Solo Performing and Acting
He went solo and made several singles and albums, some including songs written and produced by Roy Wood. Among his singles were "Way Back In The Fifties", "Hi Summer" backed with "My Girl And Me", both written and produced by Lynsey De Paul, (the theme song to an ITV variety series he co-hosted), "Maybe God's Got Something Up His Sleeve", the John Lennon song "Imagine", plus a cover version of the Cliff Richard hit "Miss You Nights", and Wood's "Aerial Pictures". He was originally offered the chance to record "Sugar Baby Love" but rejected it as "rubbish"; it was promptly given to a new band, The Rubettes, and it launched their career with a number one hit. As well as "Hi Summer", his work on TV included singing the theme songs to the talent show "New Faces". In 1977, Wayne took part in the A Song For Europe contest, hoping to represent the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest. His song, "A Little Give, A Little Take" finished in 11th place out of 12 songs.
Wayne also made a few recordings with the Electric Light Orchestra as guest vocalist, though these remained unreleased, until they appeared as bonus tracks on a remastered re-issue of the group's second album, ELO 2 in 2003. He never made the charts after leaving The Move, but still enjoyed a steady career in cabaret and on TV, recording versions of songs from the shows of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, as well as voiceovers and jingles. He sang backing vocals on Mike Oldfield's Earth Moving, released in 1989.
It is rumoured that shortly after leaving The Move, he was invited to join Status Quo.
In his acting career he had a small role in the Birmingham based soap opera, Crossroads, and in 1974 married Susan Hanson, another member of the cast. His most acclaimed stage role was as the narrator in Willy Russell's Blood Brothers between 1990 and 1996. Later he became a presenter on BBC Radio WM, in the course of which he interviewed several of his former colleagues from The Move, among other guests. He was also a tireless fund raiser for leukaemia research, and ran several London marathons for charity. He also made an appearance on The Benny Hill Show in 1985, in which he played the "Face" character in a parody of The A-Team.
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