Denis Haines is an English musician, best known for his time on keyboards for

the Hollies The Hollies are a British pop rock band, formed in 1962. One of the leading British groups of the 1960s and into the mid-1970s, they are known for their distinctive three-part vocal harmony style. Allan Clarke (singer), Allan Clarke and Graham ...

between 1983 and 1991. Haines first came to prominence with new wave band the Doll. He played keyboards for

Gary Numan Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), known professionally as Gary Numan, is an English musician. He entered the music industry as frontman of the new wave band Tubeway Army. After releasing two albums with the band, he released his d ...

on the album ''

Telekon ''Telekon'' is the second solo studio album by English musician Gary Numan. It debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart in September 1980, making it his third consecutive (and to date, final) No. 1 album. It was also the third and final studio ...

''. Together with Chris Payne, Rrussell Bell and

Cedric Sharpley Tubeway Army were a London-based new wave band led by lead singer Gary Numan. Formed at the height of punk rock in 1977 the band gradually changed to an electronic sound. They were the first band of the electronic era to have a synthesiser-b ...

, all of whom had been members of Numan's backing band, he formed new wave band

Dramatis Dramatis are an English synth-pop band formed in the early 1980s. Chris Payne (vocals, keyboards), Rrussell Bell (guitars, keyboards), Cedric Sharpley (drums), and Denis Haines (keyboards) were all originally members of Gary Numan's backing ban ...

in 1981. After leaving

, he focused on composing music for film and television under the name Francis Haines. Haines produced and arranged the album ''Resurgence'', which former Hollies lead singer Allan Clarke released on BMG in September 2019.

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* Living people English keyboardists English film score composers English male film score composers English television composers English new wave musicians English record producers Musicians from London 1957 births {{England-musician-stub