During this time, Hayward found international solo success - in 1977, with his album, 'Songwriter', and the first single from it, 'One Lonely Room' and in 1978, collaborating on the concept album 'Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of H G Wells' 'The War of the Worlds'' that yielded his hits 'Forever Autumn' and 'The Eve of the War'. In 1972, the group decided to take a break from performing and recording as a unit. Hayward also wrote 'Question' (that was held off the No1 spot in the UK by the England 1970 World Cup Squad with 'Back Home') as well as the majority of the group's other singles including 'Driftwood' (1978), 'The Voice' (1981), 'Blue World' (1983), 'Your Wildest Dreams' (1986), 'I Know You're Out There Somewhere' (1988), 'Bless the Wings' (1991), 'English Sunset' (1999) and 'Haunted' (1999). The 1967 album 'Days of Future Passed', one of the first and most influential albums of its genre, spawned the Hayward-penned singles 'Tuesday Afternoon' and the classic 'Nights in White Satin' that went on to sell in excess of 2 million copies. The exact figures for the bands' album sales from 1967 to 1978 have been contested in court as record company and accountants' figures differ considerably. Their album sales from 1978 to date (2006) are in excess of 60 million. The integration of Hayward and Lodge into the Moody Blues sparked greater commercial success and recognition for the band, transforming them from a mainly covers band into one of the biggest selling acts of all-time. Bassist John Lodge replaced Clint Warwick at the same time. Hayward joined the Moody Blues in late 1966, replacing the departing vocalist, Denny Laine. This was a move that Hayward would go on to regret as it meant that the songwriter's and composer's rights to all the songs he wrote up until 1974 would forever be owned by Donegan's Tyler Music. While still only 17, and against Wilde's advice, Hayward signed a publishing contract with the skiffle artist and record producer, Lonnie Donegan. Having played with local bands in the Swindon area since the age of 13, Hayward's professional career began in 1964 when he joined Marty Wilde and his wife, Joyce, in the Wilde Three. Justin Hayward (born David Justin Hayward, on 14 October 1946, in Swindon, England) is best known as the main singer, guitarist and composer with the Moody Blues.
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