- In 1940 Howard Barlow received an award from the National Associations for American Composers and Conductors as "the outstanding native interpreter of American music.
- Howard Barlow's wife, the former Jeannette Thomas was known on the New York stage as Ann Winston.
- Howard Barlow was the first music director for Columbia Broadcasting System (1927-1943).
- Taught himself French.
- During WW1 was the music director at Camp Greene in Charlotte, North Carolina and later in France served with the Army's Division of Criminal Investigation Command.
- Won a scholarship to Columbia University to study music.
- Attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon, majored in English literature.
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