Wayne Jackson (Born June 23, 1971 in Manchester, UK) is a singer, songwriter, producer and guitar player. He formed and fronted The Dostoyevskys, signed to Go!Discs. The band released the album Orange and several EPs.
The Dostoyevskys with Wayne Jackson supported Oasis on two legs of their European tour before they were splitting the group in the late 90s to concentrate on solo projects. Wayne Jackson is featured singer on Paul Van Dyk 's singles The other side (radio edit) and Stormy Skies.
He is co-producer of Bela B. 's solo albums "Bingo" and "Code B" and guitar player in Los Helmstedt (Bela's Band). In 2007 he produced the Lost In Reverie album for Lula. Wayne Jackson also appears in the role of duet partner on Come Along With Me. An early version of the song is featured in the German cinema film Vineta.
Most of the recording was done in the legendary Hansa Studios in Berlin, using lots of the old equipment which appeared on David Bowie's seminal Berlin trilogy of albums.The piano used on Shine On is the very same one which can be heard on Bowie's Heroes. The first single Glorious had been chosen by Germany's largest TV station RTL to feature in their Pfingsten film campaign. "The Long Goodbye" has been released on 15th of August 2008 by Spy Satellite/ Columbia.
2009 Wayne Jackson left his former Label Columbia/SonyBmg and signed to BMG Rights Management. "Hallelujah" is the first single of his second solo album "Undercover Psycho" and will be released on November 13. "Hallelujah" is featured song of the German movie "Die Tür" starring Jessica Schwarz, Mads Mikkelsen & Heike Makatsch. The mystery drama is based on the novel „Die Damalstür“ by Akif Pirinçci.