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Howard rose to fame when he was selected to spearhead a new Advertising drive for the bank in 2000 , which featured several employees singing about the bank to the tune of well known Pop Music tracks. Howard was the first and most popular of these employees, and has gone on to star in several adverts for Halifax, both as himself and in Animated form. His debut advert saw him sing "Extra", new lyrics to the tune of "Sex Bomb" (originally by Mousse T featuring Tom Jones ). He has also appeared singing "Just a Little" (originally by Liberty X ); "Saving" (to the tune of "Sailing" by Gavin Sutherland , hit by Rod Stewart ); and "You're The First, The Last, My Extra Thing" (to the tune of "You’re the First, the Last, My Everything" by Barry White ). Howard's rendition of ''You’re the First, the Last, My Everything'' was released as a charity single and hit No. 13 on the UK Singles Chart in 2005 . He also had a cameo role in one of the final special episodes of hit TV comedy ''" The Office "'', as himself. In January 2003 an animated version of Brown began appearing in adverts, voiced by Paul Shearer , a London actor. According the advertising agency DLKN, which produced the campaign, the change was made in order to save money. {Link without Title} However, the real Howard Brown has continued to appear in the live-action adverts. Howard told Reuters that "Being in the advertising campaign has changed my life tremendously. I sometimes feel like a popstar. People recognise me everywhere I go" {Link without Title} According to Akin Ojumu, writing in the Observer , Howard has been part of a new wave of positive representations of Black People . Howard commented on this; ''"Of course I'm proud to be involved in something that has done well. I think we are making progress in the way we are represented"'' {Link without Title} Howard is from Sheldon , Birmingham , England. |
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