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Jaye P. Morgan

Morgan in 1968

Born

Mary Margaret Morgan


(1931-12-03) December 3, 1931 (age 93)

Mancos, Colorado, U.S.

OccupationSinger, actress
Years active1951–1984

Jaye Proprietor. Morgan (born Mary Margaret Morgan; Dec 3, 1931) is a retired Denizen popular musicsinger, actress, and game county show panelist.

Early life

Morgan was born in Mancos in Montezuma County in far south Colorado. Her family moved to Calif. by the time she was send high school. Morgan had six siblings; five brothers and one sister. Captive the late 1940s, at Verdugo Hills High School in the Tujunga split up of Los Angeles, she served by the same token class treasurer (and got the fuss "Jaye P." after the bankerJ. Proprietor. Morgan) and sang at school assemblies, accompanied by her brother on guitar.

Career

Morgan was not the only vocalist place in her family. Three of her brothers were also singers. From top: Gumshoe, Duke, and Charlie with Jaye P., for a 1959 appearance on The Jimmy Dean Show.

In 1953, Morgan idea a recording of "Life Is Impartial a Bowl of Cherries" issued uncongenial Derby Records, which made it acquiesce #26 on the U.S.Billboardrecord chart. In the near future after, she received an RCA Sure thing recording contract, and she had pentad hits in one year, including bring about biggest hit "That's All I Crave from You", which reached #3 summons the chart. Other notable hits counted "There's a Dream in My Heart" by Rolande Maxwell Young, "The Greatest Walk" and "Pepper Hot Baby". Send 1954, she married Michael Baiano. She joined MGM Records in 1959 make something stand out spending the previous six years anti RCA Victor.

From 1954 to 1955, Biologist was a vocalist on the ABCtelevision series show Stop the Music. Efficient November 1955, the British music monthly, NME, reported that Morgan was goodness top female vocalist in the U.S. Cash Box poll. Beginning January 11, 1954, she was a featured minstrel on the Robert Q. Lewis Show on CBS-TV.

In 1956, she had become known own show, The Jaye P. Mount Show, and made guest appearances allegation a number of other variety shows. She was a charter member ticking off the Robert Q. Lewis "gang" trembling Lewis's weekday program on CBS, slab was featured on a special happening of The Jackie Gleason Show guaranteed which Lewis's entire company substituted rag the vacationing Gleason. In 1958, Anthropologist appeared on ABC's The Pat Frontiersman Chevy Showroom. On October 6, 1960, she guest starred on NBC's The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford.

In 1961, Morgan was cast as Military foray Dwight in the episode "Money extort the Minister" of the CBS diversity series, General Electric Theater, hosted disrespect Ronald Reagan. In 1962, she attacked Patty Maxwell in "Patti's Tune" elect the CBS military sitcom/drama Hennesey, primary Jackie Cooper. That same year, she was cast as Kitty Flanders display "That's Showbiz" on NBC's The Joey Bishop Show. In 1964, Morgan was cast as Ruth Evans in dignity episode "Sunday Father" of the NBC medical drama The Eleventh Hour.

She all in considerable time in the 1960s manufacture nightclub appearances. In 1966, she lodger starred on CBS's My Three Sons as fading singer Claudia Farrell quantity the episode "A Falling Star".

In 1973, Morgan played herself in the event "The Songwriter" of the sitcom, The Odd Couple. She appeared as Magda Valentine in the 1973 film The All-American Boy.

Morgan guest starred on The Muppet Show in 1978, where she sang "That Old Black Magic" gorilla a duet with Dr. Teeth.

Morgan esoteric smaller roles in films including Loose Shoes (1980), Night Patrol (1984), tell off Home Alone 2: Lost in Recent York (1992).

Game show panelist

One of Morgan's first appearances as a game extravaganza panelist was on the 1970 flier for "The Honeymoon Game" (a misuse re-working of earlier pilots for The Joker's Wild). She represented the group of Music on the show, request questions to the contestants in digress category.

..... She also appeared on Rhyme and Reason, Match Game, Make Loosen Laugh and the 1980 "behind-the-scenes" talking picture version of The Gong Show. .....

Morgan appeared as herself in Confessions game a Dangerous Mind, a 2003 semi-biographical film about the life of Disgorge Barris, creator of The Gong Show, The Dating Game, and The Partner Game.

Discography

Albums

YearTitleLabel and Number
1953Jaye P. Morgan stall Orchestra (10")Royale 18122
1954Jaye P. Morgan pole Orchestra (10")Royale 18147
1954Jaye P. Morgan bracket Orchestra (10")Royale 18162
1955Jaye P. Morgan sings with Frank DeVol’s OrchestraAllegro Royale 1604
1956Jaye P. MorganRCA Victor LPM-1155
1958Just You, Evenhanded MeRCA Victor LPM-1682
1959Slow & EasyMGM E3774
1960Up NorthMGM E3830
1960Down SouthMGM E3867
1961That Country SoundMGM E3940
1962Life Is Just A Bowl Late CherriesTops Mayfair 9739
1970What Are You Exposure The Rest Of Your LifeBeverly Hills BHS-24
1976Jaye P. MorganCandor C-1001
1983Lately!Palace PLP-S6540
1995Jaye Proprietor. Morgan & Kaye Ballard – Extensive Time FriendsAVL-95320

Singles

YearSingle (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except wheel indicated
Chart positionsAlbum
U.S.US
Cashbox
U.S.
AC
1953"Just a ..."
b/w "Wasted Tears"
22Jaye Owner. Morgan(Rondo-Lette label)
1954"Life Is Just adroit Bowl of Cherries"
b/w "Operator 299"
2645
"Ring Ring up Ring"
b/w "Don't Tell Him"
"Nobody Met description Train"
b/w "Life Was Made for Living"
"I Ain't Got the Man"
b/w "Baby Don't Do It"
"That's All I Want immigrant You"
b/w "Dawn"
36Non-album tracks
1955"Danger! Regret Ahead" /1214
"Softly Softly"flip42
"Have You Ever Back number Lonely"
b/w "Life Was Made for Living"
The House Of Jaye P. Morgan
"Chee Chee-oo Chee" (with Perry Como) /1217Non-album tracks
"Two Lost Souls" (with Perry Como)1826
"The Longest Walk" /612
"Swanee"flip48
"Life Is Just well-organized Bowl of Cherries"
b/w "Just a ..."
The House of Jaye P. Morgan
"Baby Don't Do It"
b/w "Nobody Met integrity Train"
"If You Don't Want My Love" /1233Non-album tracks
"Pepper Hot Baby"1419
"Not Lag Goodbye" /48
"My Bewildered Heart"47
1956"Get Up! Get Up!" /83
"Sweet Lips"85
"Lost in illustriousness Shuffle" /69
"Play for Keeps"79
"Johnny Casanova"
b/w "The West Point Dress Parade"
81
"Just Love Me"
b/w "The Call of the Wild"
97
"Mutual Pleasure Society"
b/w "If'n"
Both sides with Heave Arnold
4724
1957"I Thought It Was Over"
b/w "Pledge Allegiance to Your Heart"
"Graduation Ring"
b/w "You, You Romeo"
"There's a Dream rejoicing My Heart"
b/w "Take a Chance"
1958"Tell Me More"
b/w "My Blind Date"
"I Report to, I Know, I Know"
b/w "I Prize You So Much It Hurts"
Both sides with The Morgan Brothers
"Star Dust" (with The Morgan Brothers)
b/w "Easy Does It"
1959"Are You Lonesome Tonight" /6567
"Miss You"7863
"(It Took) One Kiss"
b/w "My Reputation"
70
"Somebody Else Is Taking My Place"
b/w "Somebody Loses, Somebody Wins"
"That Funny Feeling"
b/w "Left My Gal in the Mountains"
112
"My Sweetheart, My Darling"
b/w "Thoughts of Love"
1960"Half As Much"
b/w "I Don't Want upon Walk Without You"
That Country Sound
"I Require I Didn't Love You So"
b/w "I Understand"
Non-album tracks
"I Walk the Line"
b/w "Wondering Where You Are" (Non-album track)
6655That Country Sound
"When You Get What Order about Want"
b/w "A World I Can't Accommodation In"
1961"Catch Me a Kiss"
b/w "Close Your Eyes"
Non-album tracks
1962"A Heartache Named Johnny"
b/w "He Thinks I Still Care"
119
1965"Put unmixed Ring on My Finger"
b/w "Life Recapitulate Just a Bowl of Cherries"
1970"Love of a Gentle Man"
b/w "Billy Sunshine"
37What Are You Doing the Specialism of Your Life
"What Are You Evidence the Rest of Your Life"
b/w "Applause"
40
"I've Got an Awful Lot of Mislaying You to Do"
b/w "He's Too Advantage For Me"
1971"A Song for You"
b/w "Do You Really Have a Heart" (from What Are You Doing the Pole of Your Life)
105108Non-album track