three. At age 17, he signed a publishing contract as a songwriter with the skiffle
Skiffle
Skiffle is a type of popular music with jazz, blues, folk, roots and country influences, usually using homemade or improvised instruments. Originating as a term in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century, it became popular again in the UK in the 1950s, where it was mainly...
artist and record producer Lonnie Donegan
Lonnie Donegan
Anthony James "Lonnie" Donegan MBE was a skiffle musician, with more than 20 UK Top 30 hits to his name. He is known as the "King of Skiffle" and is often cited as a large influence on the generation of British musicians who became famous in the 1960s...
, a move Hayward later regretted as it meant the rights to all his songs written before 1974 would always be owned by Donegan's Tyler Music.
Justin was recently involved in the remastering of The Moody Blues back catalogue for Universal Music
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
.
The Moody Blues
In 1966, after answering another ad in Melody Maker, this time placed by Eric BurdonEric Burdon
Eric Victor Burdon is an English singer-songwriter best known as a founding member and vocalist of rock band The Animals, and the funk rock band War and for his aggressive stage performance...
of The Animals
The Animals
The Animals were an English music group of the 1960s formed in Newcastle upon Tyne during the early part of the decade, and later relocated to London...
, Hayward was contacted by Mike Pinder
Mike Pinder
Michael Thomas "Mike" Pinder is an English rock musician, and is a founding member or the British rock group, the Moody Blues. He left the group following the recording of the band's album, Octave, in 1978...
of The Moody Blues after Burdon had passed on Hayward's letter and demo discs to Pinder. Within a few days Hayward had replaced departing Moody Blues vocalist and guitarist Denny Laine
Denny Laine
Denny Laine is an English songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, guitarist, and lead singer of The Moody Blues' 1965 debut album "The Magnificent Moodies"; and, later, best known for his role as co-founder of Wings...
. Bassist
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
John Lodge replaced temporary deputy Rod Clarke who had stood in for departed Bassist Clint Warwick
Clint Warwick
Clint Warwick was the original bassist for the rock band, The Moody Blues....
at the same time.
After beginning by singing the old Blues inspired repertoire of The Moodies 1964-1965 era, Hayward's initial artistic contribution to The Moody Blues was his song 'Fly Me High' which was a Decca single early in 1967, this failed to chart but gave the revised band a new sound and direction, being more of an original contemporary track than the 'R & B' sound they had been largely producing up to that point.
Hayward's driving rocker 'Leave This Man Alone' was then used as 'B' side to the next Moodies single on Decca, backing Mike Pinder's 'Love And Beauty' (1967) the first Moodies record to feature the mellotron.
Hayward's and Lodge's integration into the Moody Blues along with Pinder's use of the Mellotron
Mellotron
The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical, polyphonic tape replay keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. It superseded the Chamberlin Music Master, which was the world's first sample-playback keyboard intended for music...
sparked greater commercial success and recognition for the band, transforming them into one of pop music's biggest-selling acts. Hayward says of Pinder: "Mike and the Mellotron made my songs work."
The 1967 album Days of Future Passed
Days of Future Passed
Days of Future Passed is the second album and first concept album by The Moody Blues, released in 1967. It was also their first album to feature Justin Hayward and John Lodge, who would play a very strong role in directing the band's sound in the decades to come...
, one of the first and most influential symphonic rock
Symphonic rock
Symphonic rock is a sub-genre of progressive rock. Since early in progressive rock's history, the term has been used sometimes to distinguish more classically influenced progressive rock from the more psychedelic and experimental forms of progressive rock....
albums, spawned the Hayward-penned singles "Tuesday Afternoon
Tuesday Afternoon
"Tuesday Afternoon" is a 1968 single by English symphonic rock band The Moody Blues, and presented in its original album form on their 1967 album Days of Future Passed in two parts.-Part one:The first part, the one most familiar to listeners, called "Tuesday Afternoon", was...
" and "Nights in White Satin
Nights in White Satin
"Nights in White Satin" is a 1967 single by The Moody Blues, written by Justin Hayward and first featured on the album Days of Future Passed.It is in the key of E minor Aeolian.-Single releases:...
". The latter record went on to sell over two million copies, charting three times in the UK (1967, 1972, and in 1978) and has been recorded by many other recording artists. Hayward's 'B' side song 'Cities' being an early ecology themed item.
Hayward became the group's main onstage figurehead over the 1967-1974 period, the most prolific songwriter and composer of several big singles hits for the band. During this time he wrote memorable album tracks such as: "'Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?)" (which became known as "Tuesday Afternoon
Tuesday Afternoon
"Tuesday Afternoon" is a 1968 single by English symphonic rock band The Moody Blues, and presented in its original album form on their 1967 album Days of Future Passed in two parts.-Part one:The first part, the one most familiar to listeners, called "Tuesday Afternoon", was...
" thereafter when issued as an overseas single later), "The Actor
The Actor (The Moody Blues song)
"The Actor" is a 1968 song by the progressive rock band, The Moody Blues. Written by band member Justin Hayward, it was first released on their 1968 album In Search of the Lost Chord. "The Actor" is one of Justin Hayward's signature love ballads. The song's lyrics tell the story of a young woman...
", "Lovely to See You
Lovely to See You
"Lovely to See You" is a 1969 song by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues. It was written by the band's guitarist Justin Hayward, and was recorded and released in 1969 on the Moody Blues Album On the Threshold of a Dream....
", "Never Comes the Day
Never Comes the Day
"Never Comes the Day" is a 1969 single by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues. It was written by band member Justin Hayward, and was the only single released from their 1969 album On the Threshold of a Dream. Despite the fact that the album was a number-one hit in the UK, "Never Comes the...
", "Gypsy (Of a Strange and Distant Time)
Gypsy (Of a Strange and Distant Time)
"Gypsy " is a 1969 song by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues, from their album To Our Children's Children's Children, a concept album about space travel...
", "It's Up To You", "Dawning is The Day","You Can Never Go Home", "The Story in Your Eyes
The Story in Your Eyes
"The Story in Your Eyes" is a 1971 hit single by the English rock band The Moody Blues. Written by the band's guitarist Justin Hayward, it was first released as a single with "My Song" on the B-side, and then on the 1971 album Every Good Boy Deserves Favour shortly after.On the album, "The Story...
" (a US chart hit), "New Horizons", "The Land of Make-Believe", and "Island"
Hayward wrote the band's UK #2 hit, "Question" as well as "Voices in the Sky
Voices in the Sky
"Voices in the Sky" is a hit 1968 single by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues, and it was written by their lead guitarist Justin Hayward. It was released as a single in June 1968, with "Dr. Livingstone, I Presume" on the B-side...
", "Driftwood
Driftwood (The Moody Blues song)
"Driftwood" is a 1978 single by the English progressive rock band The Moody Blues. It was the second single released from the album Octave, after "Steppin' in a Slide Zone"...
", "The Voice
The Voice (The Moody Blues song)
"The Voice" is the second single released from The Moody Blues' 1981 album Long Distance Voyager. The song continued the success of previous single "Gemini Dream", becoming a Top 40 hit on the US pop chart, where it peaked at #15 in September 1981. The song had previously topped the Billboard Top...
", "Blue World
Blue World
"Blue World" is a 1983 hit single by The Moody Blues. It was first released as single in August 1983, and was later released on the album The Present. "Blue World" was one of three singles from The Present, with the others being "Sitting at the Wheel" and "Running Water." Blue World also...
", "Your Wildest Dreams
Your Wildest Dreams
"Your Wildest Dreams" is a 1986 single by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues, and it was written by the band's lead guitarist Justin Hayward. The song was first released as a single, and was later released on the Moody Blues 1986 album The Other Side of Life...
", "I Know You're Out There Somewhere
I Know You're Out There Somewhere
"I Know You're Out There Somewhere" is a 1988 single by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues. It was written by guitarist Justin Hayward, and it is the sequel to the Moody Blues' 1986 single "Your Wildest Dreams", also written by Hayward...
", "English Sunset
English Sunset
"English Sunset" is the first and only single released by The Moody Blues from their 1999 album Strange Times, making it their first single in nearly 8 years. Their previous single had been 1991's "Bless the Wings " from Keys of the Kingdom...
" and "December Snow"; in all, writing 20 of the group's 27 post-1967 singles.
In addition to handling the Lead vocals on his own compositions, Hayward also took a featured lead or co-lead vocal on other band members songs such as; "Dawn is A Feeling
Dawn is a Feeling
"Dawn is a Feeling" is the second song from The Moody Blues 1967 album Days of Future Passed. Days of Future Passed is a concept album with each song representing a part of the day, with "Dawn is a Feeling" representing Dawn....
" (Pinder), "Gimmie A Little Something", "Isn't Life Strange
Isn't Life Strange
"Isn't Life Strange" is a 1972 single by the English rock band The Moody Blues. Written by bassist John Lodge, it was the first of two singles released from their 1972 album Seventh Sojourn, with the other being "I'm Just a Singer "...
", "Candle of Life
Candle of Life
"Candle of Life" is a 1969 song by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues, from their album To Our Children's Children's Children, a concept album about space travel...
" (Lodge), "After You Came", "I'll Be Level With You", "The Spirit". "Nothing Changes" (Edge) etc....
The Moodies attempts to come up with another specific 'hit single' during the 1967-68 period saw them record three other Hayward compositions; "Long Summer Days", "King and Queen" and "What Am I Doing Here?" all of which were then left unissued, but together with unissued songs by Mike Pinder and John Lodge later formed the 'studio side four' of Decca's 1977 release; Caught Live Plus Five which largely comprised a December 1969 Live Recording of a concert at The Royal Albert Hall (issued against the group's wishes).
Hayward also co-wrote album tracks with Ray Thomas - "Visions of Paradise
Visions of Paradise
"Visions of Paradise" is a 1968 song by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues. First released on their album In Search of the Lost Chord, it was written jointly by band members Justin Hayward and Ray Thomas, and was the first of many collaborations between them...
", "Are You Sitting Comfortably
Are You Sitting Comfortably? (song)
"Are You Sitting Comfortably?" is a 1969 song by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues. It was written jointly by band members Justin Hayward and Ray Thomas. It was recorded and released in 1969 on the Moody Blues Album On the Threshold of a Dream....
", "Watching and Waiting
Watching and Waiting
"Watching and Waiting" is a 1969 single by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues, and was written by band members Justin Hayward and Ray Thomas. It was first released as a single in October 1969, and was later released in November 1969 on the album To Our Children's Children's Children...
", and much later "Never Blame the Rainbows for the Rain", plus later co-wrote many songs with John Lodge for The Moodies, notably "Gemini Dream
Gemini Dream
"Gemini Dream" is a 1981 single by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues. It reached #12 in the U.S. charts. It was the first single released from their 1981 album Long Distance Voyager, which also included "Painted Smile," another track from the album, on the B-side...
" (a US Chart hit), "Meet Me Halfway", "Talkin' Talkin'", "Want To Be With You", "Once is Enough", "Strange Times","Sooner or Later (Walking on Air)" among others.
Hayward's songs have opened each of The Moodies albums in their 'post Mike Pinder era' since Long Distance Voyager in 1981, and his songs, both solo compositions and co-written with John Lodge, plus his lead vocals, harmony voice, and guitar playing have been a major overriding factor in the bands work and continued success since 1981.
Their album sales from 1978 to the present are more than 60 million. This is the regularly quoted total of their album sales, since the total sales of their albums before 1978 is disputed due to lack of official record company data, However the period 1967 to 1974 was when their albums (and singles) were charting highest in the UK and US plus worldwide (album track "Melancholy Man" made number one in France as a single in 1970) - Days of Future Passed topped the US album charts on re-issue in 1972, then was followed into the album charts by the new studio album Seventh Sojourn.
1974 onwards
In 1974, the Moody Blues decided to take what ended up being a four-year break from performing and recording. Hayward continued working with Lodge and producer Tony ClarkeTony Clarke (producer)
Tony Clarke was an English rock music record producer and guitarist. Born in Coventry, he is best known for producing The Moody Blues from 1966 to 1979.-Biography:...
, using musicians from the Moody Blues' label, Threshold
Threshold Records
Threshold Records was a record label created by The Moody Blues, after their 1969 album On the Threshold of a Dream.It was a UK subsidiary of Decca Records and a U.S. subsidiary of London Records...
, and sounding very much like the mother group. Together, they had a hit in 1975 with "Blue Guitar" (a Hayward recording with the band 10cc
10cc
10cc are an English art rock band who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. The band initially consisted of four musicians -- Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme -- who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the "10cc" name...
), and released an album titled Blue Jays
Blue Jays (album)
Blue Jays is a 1975 album by Justin Hayward & John Lodge. It was recorded and released during the Moody Blues' five-year hiatus.The track "Blue Guitar", originally released as a non-album single credited to Hayward & Lodge in September 1975 but performed by Hayward with the band 10cc, was added to...
.
In 1977 Justin recorded his first solo album Songwriter. He enjoyed international solo success in 1978 when he appeared on Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds is a 1978 concept album by Jeff Wayne, retelling the story of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. Its format is progressive rock and string orchestra, using narration and leitmotifs to carry the story via rhyming melodic lyrics that express...
concept album
Concept album
In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...
, which yielded his hits "Forever Autumn
Forever Autumn (song)
"Forever Autumn" is a song by Jeff Wayne, Gary Osborne and Paul Vigrass. The original melody was written by Wayne in 1969 as a jingle for a Lego commercial. Vigrass and Osborne, the performers of the original jingle, added lyrics to the song and recorded it for inclusion on their 1972 album Queues...
" and "The Eve of the War". Wayne later contributed to Hayward's 1980 album Night Flight
Night Flight (album)
Night Flight was a studio album by Moody Blues frontman Justin Hayward, released on Decca Records in 1980. It was reissued on CD in September 1989....
.
Hayward issued a rare non album single "Marie" c/w "Heart of Steel' (Decca F13834) in April 1979, both sides composed by him, the 'A' side dedicated to his wife. These tracks were later included among the 'Bonus' tracks on a CD re-issue of his Songwriter solo album in 2004.
During the 1980s, Hayward composed and performed for film and television, including the theme song "It Won't Be Easy" for the 1987 BBC2
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
series Star Cops
Star Cops
Star Cops is a British science fiction television series first broadcast on BBC Two in 1987. It was devised by Chris Boucher, a writer who had previously worked on the science fiction television series Doctor Who and Blake's 7 as well as crime dramas such as Juliet Bravo and Bergerac...
, "Something Evil, Something Dangerous" for the film Howling IV: The Original Nightmare
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare is a 1988 direct-to-video horror film. It is a sequel to The Howling, and was directed by John Hough from a screenplay by Freddie Rowe and Clive Turner, this is the first Howling film distributed by Warner Bros.....
, "Eternal Woman" for the film She
She (1982 film)
-Plot:Set 23 years after an event called "The Cancellation", the film follows Tom, whose sister is captured by a local tribe. He sets out to find and rescue her, while avoiding the dangerous tribes he encounters along the way. Sandahl Bergman plays "She" who ends up aiding Tom after he escapes from...
and music for the animated television series The Shoe People
The Shoe People
The Shoe People is an animated television series which was first broadcast in the UK in April 1987 on TV-am. The Shoe People went on to be broadcast in 62 countries around the world....
.
In 1989, with producer-arranger Mike Batt
Mike Batt
Michael Philip "Mike" Batt is a British songwriter, musician, producer and Deputy Chairman of the British Phonographic Industry...
, Hayward released Classic Blue
Classic Blue
Classic Blue is the fourth solo studio album by The Moody Blues front-man Justin Hayward. Classic Blue was released in 1989 by Trax Records , and features Mike Batt, who also produced the album, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra...
, an album of pop standards written by other composers, set to orchestration
Orchestration
Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra or of adapting for orchestra music composed for another medium...
arranged by Batt. Classic Blue included a cover version of Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
's hit "Stairway to Heaven
Stairway to Heaven
"Stairway to Heaven" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in late 1971. It was composed by guitarist Jimmy Page and vocalist Robert Plant for the band's untitled fourth studio album . The song, running eight minutes and two seconds, is composed of several sections, which...
." Hayward's most recent solo album, The View from the Hill, was released in 1996, and a live recording, Live in San Juan Capistrano
Live In San Juan Capistrano (album)
Live in San Juan Capistrano is an album released in 1998 by Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues. The live set featured Gordon Marshall, Mickey Féat and Paul Bliss....
, followed in 1998.
Hayward contributed vocals to a song on Rick Wakeman
Rick Wakeman
Richard Christopher Wakeman is an English keyboard player, composer and songwriter best known for being the former keyboardist in the progressive rock band Yes...
's 1999 album Return to the Centre of the Earth
Return to the Centre of the Earth
Return to the Centre of the Earth is a 1999 concept album by Rick Wakeman. This work is a sequel to Journey to the Centre of the Earth, an earlier album by Wakeman released in 1974.-Track listing:# A Vision # The Return Overture...
.
In 2003 he sang along with other rock singers on another orchestral album, consisting of Moody Blues songs with the Frankfurt Rock Orchestra, titled Justin Hayward and Friends Perform the Hits of the Moody Blues
Justin Hayward and Friends Sing the Moody Blues Classic Hits
Justin Hayward and Friends Sing the Moody Blues Classic Hits is a live album released in 2003 by Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues with Frankfurt Rock Orchestra and Michael Sadler and Shaun Williamson as guest-singers....
(alternatively called Justin Hayward and Friends Sing the Moody Blues Classic Hits). Hayward was later involved in a legal dispute, now resolved, arguing he was not paid for his participation on the album.
In April 2006, Hayward took part in the stage tour of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds is a 1978 concept album by Jeff Wayne, retelling the story of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. Its format is progressive rock and string orchestra, using narration and leitmotifs to carry the story via rhyming melodic lyrics that express...
, reprising his role in Autumn 2007 in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and in the UK in December 2007. He did so again in the UK in June 2009, and appeared on the tour in November and December 2010.
The Moody Blues, with Hayward, Lodge and original drummer Graeme Edge
Graeme Edge
Graeme Charles Edge is best known as the drummer and a songwriter for the Moody Blues, but has also led his own outfit, the Graeme Edge Band.-Biography:...
, continue to tour extensively and in a recent BBC World Service
BBC World Service
The BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays...
interview, Hayward and Lodge made it clear they have no plans to stop working, regarding it as "a privilege" to still be working in the music industry. In an interview, in 2005, Edge said if he remained in good health, he could go on for 10 more years.
Instruments
For the most part, Hayward has used a red Gibson ES-335Gibson ES-335
The Gibson ES-335 is the world's first commercial thinline arched-top semi-acoustic electric guitar. Released by the Gibson Guitar Corporation as part of its ES series in 1958, it is neither hollow nor solid; instead, a solid wood block runs through the center of its body...
("main axe"), though he also uses other guitars in both performing and recording, including a 1955 Martin
C. F. Martin & Company
C.F. Martin & Company is a US guitar manufacturer established in 1833 by Christian Frederick Martin. Martin is highly regarded for its steel-string guitars, and is a leading mass manufacturer of flattop acoustics with models that retail for thousands of dollars and vintage instruments that often...
D-28 "Dreadnought
Dreadnought (guitar type)
Dreadnought is a type of acoustic guitar body developed by guitar manufacturers C.F. Martin & Company. The Dreadnought style has since been copied by other guitar manufacturers and is now a common style of guitar body...
", a James Olson six-string acoustic, a black Guild
Guild Guitar Company
The Guild Guitar Company is a USA-based guitar manufacturer founded in 1952 by Alfred Dronge, a guitarist and music-store owner, and George Mann, a former executive with the Epiphone Guitar Company...
acoustic, a Squier Stratocaster
Squier Stratocaster
The Squier Stratocaster is an electric guitar based on the Stratocaster, manufactured and sold by Squier, a marque of Fender.-Origins:After Fender's decision to switch Squier's production from strings to guitars in 1982, the Stratocaster was one of the first models to be put under the Squier...
(essentially an inexpensive Fender Stratocaster
Fender Stratocaster
The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as "Strat", is a model of electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares in 1954, and manufactured continuously by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation to the present. It is a double-cutaway guitar, with an extended top...
, as Squier
Squier
Squier is a musical instrument brand name owned by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.-History:Fender, under the ownership of CBS, acquired the Squier brand name in 1965 when it bought a USA based string making firm , but it lay dormant for many years...
is a subsidiary of Fender), a Fender Telecaster
Fender Telecaster
The Fender Telecaster, colloquially known as the Tele , is typically a dual-pickup, solid-body electric guitar made by Fender.Its simple yet effective design and revolutionary sound broke ground and set trends in electric guitar manufacturing and popular music...
, a blonde Guild 12-string acoustic (tuned to "open C"), a 12-string Gibson acoustic (for "Question"), and in 1967 a black Gibson Les Paul
Gibson Les Paul
The Gibson Les Paul was the result of a design collaboration between Gibson Guitar Corporation and the late jazz guitarist and electronics inventor Les Paul. In 1950, with the introduction of the Fender Telecaster to the musical market, electric guitars became a public craze. In reaction, Gibson...
. Between 1965 and 1968 he was without his Gibson 335 and relied on other instruments, most notably a 1964 Fender Telecaster and a hand-built 12-string guitar he had renovated for Donegan (he eventually bought this guitar from Donegan's widow). However, in an interview included on the Lovely to See You concert DVD (2005), Hayward says the 1963 Gibson 335 has been with him since 1967. Recently he has played a Collings
Collings Guitars
Collings Guitars is an Austin, Texas based stringed instrument manufacturer. Founded by Bill Collings in 1973, Collings today produces acoustic guitars, electric guitars, archtop guitars, mandolins, and ukuleles.- History :...
D3 on stage and on recordings. Among other instruments, Hayward also played mandolin
Mandolin
A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
on A Question of Balance
A Question of Balance
A Question of Balance, released in 1970, is the sixth album by The Moody Blues. The album was an attempt by the group to strip down their well-known lush, psychedelic sound in order to be able to better perform the songs in concert...
and sitar
Sitar
The 'Tablaman' is a plucked stringed instrument predominantly used in Hindustani classical music, where it has been ubiquitous since the Middle Ages...
on "In Search of the Lost Chord".
Personal life
Hayward married Ann Marie Guirron on December 19, 1970. Their daughter Marianne Celeste, called Doremi was born on December 3, 1972.Awards
Hayward was awarded the first of numerous awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) for songwriting in 1974. In 1985, the Moody Blues picked up the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, and in 1988 Hayward received the Novello, among other honours, for Composer of the Year (for "I Know You're Out There Somewhere"). In 2000, he was one of a handful of British artists to receive the "Golden Note" award for lifetime achievement by ASCAP. In 2004, Hayward was awarded the "Gold Badge" for lifetime achievement by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA).Compositions
- 1965 ~ "London Is Behind Me" (45 RPM Debut Single)
- 1966 ~ "Day Must Come" (45 RPM Single)
- 1966 ~ "I Can't Face the World Without You" (45 RPM Single)
- 1966 ~ "I'll Be Here Tomorrow" (45 RPM Single)
- 1967 ~ "Tuesday AfternoonTuesday Afternoon"Tuesday Afternoon" is a 1968 single by English symphonic rock band The Moody Blues, and presented in its original album form on their 1967 album Days of Future Passed in two parts.-Part one:The first part, the one most familiar to listeners, called "Tuesday Afternoon", was...
" on Days of Future PassedDays of Future PassedDays of Future Passed is the second album and first concept album by The Moody Blues, released in 1967. It was also their first album to feature Justin Hayward and John Lodge, who would play a very strong role in directing the band's sound in the decades to come... - 1967 ~ "Nights in White SatinNights in White Satin"Nights in White Satin" is a 1967 single by The Moody Blues, written by Justin Hayward and first featured on the album Days of Future Passed.It is in the key of E minor Aeolian.-Single releases:...
" on Days of Future Passed
- 1967 ~ "Fly Me High" (45 RPM Single)
- 1967 ~ "Leave This Man Alone" (45 RPM Single)
- 1967 ~ "Cities" (45 RPM Single)
- 1967 ~ "Long Summer Days" (Released 1977)
- 1967 ~ "King and Queen" (Released 1977)
- 1967 ~ "What Am I Doing Here?" (Released 1977)
- 1968 ~ "Voices in the SkyVoices in the Sky"Voices in the Sky" is a hit 1968 single by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues, and it was written by their lead guitarist Justin Hayward. It was released as a single in June 1968, with "Dr. Livingstone, I Presume" on the B-side...
" on In Search of the Lost ChordIn Search of the Lost Chord-2006 SACD Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks:In Search of the Lost Chord was remastered into SACD in March 2006 and repackaged into a 2 CD Deluxe Edition.Extra tracks on the Deluxe Edition are:#"Departure" – 0:55... - 1968 ~ "Visions of ParadiseVisions of Paradise"Visions of Paradise" is a 1968 song by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues. First released on their album In Search of the Lost Chord, it was written jointly by band members Justin Hayward and Ray Thomas, and was the first of many collaborations between them...
" (with Ray ThomasRay ThomasRay Thomas is an English musician, best known as the flautist and as a singer and composer in the rock band, The Moody Blues.-Career:...
) on In Search of the Lost Chord - 1968 ~ "The ActorThe Actor (The Moody Blues song)"The Actor" is a 1968 song by the progressive rock band, The Moody Blues. Written by band member Justin Hayward, it was first released on their 1968 album In Search of the Lost Chord. "The Actor" is one of Justin Hayward's signature love ballads. The song's lyrics tell the story of a young woman...
" on In Search of the Lost Chord
- 1969 ~ "Lovely to See YouLovely to See You"Lovely to See You" is a 1969 song by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues. It was written by the band's guitarist Justin Hayward, and was recorded and released in 1969 on the Moody Blues Album On the Threshold of a Dream....
" on On the Threshold of a DreamOn the Threshold of a DreamOn the Threshold of a Dream is the fourth album by The Moody Blues, released on the Deram label in 1969. It was their last album to be released by the band before they formed their own record label, Threshold, to be distributed by Decca Records.... - 1969 ~ "Never Comes the DayNever Comes the Day"Never Comes the Day" is a 1969 single by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues. It was written by band member Justin Hayward, and was the only single released from their 1969 album On the Threshold of a Dream. Despite the fact that the album was a number-one hit in the UK, "Never Comes the...
" on On the Threshold of a Dream - 1969 ~ "Are You Sitting Comfortably?Are You Sitting Comfortably? (song)"Are You Sitting Comfortably?" is a 1969 song by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues. It was written jointly by band members Justin Hayward and Ray Thomas. It was recorded and released in 1969 on the Moody Blues Album On the Threshold of a Dream....
" (with Ray Thomas) on On the Threshold of a Dream
- 1969 ~ "Gypsy (Of a Strange and Distant Time)Gypsy (Of a Strange and Distant Time)"Gypsy " is a 1969 song by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues, from their album To Our Children's Children's Children, a concept album about space travel...
" on To Our Children's Children's ChildrenTo Our Children's Children's ChildrenTo Our Children's Children's Children is the fifth album by The Moody Blues, first issued in late 1969. It was the first album released on the group's newly formed Threshold Records label, which was named after the band's previous album from the same year, On the Threshold of a Dream.It was... - 1969 ~ "Watching and WaitingWatching and Waiting"Watching and Waiting" is a 1969 single by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues, and was written by band members Justin Hayward and Ray Thomas. It was first released as a single in October 1969, and was later released in November 1969 on the album To Our Children's Children's Children...
" (with Ray Thomas) on To Our Children's Children's Children - 1969 ~ "I Never Thought I'd Live to be a HundredI Never Thought I'd Live to be a Hundred"I'd Never Thought I'd Live to be a Hundred" is a 1969 song by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues, from their album To Our Children's Children's Children....
" on To Our Children's Children's Children
- 1970 ~ "Question" on A Question of BalanceA Question of BalanceA Question of Balance, released in 1970, is the sixth album by The Moody Blues. The album was an attempt by the group to strip down their well-known lush, psychedelic sound in order to be able to better perform the songs in concert...
- 1970 ~ "It's Up to You" on A Question of Balance
- 1970 ~ "Dawning Is The Day" on A Question of Balance
- 1971 ~ "Procession" (with Thomas, Lodge, Edge and Pinder) on Every Good Boy Deserves FavourEvery Good Boy Deserves Favour (album)Every Good Boy Deserves Favour is the seventh album by the Moody Blues, released in 1971. The album was the last to feature only the Mellotron, as it would be assisted by the Chamberlin on the Moody Blues' next studio album, 1972's Seventh Sojourn.This album featured the only track to be written...
- 1971 ~ "The Story in Your EyesThe Story in Your Eyes"The Story in Your Eyes" is a 1971 hit single by the English rock band The Moody Blues. Written by the band's guitarist Justin Hayward, it was first released as a single with "My Song" on the B-side, and then on the 1971 album Every Good Boy Deserves Favour shortly after.On the album, "The Story...
" on Every Good Boy Deserves Favour - 1971 ~ "You Can Never Go Home" on Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
- 1972 ~ "You and MeYou and Me (The Moody Blues song)"You and Me" is a song by The Moody Blues from their 1972 album Seventh Sojourn. It is the album's fifth song, and it is the first song on side two ....
" (with Graeme Edge) on Seventh SojournSeventh SojournSeventh Sojourn, released in 1972, is the eighth album by The Moody Blues.In Seventh Sojourn, The Moody Blues used, besides the Mellotron, a keyboard called the Chamberlin, a device similar to the Mellotron created by the original inventor of the device, Harry Chamberlin... - 1972 ~ "New Horizons" on Seventh Sojourn
- 1972 ~ "The Land of Make Believe" on Seventh Sojourn
- 1973 ~ "Island" on Seventh Sojourn (Digitally Remastered 5.1 Edition)
- 1973 ~ "The Dreamer" (with Ray Thomas) on Seventh Sojourn (Digitally Remastered 5.1 edition)
- 1975 ~ "This Morning" on Blue JaysBlue Jays (album)Blue Jays is a 1975 album by Justin Hayward & John Lodge. It was recorded and released during the Moody Blues' five-year hiatus.The track "Blue Guitar", originally released as a non-album single credited to Hayward & Lodge in September 1975 but performed by Hayward with the band 10cc, was added to...
- 1975 ~ "Remember Me My Friend" (with John Lodge) on Blue Jays
- 1975 ~ "My Brother" (with John Lodge) on Blue Jays
- 1975 ~ "Nights Winters Years" on Blue Jays
- 1975 ~ "I Dreamed Last Night" on Blue Jays
- 1975 ~ "Who Are You Now" on Blue Jays
- 1975 ~ "When You Wake Up" (with John Lodge) on Blue Jays
- 1975 ~ "Blue Guitar" on Blue Jays (CD Reissue)
- 1977 ~ "Tightrope" on Songwriter
- 1977 ~ "Songwriter" on Songwriter
- 1977 ~ "Country Girl" on Songwriter
- 1977 ~ "One Lonely Room" on Songwriter
- 1977 ~ "Lay It on Me" on Songwriter
- 1977 ~ "Stage Door" on Songwriter
- 1977 ~ "Raised on Love" on Songwriter
- 1977 ~ "Doin' Time" on Songwriter
- 1977 ~ "Nostradamus" on Songwriter
- 1977 ~ "Marie" on Songwriter (CD Reissue)
- 1977 ~ "Heart of Steel" on Songwriter (2nd CD Reissue)
- 1977 ~ "Wrong Time Right Place" on Songwriter (2nd CD Reissue)
- 1978 ~ "Had to Fall in Love" on OctaveOctave (album)Octave is the ninth album by The Moody Blues, and their first release after a substantial hiatus following the success of the best-selling Seventh Sojourn in 1972. The album proved to be the last for the group with keyboardist Mike Pinder, who departed during the album's sessions, and declined an...
- 1978 ~ "The Day We Meet Again" on Octave
- 1978 ~ "DriftwoodDriftwood (The Moody Blues song)"Driftwood" is a 1978 single by the English progressive rock band The Moody Blues. It was the second single released from the album Octave, after "Steppin' in a Slide Zone"...
" on Octave - 1978 ~ "Top Rank Suite" on Octave
- 1980 ~ "Crazy Lovers" on Night FlightNight Flight (album)Night Flight was a studio album by Moody Blues frontman Justin Hayward, released on Decca Records in 1980. It was reissued on CD in September 1989....
- 1980 ~ "Nearer to You" on Night Flight
- 1980 ~ "A Face in the Crowd" on 'Night Flight
- 1980 ~ "Suitcase" on Night Flight
- 1981 ~ "The VoiceThe Voice (The Moody Blues song)"The Voice" is the second single released from The Moody Blues' 1981 album Long Distance Voyager. The song continued the success of previous single "Gemini Dream", becoming a Top 40 hit on the US pop chart, where it peaked at #15 in September 1981. The song had previously topped the Billboard Top...
" on Long Distance VoyagerLong Distance VoyagerLong Distance Voyager is the tenth album by the British rock band The Moody Blues, first released in May 1981. on the group's Threshold record label... - 1981 ~ "Gemini DreamGemini Dream"Gemini Dream" is a 1981 single by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues. It reached #12 in the U.S. charts. It was the first single released from their 1981 album Long Distance Voyager, which also included "Painted Smile," another track from the album, on the B-side...
" (with John Lodge) on Long Distance Voyager - 1981 ~ "In My World" on Long Distance Voyager
- 1981 ~ "Meanwhile" on Long Distance Voyager
- 1983 ~ "Blue WorldBlue World"Blue World" is a 1983 hit single by The Moody Blues. It was first released as single in August 1983, and was later released on the album The Present. "Blue World" was one of three singles from The Present, with the others being "Sitting at the Wheel" and "Running Water." Blue World also...
" on The PresentThe PresentThe Present is the eleventh album by The Moody Blues. It is the second album of the Patrick Moraz era. It had three minor hit singles, "Blue World" , "Sitting at the Wheel" and "Running Water".... - 1983 ~ "Meet Me Halfway" (with John Lodge) on The Present
- 1983 ~ "It's Cold Outside of Your Heart" on The Present
- 1983 ~ "Running WaterRunning Water (The Moody Blues song)"Running Water" is a 1984 single by The Moody Blues, and it was the final of three singles released from their 1983 album The Present. The two previous single from The Present were "Blue World" and "Sitting at the Wheel." Running Water was later released as a single in March 1984, with "Under My...
" on The Present - 1983 ~ "Eternal Woman" (from the film She)
- 1985 ~ "One Again" on Moving Mountains
- 1985 ~ "Take Your Chances" on Moving Mountains
- 1985 ~ "Is it Just a Game?" on Moving Mountains
- 1985 ~ "Moving Mountains" on Moving Mountains
- 1985 ~ "Silverbird" (with Jeff Wayne) on Moving Mountains
- 1985 ~ "Who Knows?" on Moving Mountains
- 1985 ~ "Goodbye" on Moving Mountains
- 1985 ~ "Lost and Found" on Moving Mountains
- 1985 ~ "The Lights are Low" on Moving Mountains (CD Reissue)
- 1985 ~ "The Angels Cry", performed by Agnetha FältskogAgnetha FältskogAgnetha Åse Fältskog is a Swedish recording artist. She achieved success in Sweden after the release of her début album Agnetha Fältskog in 1968, and reached international stardom as a member of the pop group ABBA, which to date has sold over 375 million records worldwide, making it the fourth...
and Annie HaslamAnnie HaslamAnnie Haslam is an English progressive rock vocalist and songwriter.Originally a fashion student, she began studying under opera singer Sybil Knight in 1970 and developed her five-octave vocal range...
, separately - 1986 ~ "Your Wildest DreamsYour Wildest Dreams"Your Wildest Dreams" is a 1986 single by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues, and it was written by the band's lead guitarist Justin Hayward. The song was first released as a single, and was later released on the Moody Blues 1986 album The Other Side of Life...
" on The Other Side of LifeThe Other Side of LifeThe Other Side of Life is the twelfth album by the rock band The Moody Blues. It contains the major hit, "Your Wildest Dreams," which, like "Nights in White Satin" before it, was a top-10 hit in the United States. It is the third album of the Patrick Moraz era, and the first for flautist and... - 1986 ~ "Talkin' Talkin'" (with John Lodge) on The Other Side of Life
- 1986 ~ "I Just Don't Care" on The Other Side of Life
- 1986 ~ "Running Out of Love" (with John Lodge) on The Other Side of Life
- 1986 ~ "The Other Side of LifeThe Other Side of Life (song)"The Other Side of Life" is a 1986 single by The Moody Blues. It was first released in May 1986 as the title track on the album The Other Side of Life. It was released as a single in August 1986, the second single released from the album, the first being "Your Wildest Dreams"...
" on The Other Side of Life - 1986 ~ "Slings and Arrows" (with John Lodge) on The Other Side of Life
- 1987 ~ "It Won't Be Easy" (with Tony Visconti) (Theme from the show Star Cops)
- 1988 ~ "I Know You're Out There SomewhereI Know You're Out There Somewhere"I Know You're Out There Somewhere" is a 1988 single by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues. It was written by guitarist Justin Hayward, and it is the sequel to the Moody Blues' 1986 single "Your Wildest Dreams", also written by Hayward...
" on Sur La MerSur La MerSur La Mer is the fourteenth album released by The Moody Blues'. It features the hit single "I Know You're Out There Somewhere," a sequel to their 1986 hit "Your Wildest Dreams." Much of the music on this album would fit in the "synthpop" genre, though it does bear more rock and acoustic... - 1988 ~ "Want to Be With You" (with John Lodge) on Sur La Mer
- 1988 ~ "River of Endless Love" (with John Lodge) on Sur La Mer
- 1988 ~ "No More LiesNo More Lies (The Moody Blues song)"No More Lies" is the second single released from The Moody Blues 1988 album Sur La Mer. As a single, it charted at #15 on the Adult Contemporary chart in 1988. Like the album's previous single, "I Know You're Out There Somewhere," "No More Lies" was also written by Justin Hayward...
" on Sur La Mer - 1988 ~ "Vintage Wine" on Sur La Mer
- 1988 ~ "Breaking Point" (with John Lodge) on Sur La Mer
- 1988 ~ "Miracle" (with John Lodge) on Sur La Mer
- 1988 ~ "Deep" on Sur La Mer
- 1989 ~ "Shoe People" (from the children's television show of the same name)
- 1989 ~ "Something Evil, Something Dangerous" (from the film The Howling IV)
- 1991 ~ "Say It With LoveSay It With Love"Say It With Love" is the lead single from The Moody Blues 1991 album Keys of the Kingdom. Written by Justin Hayward, it was released as a single in June 1991, with "Lean on Me " on the B-side...
" on Keys of the KingdomKeys of the KingdomKeys of the Kingdom is the fifteenth album released by the rock band The Moody Blues in 1991. Although some of the tracks recall the songwriting on Sur La Mer, the failure of Keys of the Kingdom to produce any major hit singles would mark the beginning of the Moodies' decline in popularity with... - 1991 ~ "Bless the Wings (That Bring You Back)Bless the Wings (That Bring You Back)"Bless the Wings " is the second single from The Moody Blues 1991 album Keys of the Kingdom. Written by Justin Hayward, it was released as a single in June 1991, with "Once is Enough" on the B-side. While successful among Moody Blues fans, "Bless the Wings" did not chart at the time of its...
" on Keys of the Kingdom - 1991 ~ "Is This Heaven?" (with John Lodge) on Keys of the Kingdom
- 1991 ~ "Say What You Mean" (Parts I & II) on Keys of the Kingdom
- 1991 ~ "Hope and Pray" on Keys of the Kingdom
- 1991 ~ "Once Is Enough" (with John Lodge) on Keys of the Kingdom
- 1991 ~ "Never Blame the Rainbows for the Rain" (with Ray Thomas) on Keys of the Kingdom
- 1996 ~ "I Heard It" on The View from the HillThe View From The Hill (album)The View from the Hill is a solo album released in 1996 by Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues. It is his last original studio album to date.-Track listing:All songs written by Justin Hayward unless noted.#"I Heard It" - 5:37#"Broken Dream" - 5:52...
- 1996 ~ "Broken Dream" on The View from the Hill
- 1996 ~ "It's Not Too Late" on The View from the Hill
- 1996 ~ "The Way of the World" on The View from the Hill
- 1996 ~ "Sometimes Less is More" (with Dennis Lambert) on The View from the Hill
- 1996 ~ "Troubadour" on The View from the Hill
- 1996 ~ "Shame" on The View from the Hill
- 1996 ~ "Billy" on The View from the Hill
- 1996 ~ "Children of Paradise" on The View from the Hill
- 1999 ~ "English SunsetEnglish Sunset"English Sunset" is the first and only single released by The Moody Blues from their 1999 album Strange Times, making it their first single in nearly 8 years. Their previous single had been 1991's "Bless the Wings " from Keys of the Kingdom...
" on Strange TimesStrange Times (Moody Blues album)Strange Times is the sixteenth album by the rock band The Moody Blues, released in 1999. By this time it suited the band to release a very airy and generally more minimal-sounding album, with a slower pace. The sound features acoustic guitar, slightly processed electric guitar, light organ,... - 1999 ~ "Haunted" on Strange Times
- 1999 ~ "Sooner or Later" (with John Lodge) on Strange Times
- 1999 ~ "Foolish Love" on Strange Times
- 1999 ~ "All That is Real is You" on Strange Times
- 1999 ~ "Strange Times" (with John Lodge) on Strange Times
- 1999 ~ "The One" (with John Lodge) on Strange Times
- 1999 ~ "The Swallow" on Strange Times
- 2001 ~ "Water" (with John Lodge) on Journey Into Amazing Caves
- 2001 ~ "We Can Fly" (with John Lodge) on Journey Into Amazing Caves
- 2003 ~ "Don't Need a Reindeer" on December
- 2003 ~ "December Snow" on December
- 2003 ~ "In The Quiet of Christmas Morning (Bach 147)" (lyrics only, with John Lodge) on December
- 2003 ~ "Yes, I Believe" on December
Solo discography
- Blue JaysBlue Jays (album)Blue Jays is a 1975 album by Justin Hayward & John Lodge. It was recorded and released during the Moody Blues' five-year hiatus.The track "Blue Guitar", originally released as a non-album single credited to Hayward & Lodge in September 1975 but performed by Hayward with the band 10cc, was added to...
(1975) with John Lodge - Songwriter (1977)
- Night FlightNight Flight (album)Night Flight was a studio album by Moody Blues frontman Justin Hayward, released on Decca Records in 1980. It was reissued on CD in September 1989....
(1980) - Moving Mountains (1985)
- Classic BlueClassic BlueClassic Blue is the fourth solo studio album by The Moody Blues front-man Justin Hayward. Classic Blue was released in 1989 by Trax Records , and features Mike Batt, who also produced the album, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra...
(1989) with Mike BattMike BattMichael Philip "Mike" Batt is a British songwriter, musician, producer and Deputy Chairman of the British Phonographic Industry... - The View from the HillThe View From The Hill (album)The View from the Hill is a solo album released in 1996 by Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues. It is his last original studio album to date.-Track listing:All songs written by Justin Hayward unless noted.#"I Heard It" - 5:37#"Broken Dream" - 5:52...
(1996) - Live in San Juan Capistrano (1998)
- Justin Hayward and Friends Sing the Moody Blues Classic HitsJustin Hayward and Friends Sing the Moody Blues Classic HitsJustin Hayward and Friends Sing the Moody Blues Classic Hits is a live album released in 2003 by Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues with Frankfurt Rock Orchestra and Michael Sadler and Shaun Williamson as guest-singers....
(2003)
External links
- Justin Hayward official site
- 2005 Justin Hayward Interview
- Tony Brown's Moody Blues Gallery
- Troubadour~A Justin Hayward Message Board
- Moody Blues Attitude Collectibles Galleries
- [ Justin Hayward biography at the AMG website]