Watching the performance that night was Howard Rambeau, the owner of a small Durham label called Renown Records.
Authored by Handy, "Say Yeah" was later recorded by rockabilly artist Sammy Salvo, The Southerners, and Ollie Shephard.
[1] Wayne recorded with some moderately well-known musicians at the time such as The Melody Masters, the King Sisters from Danville, Virginia, and the saxophonist Boots Randolph.
In the 1960s and 1970s he collaborated with a musician friend, Harold Langdon, to entertain with original songs at social events as Handy and Landy.
Wayne Handy was influenced by Little Richard and Chuck Berry, and was part of the original American rock and roll movement.