Howard Huntsberry
# Howard Huntsberry

Howard Stafford Huntsberry (born March 5, 1952) is an American R&B singer, drummer/percussionist, and actor from Pacoima, California.

## Biography

In the mid-1970s, he served as drummer and male co-lead vocalist of the one-off project, The Ultimate Music Experience (T.U.M.E.), who released a self-titled album in 1975. In 1981, he became the frontman for the group Klique, a position he held through 1985, when the group released its final album.

In 1988, he released a solo album, With Love, which produced two minor hits on the Billboard R&B chart. He also starred as singer Jackie Wilson in the movie La Bamba, singing a cover of "Lonely Teardrops" which was on the soundtrack album of the same. Incidentally, Klique's biggest hit had also been a cover of a Jackie Wilson song, "Stop Doggin' Me Around".

Paying further tribute to Jackie Wilson, he also performed Wilson's "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" in Ghostbusters II.

## Discography

### Studio albums

* With Love (MCA Records, 1988)

### Singles

| Year | Single | US R&B |
| - | - | - |
| 1987 | "Lonely Teardrops" | — |
| 1988 | "Sleepless Weekend" | 11 |
| 1989 | "Married Men Get Lonely Too" | 66 |
| 1989 | "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" | — |
| 1989 | "Don't Take This Out on Me" | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |||
