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Howard Devoto
Solo artist Scunthorpe United Kingdom
Howard Devoto is an artist from Scunthorpe. Howard Devoto has 2 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 1983–1999. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “The Rainy Season”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #84. The station that charted Howard Devoto most often is KROQ (Los Angeles, CA), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1983.
Howard Devoto, born Howard Trafford in 1952, was the original frontman of Buzzcocks, but he left to start Magazine, one of the earliest post-punk bands, taking punk's jolt somewhere more cerebral. That restlessness runs all the way through his story.
After Magazine came the solo record, Jerky Versions of the Dream, in 1983, and "Rainy Season" shows where his head was at: a brooding, dressed-up new wave number with that sly, arch voice sneering and crooning at the same time, more parlour than pub.
Next he formed the indie band Luxuria, and his name also turns up in the ShelleyDevoto partnership.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Howard Devoto on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Rainy Season | 2 | #84 | – | 1983 |
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 674 | The Rainy Season | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) |
| 1983 | 84 | The Rainy Season | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983 |
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