Supported by a Bachelor of Business Administration from California State University, Northridge in 1970 and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California Los Angeles in 1973, Bob Wayne is a recognized expert in the music industry. Since the late 1970s, he has excelled as the director, chief engineer and owner of Sunburst Recording, where he leverages vintage and modern recording equipment to produce albums, film, television and spoken word. Additionally, he is known for his restoration and archiving of analog tapes, as well as for digitalizing them for research and personal collections.
Notably, Mr. Wayne has worked alongside such notable entertainment figures as Adam Sandler, Micky Dolenz, Steve Allen and Plas Johnson, the tenor saxophone soloist on Henry Mancini’s “The Pink Panther” movie theme. He also received a gold record for the soundtrack of the movie “Swingers” and a Grammy Award for his work on the George Carlin album “Napalm & Silly Putty.” Furthermore, he has participated in the production of several feature films and television shows, including “Guess Who,” “Election,” “Alias” and “One Tree Hill.” He is also a founding member of Big Daddy, a Rhino Records retro rock band that had a top 20 hit in the United Kingdom in 1985.
Adjacent to his professional endeavors, Mr. Wayne has volunteered with the City of Culver City, California, for their “Fiesta La Ballona,” through which he has curated the entertainment for the annual festival for more than 10 years. Among the many highlights of his career, he is particularly proud of working with Steve Allen, the original talk show host of “The Tonight Show.”
In the coming year, Mr. Wayne intends to publish his recently completed autobiography, which is titled “Reel to Real Tales… Notes from Both Sides of the Recording Console.”