Wayne Shanklin
| Wayne Shanklin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 6, 1916 Joplin, Missouri, United States |
| Died | June 16, 1970 (aged 54) Orange County, California, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, producer |
| Years active | 1950-1970 |
| Labels | Fabor, Coral, Signet |
Wayne Shanklin was an American singer, songwriter and producer. His best known compositions were "Jezebel", "Chanson D'Amour (Song of Love)", and "The Big Hurt".
Shanklin was born June 6, 1916, in Joplin, Missouri to Virra (Storrs) and Nathaniel Shanklin Jr. He had one brother, Nathaniel Noel, and one sister, Dorothy.
He married Grace Bastin in 1934. They had five children: Carolyn, Barbara Faye, Darlene May, Pamela Judith, and Wayne Shanklin Jr. Wayne and Grace divorced in 1942. Later that same year he married Gloria Hansen. They had four children: Helen, Martha, Timothy Michael, and Thorne Scott Shanklin. Wayne and Gloria divorced on August 31, 1960. In 1960, there is a record of Wayne marrying a Trudy Hancock.
He married his longtime secretary, Victoria Helen Hamway, on January 25, 1965. On August 31, 1965, his youngest boy of many children, Edward Windsor Shanklin, was born.
Some sources state that Shanklin and Miss Toni Fisher were married at some point, but no record of the marriage is known to exist. Fisher's daughter, Chris Miller, later married Shanklin's son, Timothy Michael Shanklin. They had one known child.
Wayne Shanklin died June 16, 1970, from a heart attack in Orange County, California. He was survived by his many children, wife Vicki, ex-wives and common-law wives.
In the early 1950s, Shanklin wrote with Al Sherman as well as Sherman's sons, Robert and Richard, who worked under pseudonyms at the time. Shanklin also contributed music to a number of films: "Kiss Me Quick" was featured in the 1957 Randolph Scott western Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend and "I Leaned On A Man" was sung by Virginia Mayo in The Big Land.
Shanklin founded the independent record label Signet Records in Los Angeles in 1959. One of the label's early successes was a song written by Shanklin, "The Big Hurt", which became a #3 hit in early 1960 for Miss Toni Fisher, and is also claimed to be the first commercial use of the production phasing technique known as "flanging".
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