As the guitarist and songwriter of symphonic pop crooners The Moody Blues,
Justin Hayward notched up record sales of over 70 million and wrote their
classic worldwide hit Nights In White Satin about his wife. Born in Swindon,
Wiltshire, Hayward took up the guitar as a ten-year-old after hearing Buddy
Holly and got his big break playing in Marty Wilde's backing group The Wilde
Three. Joining The Moody Blues in 1966 on the recommendation of Eric Burdon, the
band toured the world with their atmospheric, romantic, progressive ballads,
topping the UK charts with three albums before ta...