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Jaye P. Morgan (born Mary Morgan, December 3, 1931) is a retired popular American singer and game show panelist. 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 Tujunga, Los Angeles, California, 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.

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.

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.

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.

It has been widely reported that Jaye P. Morgan was fired from The Gong Show for ripping her top off (with no bra underneath) while Gene, Gene, The Dancing Machine was on stage. The film clip of her doing that may be found in the aforementioned Gong Show movie.

Hit records

"Are You Lonesome Tonight" (better-known hit for Elvis Presley
) (backed with "Miss You") (1959)
"Chee Che Oo Chee" (backed with "Two Lost Souls", duet with Perry Como) (1955)
"Danger, Heartbreak Ahead" (1955)
"Get Up, Get Up (You Sleepyhead)" (1956)
"If You Don't Want My Love" (1955)
"I Walk The Line" (1960)
"Johnny Casanova" (1956)
"Just Love Me" (1956)
"Longest Walk" (1955)
"Lost In The Shuffle" (1956)
"Miss You"(backed with "Are You Lonesome Tonight") (1959)
"Mutual Admiration Society" (duet with Eddy Arnold) (1956)
"Not One Goodbye" (1955)
"Pepperhot Baby" (Also a hit for Gisele MacKenzie) 1955)
"Play For Keeps" (1956)
"Sweet Lips" (1956)
"That's All I Want From You" (1954)
"Two Lost Souls" (backed with "Chee Che Oo Chee", duet with Perry Como) (1955)

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