Edward Evan Duncan Howard (September 12, 1914 – May 23, 1963)[2] was an American vocalist and bandleader who was popular during the 1940s and 1950s.

Eddy Howard was born in Woodland, California,[2] and after attending San Jose State College from 1931 to 1933, studied medicine at Stanford University before dropping out to become a singer of romantic ballads on Los Angeles radio.

1 single for Howard and his Orchestra, "To Each His Own", spent five non-consecutive weeks at the top of the U.S. pop chart in 1946.

The song was a tie-in with the 1946 Paramount film, To Each His Own, which brought Academy Awards for Olivia de Havilland and screenwriter Charles Brackett.

[8]: 186 Howard's star rose again during the 1960s, as part of the revival of interest in Big Band music and old-time radio that was collectively called "Nostalgia" in popular culture.

The organization dissolved in the wake of the murder of Lee and his wife by one of the band's former trumpet players on December 6, 1978.

[10] Howard died in his sleep of a cerebral hemorrhage in May 1963,[2] in Palm Desert, California, aged 48.