Mark Wynter
| Mark Wynter | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Terence Sidney Lewis |
| Born |
29 January 1943 Woking, Surrey, England |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actor |
| Years active | 1960-1990s |
| Website | markwynter |
Mark Wynter (born Terence Sidney Lewis; 29 January 1943) is an English actor and former singer, who had four Top 20 singles in the 1960s, including "Venus in Blue Jeans" and "Go Away Little Girl". He enjoyed a lengthy career from 1960 to 1968 as a pop singer and teen idol, but developed later into an actor in film, musicals and plays.
With his early musical career on a proper footing, Terry Lewis decided to change his name to lessen the confusion with the American comedian, Jerry Lewis.
He was entered as one of the contenders for the UK's place in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961, with "Dream Girl", but finished fourth behind The Allisons.
His cover version of the American hit by Jimmy Clanton – "Venus in Blue Jeans" (1962) – was his biggest success. Although he recorded a number of singles for the Decca and Pye labels in the UK, he made few albums. Some recorded material came to light in 2004 when Wynter discovered old tapes, which have subsequently been remastered and are now available as four CDs. These were entitled I Believe in Music, Reflections, Ballads and Big Band and Movies and Musicals.
On 8 April 1968 Wynter escorted a dazed young girl away from a burning Boeing 707 aircraft, BOAC Flight 712, upon which he had been a passenger, and which had exploded shortly after landing back at Heathrow Airport following a fire in its number 2 engine, killing five people, including stewardess Barbara Jane Harrison, who was posthumously awarded the George Cross.
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