Around that same time, and under an alternate moniker 'The Dukes', the two brothers and a cousin also released another local hit record called 'Surf Bird'.

The record was a co-production with Coca-Cola and KFWB radio for the station's teen-oriented 'Bomp Club' and was a local hit. Encouraged by his mother while a senior in high school, Wayne (still called Don), his brother, two cousins and a schoolmate, formed a group called 'The Bompers' and released a 45rpm single called 'Do The Bomp' on the Hanna-Barbera Records label. Popularity came swiftly as he joined the ranks of campus 'jocks' and drew attention for his size, looks, quick sense of humor, gentlemanly ways and distinctive John Wayne-like walk. There, he enrolled as a junior at James Monroe High School that Fall and signed up for the choir as well as the varsity baseball team.

Just as his sophomore year at Palmdale High School ended in the summer of 1963, Wayne's family relocated to the San Fernando Valley. From an early age, he and older brother Warren were instructed in the various entertainment arts (singing, dancing, guitar, drama, etc.) by their well-respected and talented mother who owned and operated a professional school ('Georgia Massey's School of Song and Dance' in the San Fernando Valley), and from whom successful artists such as Connie Stevens, The Lettermen, Bobby Sherman, and the The Osmonds also received vocal training. Landing this role was a new and unexpected adventure for the multi-talented Wayne Massey who never intended a career in show business.īorn Donald Wayne Massey, the youngest son of Floy and Georgia Massey, in Glendale, California, 'Don' enjoyed an ideal childhood with his traditionally close family on a little ranch about 50 miles north of Glendale, not far from Palmdale, in rural Leona Valley. Quickly paired with songbird Becky Lee Abbott, portrayed by the popular Mary Gordon Murray, the couple promptly captured the daytime audience with their romantic duets and star-crossed lover story line. The epitome of tall, dark and handsome, Wayne Massey made his television debut as country/rock superstar Johnny Drummond on the daytime soap opera One Life to Live (1968) in the winter of 1979, attracting the immediate attention of viewers for his striking appearance as well as gentle sex appeal and sensuous singing voice.

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