Johnny Wakelin started singing in Nightclubs, Country clubs & Social clubs in the Sussex area during the sixties. The lead singer & compere with the resident bands, rubbing shoulders with the celebrities that he introduced each night and wanting to be on the same level. 　　He took his influences from an extremely broad range of artists from the time including Mark Bolan, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Barry White, The Rolling Stones as well as the early recordings of Elvis Presley, The Rat Pack & even Aretha Franklin! 　　In 1975 Wakelin's tribute song "Black Superman" to the boxing legend Muhammad Ali was a chart hit around the world, reaching number one in Australia and number seven in his native United Kingdom. 　　The big success was "In Zaire" (also about Muhammad Ali) in 1976, which reached the charts in many parts of Europe, was number one in Australia, number 2 in Germany over 12 weeks and spent six months in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. 　　The next three years brought a further three albums to the racks, African Man, Double Trouble and Golden Hour. 　　 　　Exactly 40 years after "In Zaire", 10 years after his last solo album "Right Before My Eyes" and five years after the album "In Africa", a charity album he do together with Ian Dunnet, Dan O'Loughlan and Louis E. Foster (WIF Project feat. Johnny Wakelin) Johnny presented his new album "Best Of 40 years". 　　The man who wrote more than 250 songs said in an Interview to latest tv in June 2016: 　　"I'm now a young 77 years old guy and I love to do gigs and work in the studio and I will never stop writing songs." Catch him if you can.