Sid Wayne


Sid Wayne was an American songwriter, lyricist and composer, who wrote a number of well-known songs from the 1950s to the 1980s. Almost every Elvis Presley film contained one or more works written by Wayne and his partner Ben Weisman.

Career

His most known works are "See You in September", "It's Impossible" — featuring the English lyric of Armando Manzanero's "Somos Novios" — "Mangos", "Two Different Worlds" and "Relax Max" and "I Need Your Love Tonight".
Wayne, Weisman and Fred Karger wrote five songs for the soundtrack to the 1966 movie Hold On! featuring Herman's Hermits and Shelley Fabares.
From 1960 to 1962, Wayne was the musical director of the CBS game show Video Village, which debuted shortly after the scandal-tainted rigged quizzes of the 1950s left the air.

Personal life

Born Sidney Weinberg in Brooklyn, New York on January 26, 1923, Wayne, a self-taught musician had many successes in New York. In 1961, when TV game show Video Village moved from New York to Los Angeles, he moved his young family to West Hollywood, California, to start the west coast phase of his career. There he teamed up with Weisman for work on the Elvis Presley films. As Presley's film career tapered off, Wayne returned to his New York roots to have his biggest Grammy nominated hit with the Perry Como recording of "It's Impossible". This song, a love ballad for his wife Rhea, was commissioned as the English lyric to Manzanero's "Somos Novios". The English version, "It's Impossible", was originally performed by Perry Como and nominated for a Grammy Award in 1972.
In 1980, Wayne relocated to Dallas, Texas, where he continued to write for commercial television and advertising with another songwriting partner, Stephen Arnold and Roger Howell.

Filmography

  • G.I. Blues
  • *Song: "Tonight Is So Right For Love" -
  • *Song: "What's She Really Like" -
  • *Song: "Frankfort Special" -
  • *Song: "Big Boots" -
  • *Song: "Didja' Ever" -
  • Flaming Star
  • *Song: "Flaming Star" -
  • Follow That Dream
  • *Song: "What A Wonderful Life" -
  • It Happened at the World's Fair
  • *Song: "Happy Ending" -
  • Fun in Acapulco
  • *Song: "Fun in Acapulco" -
  • *Song: "Slowly But Surely" -
  • Roustabout
  • *Song: "It's Carnival Time" -
  • Girl Happy
  • *Song: "Cross My Heart and Hope To Die" -
  • *Song: "Do The Clam" -
  • Tickle Me
  • *Song: "Slowly But Surely" -
  • Frankie and Johnny
  • *Song: "Frankie and Johnny" -
  • *Song: "Chesay" -
  • *Song: "Hard Luck" -
  • From Hell to Borneo
  • *Song: "Sugar Cane Man" -
  • *Song: "Web Foot Waddle" -
  • *Song: "Lonelier Than I" -
  • Paradise, Hawaiian Style
  • *Song: "A Dog's Life" -
  • Spinout
  • *Song: "Spinout" -
  • *Song: "I'll Be Back" -
  • Easy Come, Easy Go
  • *Song: "Easy Come Easy Go" -
  • Double Trouble
  • *Song: "It Won't Be Long" -
  • Clambake
  • *Song: "Clambake" -
  • *Song: "How Can You Lose What You Never Had" -
  • Stay Away, Joe
  • *Song: "Stay Away, Joe" -
  • Speedway
  • *Song: "Who Are You " -
  • *Song: "He's Your Uncle Not Your Dad" -