Jaye P. Morgan

Jaye P. Morgan (born Mary Morgan, December 3, 1931) was an American popular singer.

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December 3 - 1931 - American - Popular - Singer

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She was born in Mancos, Colorado, but her family moved to California by the time she was in high school. In the late 1940s, at Verdugo Hills High School in the Los Angeles, California area, she served as class treasurer (and got the nickname "Jaye P." after the banker J. P. Morgan) and sang at school assemblies, accompanied by her brother on guitar.

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Mancos, Colorado - California - Los Angeles, California - Banker - J. P. Morgan

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In 1951, a year after graduation from Verdugo Hills, she made a recording of the song "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" which made it to the Top Ten. Four years later, she had five hits in one year, including "That's All I Want from You," her biggest hit, which reached #5 on the charts.

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From 1954 to 1955, she was a vocalist on the television show "Stop the Music." In 1956 she had her own television show, named for her. She did a number of other variety shows as well.

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1954 - 1955 - Television - 1956 - Variety show

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After a period in the 1960s when she did very little in the entertainment field, confining herself to a small number of night club appearances, she returned to the public eye in the 1970s, mainly as an actress. She was a panelist on the game/variety show The Gong Show in the late 1970s, and played herself in a movie version of The Gong Show that debuted in 1980.

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1960s - Night club - 1970s - Actress - The Gong Show - 1980

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