The dance hall played host to two the most influential big band musicians of the era, The Dorsey Brothers and Sammy Kaye.
Sammy Davis, Jr. | Danny Kaye | Sammy Hagar | Sammy Woods | Sammy Cahn | Sammy Sosa | Gorden Kaye | Sammy Kaye | Sammy Baugh | Lenny Kaye | Kaye Abad | Eddie Kaye Thomas | Thorsten Kaye | Sammy Wilson | Sammy Kershaw | John Lister-Kaye | Tony Kaye | Stubby Kaye | Sammy Lerner | Sammy Davis, Jr | Sammy Davis | Sammy and Rosie Get Laid | Linda Kaye Henning | DJ Sammy | Tony Kaye (musician) | The Danny Kaye Show | Sheila Kaye-Smith | S. C. H. "Sammy" Davis | Sammy Winder | Sammy McIlroy |
After the war he was part of Tin Pan Alley, writing a multitude of songs that were performed by such artists as Sarah Vaughan, Frank Sinatra, Billy Eckstine, Harry James, Guy Lombardo, Sammy Kaye, Xavier Cugat and Jimmy Heath.
Wayne worked together with Ben Raleigh, writing songs for Cass Daley, as well as the 1946 hit "Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)", that was first popularized by bandleader Sammy Kaye and his orchestra and was featured in the 1950 film noir Gun Crazy.