Thomas Wayne Perkins (July 22, 1940 – August 15, 1971)[ Thomas Wayne] at Allmusic was an American singer. He is best remembered as a one-hit wonder for "Tragedy".
Career Wayne was the brother of Johnny Cash's guitarist, Luther Perkins.Discography , Emory University He released several singles between 1958 and 1964, primarily on the labels Fernwood and Mercury, including "This Time", which would later become a hit for Troy Shondell. He scored a major U.S. hit with the song “Tragedy" (credited to Thomas Wayne with the DeLons), which peaked at No. 20 on the R&B Singles chart and No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959.[ Billboard], Allmusic It sold over one million copies, earning gold disc status.
The song proved to be his only hit, however. Later, Wayne worked as a sound engineer, before he died in a car accident, at the age of 31, in Memphis in 1971.
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