Wayne worked with
Ben Raleigh, writing songs for
Cass Daley, as well as the 1946 hit "
Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)," which was first popularized by bandleader
Sammy Kaye and his orchestra and was featured in the 1950
film noir Gun Crazy. Working with
Lee Morris, Wayne co-wrote
Blue Velvet, which was performed by
Tony Bennett in the 1950s, was a number one hit for
Bobby Vinton in the 1960s and has been recorded over the years by such artists as
Lana Del Rey.
David Lynch's 1986 film
Blue Velvet featured the song. On
Broadway, he wrote music for
Listen to Liz,
Skits-oh-Frantics and
Torero! He produced the soundtracks for
Zorba the Greek in 1964 and for the 1965 film
A Patch of Blue as director of
artists and repertoire at
20th Century Fox Records. The pageant had stopped playing the song in 1981 after an argument over royalties for the song and had tried to bring back
Bert Parks to sing his trademark song at the 1986 pageant, but he declined. ==References==