Carl Wayne
Background information
Birth name	Colin David Tooley
Born	18 August 1943
Origin	Birmingham, England
Died	31 August 2004
Genre(s)	Rock music, Pop music
Occupation(s)	Musician, Actor
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Keyboards
Label(s)	Deram, Regal Zonophone, RCA, DJM, Jet Records
Associated acts	The Vikings The Move The Hollies
Website	The Official Website

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Early days

Born in 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 city from above Centenary Square. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq... Hodge Hill constituency shown within Birmingham Hodge Hill is an area in east Birmingham, England. ... Rock and roll (also spelled rock n roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), often known simply as Elvis and also called The King of Rock n Roll or simply The King, was an American singer and actor. ... Eddie Cochran Edward Ray Eddie Cochran (October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960) was an early American rockabilly musician and an important influence on popular music during the late 1950s and early 1960s. ... Gene Vincent, real name Vincent Eugene Craddock, (February 11, 1935 – October 12, 1971) was an American rockabilly pioneer musician, best known for his hit Be-Bop-A-Lula. // [edit] Early life His parents, Ezekiah Jackson and Mary Louise Craddock, were shop owners in Norfolk, Virginia. ... The Vikings can refer to: Vikings, a group of Scandinavian peoples. ... Baritone (French: baryton; German: Bariton; Italian: baritono) is most commonly the type of male voice that lies between bass and tenor. ... Rock is a form of popular music from the mid 20th century which typically features a vocal melody (often with vocal harmony) that is supported by accompaniment of electric guitars, a bass guitar, and drums, often with a strong back beat. ... A musical ensemble is, by definition, a group of three or more musicians who gather to perform music. ... In general, the midlands of a territory are its central regions. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... The Beatles (1960-1970), often nicknamed the Fab Four, were an English musical group from Liverpool, and are usually regarded as the most critically acclaimed, commercially successful popular music artists in history. ... Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in North West England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. ... Hamburgs motto: May the posterity endeavour with dignity to conserve the freedom, which the forefathers acquired. ... Entrance to Herbertstraße; sign to the right of the gate reads No entrance for juveniles under 18 years of age and women. The Reeperbahn is a street in Hamburgs St. ... A red-light district is a neighborhood where prostitution is a common part of everyday life. ... Different kinds of guitars The guitar is a fretted and stringed musical instrument, used in a wide variety of musical styles, and is also widely known as a solo classical instrument. ... Pye Ltd. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ...

The Move years

In 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. 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... A session drummer at practice A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... Bev Bevan was the drummer, as well as one of the original members of the Electric Light Orchestra and served as the drummer for Black Sabbath from 1983-1984. ... Roy Adrian Wood (sometimes erroneously thought to be born as Ulysses Adrian Wood, from a offhand interview comment in the 1960s) (born 8 November 1946 in Birmingham), is a songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. ... In popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list—a chart—of top selling or otherwise judged most popular releases. ... Number One is used in a variety of meanings: #1, a single by rapper Nelly Number One, a 1969 movie featuring Charlton Heston 1998 saw the release of Number One featuring Heather Burns Number Ones, an album by Michael Jackson Number 1, a song by Goldfrapp Number 1, a song... The axe or ax is an ancient and ubiquitous tool that has been used for millennia to shape, split and cut wood, harvest timber, as a weapon and a ceremonial or heraldic symbol. ... Television set may refer to: Television, a device to display television programs Television studio, an installation in which television or video productions take place Set construction, theatrical scenery This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Cadillac is a brand of luxury automobile, part of General Motors, produced and mostly sold in the United States and Canada; outside of North America, they have been less successful. ... For other uses of the term Roundhouse see Roundhouse (disambiguation). ... Soho is an area of central Londons West End in the borough the City of Westminster. ... Fire Engine in South Bend, Indiana. ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ...

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. Middle of the road or MOR is a broad term encompassing a number of musical styles. ... Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue — a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting around the tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance. ... Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) were a successful rock music group of the 1970s and 1980s from Birmingham, England. ...

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. A heckler is a person who shouts an uninvited comment, usually disparaging, at a performance or event, or interrupting set-piece speeches, for example at a political meeting. ...

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 Sixties", "My Girl And Me", "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. An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... Imagine is a utopian song performed by John Lennon, which appears on his 1971 album Imagine. ... In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ... Sir Cliff Richard OBE, birth name Harry Rodger Webb (born 14 October 1940) is a major pop star and singer from England. ... The Rubettes were an English pop band of the 1970s assembled in 1973 by the songwriting team of Wayne Bickerton, the then head of A&R at Polydor Records, and his co-songwriter, Tony Waddington, after their doo-wop and 1950s American pop-influenced songs had been rejected by a...

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. In terms of recorded music, a bonus track is a piece of music which has been included on specific releases or reissues of an album. ... Remaster (and its derivations, frequently found in the phrases digitally remastered or digital remastering) is a word and concept ushered into the mass consciousness via the digital age, although it had existed before then. ... Electric Light Orchestra II is the second LP by Electric Light Orchestra. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band European networks National In much of Europe television broadcasting has historically been state dominated, rather than commercially organised, although commercial stations have grown in number recently. ... Andrew Lloyd Webber (publicity portrait). ... Sir Tim Rice & Andrew Llyod Webber in the 70s. ... A voice-over is a narration that is played on top of a video segment, usually with the audio for that segment muted or lowered. ... A jingle is a memorable slogan, set to an engaging melody, mainly broadcast on radio and sometimes on television commercials. ... Mike Oldfield on the album cover of Amarok (1990) Michael Gordon Oldfield (born May 15, 1953 in Reading, England) is a multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends rock or progressive rock, New Age Music, ethnic or world music, and classical music. ... Earth Moving is a record album, written by Mike Oldfield. ...

It is rumoured that shortly after leaving The Move, he was invited to join Status Quo. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

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. Link title:For legal meaning of acting, see Acting (law). ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... Crossroads was a British television soap opera set in a motel near Birmingham, England. ... Susan Hanson (born February 2, 1943 in Preston, Lancashire) is an actress, best remembered for her portrayal of Miss Diane in the long-running British soap opera, Crossroads. ... William Martin Russell (born 23 August 1947 in Whiston, Merseyside) is a British playwright, lyricist and composer. ... 20th Anniversary London Poster (c) Bill Kenwright Limited Blood Brothers is a 1983 musical, with book, lyrics, and music by Willy Russell. ... Categories: Station stubs | BBC radio ... Leukemia (leukaemia in Commonwealth English) is a group of blood diseases characterized by malignancies (cancer) of the blood-forming tissues. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... Alfred Hawthorn Hill (January 21, 1924 – April 20, 1992), better known as Benny Hill, was a prolific English comic, actor & singer, best known for his television programme, The Benny Hill Show. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The A-Team is an American action adventure television series about a fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces who are on the run from the military while working as soldiers of fortune. ...

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". There have been several well-known people called Allan Clarke, including: Allan Clarke, English football player Allan Clarke, singer See also: Alan Clark, British politician Alan Clarke, British film director This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Hollies The Hollies are a British rock and roll band formed in the early 1960s. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Oceania. ... 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for February, 2003. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit ÄŒeské Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s...

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. Egersund is a coastal town in the municipality of Eigersund in the county of Rogaland, Norway. ... Esophageal cancer is cancer of the esophagus. ...

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 link

• The Official Carl Wayne Website