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Hey, it was his song; what can you do? There were seven children in all (one brother and one sister didn't participate) and when she was added shortly after her third birthday in 1934, the act became The Morgan Family featuring Little Mary Morgan. Jaye P.'s final chart single came in 1971 with Leon Russell's "A Song For You."
The talk show appearances were supplemented with film roles (Jon Voight vehicle The All-American Boy, 1973) and occasional TV series guest shots, more game show stints (Hollywood Squares, Match Game '73, Break the Bank) and most famously The Gong Show, Chuck Barris's infamous daily talent/no-talent event (many purposely bad contestants!) that ran from 1976 to 1978 on NBC and '78 to '80 in syndication.
Bandleader Joe Thomas backed her on the next single, "Pepper-Hot Baby," a bouncy, sexy number (...'count to a hundred, ooo-lah!'); she voiced her preference for older standards over this type of "teen-oriented" fare, as she considered it, but the result was infectious nonetheless.
He invited her back dozens of times over the next six years and she got the call from other popular talk shows hosted by Dinah Shore, Merv Griffin and Mike Douglas. DeVol was duly impressed and hired her, but didn't think "Mary Morgan" would work on marquees or people's lips, what with Marion Morgan already well-established as a vocalist with Harry James' band.
Morgan glanced at the paper and said, "I accept this price."
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- Friday - Dick Smothers, Barbara Rhoades, Jaye P. Morgan, Jan Murray, Pat Carroll, Tommy Lasorda (1977) - Self
- Thursday - Dick Smothers, Barbara Rhoades, Jaye P.
Morgan, Jan Murray, Pat Carroll, Tommy Lasorda (1977) - Self
- Wednesday - Dick Smothers, Barbara Rhoades, Jaye P. Morgan, Jan Murray, Pat Carroll, Tommy Lasorda (1977) - Self
- Tuesday - Dick Smothers, Barbara Rhoades, Jaye P. Morgan, Jan Murray, Pat Carroll, Tommy Lasorda (1977) - Self
- Dick Smothers, Barbara Rhoades, Jaye P.
Morgan, Jan Murray, Pat Carroll, Tommy Lasorda (1977) - Self
- Friday - Jaye P. Morgan, Orson Bean, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Pearl Bailey, Arte Johnson, Jan Murray (1977) - Self
- Thursday - Jaye P. Morgan, Orson Bean, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Pearl Bailey, Arte Johnson, Jan Murray (1977) - Self
- Wednesday - Jaye P. Morgan, Orson Bean, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Pearl Bailey, Arte Johnson, Jan Murray (1977) - Self
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Morgan, Orson Bean, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Pearl Bailey, Arte Johnson, Jan Murray (1977) - Self
- Jaye P. Morgan, Orson Bean, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Pearl Bailey, Arte Johnson, Jan Murray (1977) - Self
- Friday - Buddy Hackett, Jan Murray, Pat Carroll, Jaye P. Morgan, Marcia Wallace, Anson Williams (1977) - Self
- Thursday - Buddy Hackett, Jan Murray, Pat Carroll, Jaye P.
Morgan, Marcia Wallace, Anson Williams (1977) - Self
- Wednesday - Buddy Hackett, Jan Murray, Pat Carroll, Jaye P. Morgan, Marcia Wallace, Anson Williams (1977) - Self
- Tuesday - Buddy Hackett, Jan Murray, Pat Carroll, Jaye P. Morgan, Marcia Wallace, Anson Williams (1977) - Self
- Premiere - Buddy Hackett, Jan Murray, Pat Carroll, Jaye P.
Morgan, Marcia Wallace, Anson Williams (1977) - Self
JAYE P. MORGAN
So what's in a name, anyway? A voracious collector, he also spent $60 million on paintings, sculptures, rare books, and manuscripts. songwriter-arranger O.B. That was a minor dilemma for Mary Margaret Morgan at the point where her professional career got under way around the age of 18.
Covers hit the market immediately (by Dean Martin, Bing Crosby and others including a hit R&B version by Dinah Washington), but the competition had fallen behind by February 1955 as Jaye P.'s disc advanced to the top five sellers.
RCA quickly followed with "Danger! When she was a baby it was simpler; everyone she knew shared the Morgan surname.
Can confusion reign if two or more names are the same or nearly so? Working mainly with orchestral arranger Hugo Winterhalter, who knew a thing or two about making hit records, she found herself in a prime position for top-tier stardom. 'Cause we aren't even up to the "same name" game yet!
The family lived in Mancos, Colorado in the southwestern corner of the state near Durango, but dare say did Mary (a.k.a.
On television, Jaye did guest shots on drama series (General Electric Theater, The Eleventh Hour) and comedies (Jackie Cooper's navy sitcom Hennessey, The Joey Bishop Show and The Danny Thomas Show) between 1961 and '64. She struggled to gain much traction with MGM; a pop remake of the Johnny Cash classic "I Walk the Line" made a respectable showing in the fall of 1960.
Massingill. A cover of "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life" ('...north and south and east and west of your life?'), an Oscar-nominated song from The Happy Ending starring Jean Simmons, was also an Easy Listening hit, timed just prior to the Oscars telecast in April.