An acclaimed singer is hoping his new album will help Salford Lads and Girls Club avoid closure. As reported in the MEN Wayne Devlin has published a book after his own career switched from working on building sites in Manchester to crooning on stage in Las Vegas.
He has also released his digital album 'Looking Back' with all proceeds going directly to support the club which needs to raise £250,000 by the end of November.
The MEN is sponsoring a gofundme page for the club and so far £164,000 has been raised. Wayne, from Davyhulme, learned to sing via his dad Pat's record collection.
His musical education started and finished with the Great American Songbook and that country's finest interpreters of the genre - Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Dean Martin, Perry Como, and Sammy Davis Jr.
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