'I've been in Peaky Blinders and Corrie but a night at a pub inspired an epic career in Las Vegas'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukIt all started with his dad's record collection. While his older siblings went out to gigs, Wayne Devlin was stuck indoors listening to Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Perry Como, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Junior.
His passion for crooning has taken Wayne to a successful career in the United States. But it all started with a humble childhood in Trafford. "As I was growing up everybody was listening to the likes of David Bowie and Dire Straits but I didn't have any records like that", he said. "All we had in the house in Davyhulme was my dad, Pat's record collection, which was Tony Bennett, Matt Munro, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole. READ MORE: The Manchester park tucked behind a main road with amazing autumn displays "I was the youngest, so while my brother and sister were out going to gigs I was stuck in the house listening to the likes of Perry Como.
I was about eight years old when I first listened to it. But the thing is I absolutely loved it and it got me hooked on crooning.
All the other music I heard seemed loud but this draws you in, almost whispering, telling you a story." Wayne turned his passion into a hobby and got singing lessons. "My dad had singing lessons in the 1960s by a famous teacher called Arnold Rose, and he taught me those exercises, the breathing, the diction, the phrasing.
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