Wayne Massey

Wayne Massey

Wayne Massey performing at Martin County Fair in Stuart, FL, March 9, 1989. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Moore.)
Background information
Birth name Donald Wayne Massey
Origin Glendale, California, USA
Genres Country
Occupation(s) Singer, actor
Instruments Vocals, guitar
Labels Epic, Mercury, Polydor, MCA, Hanna-Barbera Records
Associated acts Charly McClain

Donald Wayne Massey (born in Glendale, California[1]) is an American country music artist and actor. He is best known for playing the role of country/rock music superstar Johnny Drummond on the American daytime soap opera One Life to Live from 1980 to 1984.[1][2] Massey is also known for his musical collaboration with his wife, country music singer Charly McClain, with whom he charted four duets between 1985 and 1986. He released eleven singles of his own, but never reached the Top 40 alone.

Career

A graduate of Brigham Young University, Massey had been working in the business world when he was unexpectedly "discovered" and cast in his first acting role as Johnny Drummond on One Life to Live in 1980.[1][2] During this time, he also starred in a made-for-TV movie called Crossfire. Massey released his first record album Wayne Massey: One Life To Live in 1980. After leaving the soap opera One Life to Live in 1984,[1][2] he pursued a singing and producing career in country music for several years. He toured with country singer Charly McClain and topped the charts with four hit duets, the highest-ranking of which was "With Just One Look in Your Eyes" (1985), a number 5 single from McClain's Radio Heart album.[1] Two others "You Are My Music, You Are My Song" and "When It's Down To Me And You" were from the couple's 1986 duets album When Love Is Right.[1] He charted nine solo singles between 1980 and 1986, but none reached Top 40, although he was nominated as the Academy of Country Music Top New Male Vocalist for his 1983 single "Say You'll Stay". His final singles "Shoot the Moon" and "Heaven in a Haystack" were released on Mercury Records in 1989, as was his solo album, Wayne Massey and Blackhawk. Massey left the recording industry in the 1990s.

Personal life

Massey was briefly married at age 22 (one son, Judd), and again later to his One Life to Live costar Andrea Evans from 1981 to 1983. He subsequently married McClain in July 1984.[1]

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album Label
1980 One Life to Live Polydor
1989 Wayne Massey and BlackHawk Mercury

Collaboration albums

Year Album Collaborator US Country Label
1986 When Love Is Right Charly McClain 29 Epic

Singles

Year Single Chart Positions Album
US Country US
[3]
1965 "Do the Bomp" (as The Bompers) single only
1980 "One Life to Live" 92 One Life to Live
1981 "Diamonds and Teardrops" 82
"Love So Right"
1982 "Easin' on Back" singles only
"It Should Have Been Easy"
1983 "Lover in Disguise" 71
"Say You'll Stay" 57
"Spellbound"
1986 "Give It Back"
1989 "Shoot the Moon" 81 Wayne Massey and BlackHawk
"Heaven In A Haystack"

Singles from collaboration albums

Year Single Collaborator Chart Positions Album
US Country CAN Country
1986 "When It's Down to Me and You" Charly McClain 17 27 When Love Is Right
"When Love Is Right" 74 45

Guest singles

Year Single Artist Chart Positions Album
US Country CAN Country
1985 "With Just One Look in Your Eyes" Charly McClain 5 9 Radio Heart
"You Are My Music, You Are My Song" 10 8

Awards

1983: Academy of Country Music - Top New Male Vocalist Nominee

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 216.
  2. 1 2 3 Waggett, Gerard J. (November 1997). "One Life to Live". The Soap Opera Encyclopedia. Harper Paperbacks. p. 182. ISBN 0-06-101157-6.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955–2010. Record Research, Inc. p. 575. ISBN 0-89820-188-8.
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