Carl Wayne

Carl Wayne

Infobox musical artist
Name = Carl Wayne
Background = khaki


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Birth_name = Colin David Tooley
Born = birth date|1943|8|18|df=y at Dudley Road Hospital, Winson Green
Died = death date and age|2004|8|31|1943|8|18|df=y, Birmingham
Origin = Birmingham, England
Genre = Rock music, Pop music
Occupation = Musician, Actor
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Instrument = Vocals, Keyboards, Bass Guitar.
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Label = Deram, Regal Zonophone, RCA, DJM, Jet Records
Associated_acts = The Vikings
The Move
The Hollies
URL = [http://www.carlwayne.co.uk The Official Website] |

Carl Wayne (18 August 1943 - 31 August 2004), real name Colin David Tooley, singer and actor, is best remembered as the lead vocalist of Birmingham rock group The Move during the 1960s.

Early days

Born in Winson Green, Birmingham, England, he grew up in the Hodge Hill district of the city. Inspired by the American rock'n'roll of Elvis Presley, Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent, he formed The G-Men in the late 1950s, and joined local band The Vikings, where his powerful baritone and pink stage suit helped make them one of the leading rock groups in the Midlands of their time. In 1963 they followed in the footsteps of The Beatles and other Liverpool bands, by performing in the clubs of Hamburg's Reeperbahn red light district. On returning to Birmingham, in the wake of the Beatles' success, record companies were keen to sign similar guitar bands. The Vikings went with Pye Records, but all three singles failed to chart.

The Move years

In February 1966 he joined The Move, a Brum beat supergroup drawn from top local bands. They included three members of the Vikings, bass guitarist Chris 'Ace' Kefford, drummer Bev Bevan and Wayne himself, alongside Trevor Burton, lead guitarist with Danny King and the Mayfair Set, and Roy Wood, lead guitarist with Mike Sheridan And The Nightriders. They enjoyed three years of hits with singles such as "Night of Fear", "I Can Hear The Grass Grow", "Flowers In The Rain", "Fire Brigade", and their only number one success "Blackberry Way". In their early years The Move had a stage act which occasionally saw Wayne taking an axe to television sets, or chainsawing a Cadillac to pieces at The Roundhouse, London during "Fire Brigade", an escapade which resulted in the Soho area being jammed with fire engines, and the group being banned for a while from every theatre venue in the UK.

But by 1968 the group began fragmenting as a result of personal and musical differences. Wayne's increasingly MOR style, and aspirations towards cabaret, were at odds with Wood's desire to experiment in a more progressive and classical direction, which would lead to the foundation of the Electric Light Orchestra. As Wood not only wrote all the original material, but was also handling more of the lead vocals, Wayne felt sidelined, and left shortly after the Top 20 hit "Curly" in 1969.

It was believed for some years that he walked out after a gig during which Wood threw a glass at a persistent heckler who was making fun of his long hair, though this was probably coincidence; Wayne had already decided that his days with the group were coming to an end. Fact|date=May 2008

olo 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".

With The Hollies

In 2000, on the retirement of lead vocalist Allan Clarke, he joined The Hollies, touring Europe and Australasia, with them as well as playing venues all over the United Kingdom. They recorded a new song, "How Do I Survive", in February 2003, which appeared as the only previously unreleased item on a 46-track compilation CD of the Hollies' greatest hits later that year. In addition to most of the Hollies' songs, they also included "Flowers In The Rain" and "Blackberry Way" in their live repertoire. Their drummer Bobby Elliott described him as "a fearless performer and powerhouse singer".

Wayne played what turned out to be his last concert with the group on 10 July 2004 at Egersund, Norway. Shortly afterwards he was admitted to hospital for tests, where he was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer and he died a few weeks later, aged 61.

Because of poor sales, none of Wayne's solo releases remained on catalogue for long during his lifetime. In 2006 an album of his performances, remastered with the involvement of Wood and some previously unreleased, was issued under the title "Songs From The Wood And Beyond 1973-2003".

External links

* [http://www.last.fm/music/Carl+Wayne Last.FM: Carl Wayne page]
* [http://www.carlwayne.co.uk The Official Carl Wayne Website]


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