John is the former lead singer from the Babys. They had several hits between the mid-70's and early 80's. After their break-up he recorded several solo lbums. "Missing You" was, of course, his biggest hit. He then helped form the supergroup Bad English with Neal Schon, Ricky Phillips, Jonathan Cain and Deen Castronovo. Phillips and Cain also were a part of several of the Babys albums. After two releases, Bad English disbanded. This left Waite to resume his solo career, releasing the brilliant Temple Bar album followed by When You Were Mine. But, he has had terrible luck trying to find a record label that will stand behind him and his back-catalogue has been almost completely decimated.
In my opinion, a brilliant vocalist and songwriter. I most highly recommend the Bad English-Backlash album, and the John Waite-Temple Bar album.