Jeff Wayne

Jeff Wayne was born on July 1, 1943, in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, United States. His father, Jerry Wayne (né Jerome Marvin Krauth; 1916–1996), was an American actor, singer, and theatre producer. Jeff Wayne spent four years of his childhood in the UK when his father played romantic gambler Sky Masterson in the original West End musical production of Guys and Dolls. == Musical career ==

In 1966, Wayne composed the score for his father's West End musical Two Cities based on Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities which ran at London's Palace Theatre. and was the 40th best selling album of all time in the UK by 2009. It included worldwide hit singles "The Eve of The War" and "Forever Autumn", both sung by Justin Hayward, and included narration throughout by Richard Burton. It won two Ivor Novello Awards and The Best Recording in Science Fiction and Fantasy (the judges included Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Alfred Hitchcock). five tracks were remastered and placed on the second disc (mostly without Wayne's input). A Limited Edition 7-disc Collector's Edition CD and DVD box set, which included remixes, outtakes, and documentary, was issued in 2005. The album was released in November 2012. Later work After The War of the Worlds, Wayne continued to compose and produce music, such as the music for the 1979 television film The Knowledge and the Who's movie McVicar released in 1980. Wayne composed music for the Fry's Turkish Delight advertisement in 1981, the theme for Good Morning Britain in 1982 on TV-am, and music for the 1984 album Beyond the Planets, Also in 2005, it was announced that the musical would be going on a UK tour in April 2006. The show, produced by Damian Collier, used a ten-piece band and a 48-piece string orchestra, voice actors, screen-projected images and animatronics. Universal Pictures released a DVD of the show, filmed at Wembley Arena using 23 high definition cameras and directed by David Mallet.{{cite web |title=The Moody Blues' Justin Hayward returns for Jeff Wayne's musical War of The Worlds 2022 UK arena tour |title=Stage Review: Jeff Wayne's The War of The Worlds at Motorpoint Arena |url=https://leftlion.co.uk/features/2025/04/stage-review-jeff-waynes-the-war-of-the-worlds-at-motorpoint-arena/ Wayne's first television series, The Book of Tennis Chronicles, was broadcast worldwide in 2005 and distributed by Fox Sports. It features well-known tennis players and events, set against events in world history from 1877 to 2005. Wayne created and produced eight half-hour episodes and scored its music. The series' executive producer was Damian Collier. == Tennis ==

A keen player and follower of tennis throughout his life, Wayne remains involved with the sport; he has won the British National Indoor Veterans singles and doubles titles, and the National Clay Court doubles. In 1992 he partnered former Great Britain No. 1 and Davis Cup captain Roger Taylor at the European Veteran Championships. In 1999, Wayne represented Great Britain in the Austria Cup in Spain, and achieved an ITF world ranking in his age group. In 2008 Wayne was elected into the International Lawn Tennis Club of Great Britain. Wayne has also played in numerous fundraising pro-am tournaments, including for Muscular dystrophy and Save the Children. == Discography ==

Albums Extended plays • Pianos, Strings and Some Other Things (2018) Singles • "The Bittermen Theme"/"Remember Joe" (Hollick & Taylor HT/SP 1312, 1970 or 1971) • "Jubilation" (1980 television theme for The Big Match) • "Matador" (1982 television theme for the World Cup) == References ==