Laine joined with Ray Thomas and Mike Pinder to form The Moody Blues in 1964.
He sang lead on the groups first big single, Go Now, which hit No.
1 in their native U.K. and broke the Top 10 in the U.S.
Denny Laine in 1981Getty Images
He left the band in 1966, before the rest of its most popular songs were written.
Wings best-known album,Band on the Run, which included the No.
1 title track and Jet, was not an instant success.
Released in December 1973, the disc initially peaked at No.
2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and sold more than 1 million copies.
Listen to What the Man Said fromVenus and Marsin 1975 hit No.
1 in the U.S. 1 in America, and Let Em In.
With a Little Luck also topped the U.S. singles chart, in 1978.
The LPsBand on the RunandVenus and Marswere chart-toppers in the UK.
He later went on to release solo albums and work with the former Beatle on his solo work.
I was at his bedside, holding his hand as I played his favorite Christmas songs for him.
The musician had been in ICU on a ventilator over the past week.
She said he suffered from Interstitial Lung Disease.
