Willie “Wee Willie” Wayne

b. New Orleans, USA. Wayne was a blues vocalist and drummer who was simply found out by Stan Lewis. As Wayne Waynes, he documented for Bob Shad’s Sittin ALONG WITH label in Houston in 1950. One of the game titles released by Shad had been ‘Junco Partner’ and ‘Tend FOR YOUR Business’, a large R&B strike in 1951. Wayne following joined Imperial Information, documenting with Lee Allen’s studio room music group in New Orleans from 1951-52. These songs, including ‘When Night time Falls’ and ‘Two Confronted Woman’, were released beneath the name Wee Willie Wayne. Following a 1954 program in LA for Aladdin Information where he sang ‘Crying In Vain’, Wayne documented ‘Travelin’ Feeling’ (Imperial 1955), which became well-known in the brand new Orleans region. He continued to execute locally and in 1961 produced a new edition of ‘Tend FOR YOUR Business’ for Imperial, who released an recording of his function the following yr. Wayne subsequently remaining the music business and in the past due 60s was reported to become hospitalized, experiencing a mental disease.