Layng Martine Jr.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Layng Martine Jr. is a country music songwriter. A member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame,[1] he was the writer of "Rub It In", a number one country hit for Billy "Crash" Craddock in 1974, which became the long-running TV commercial "Plug It In"[2] for Johnson & Johnson's Glade Plug-ins air freshening product.[3] This song was previously a No. 65 single on the Billboard Hot 100 for Martine himself in 1971, whose version was released on Barnaby Records.[4] Some of Martine's other writing credits include Elvis Presley's million seller "Way Down", The Pointer Sisters' Top Ten "Should I Do It" and Trisha Yearwood's "I Wanna Go Too Far". He was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1993 for Best Country Song, for co-writing Reba McEntire's "The Greatest Man I Never Knew".
Martine authored an article for the New York Times Modern Love column about his continued love story with his wife Linda after she became a paraplegic after a car accident.[5] The couple has three sons, one of whom is musician and producer Tucker Martine.[6]
Songs written
- "Don't Boogie Woogie When You Say Your Prayers Tonight" – Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Stevens, Eddy Mitchell
- "Everybody Needs a Rainbow" – Ray Stevens
- "The Greatest Man I Never Knew" – Reba McEntire
- "I Don't Want to Be a One Night Stand" – Reba McEntire
- "I Wanna Go Too Far" – Trisha Yearwood
- "I Was Blown Away" – Pam Tillis
- "Let Me On" – Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins
- "Maybe She's Human" – Kathy Mattea
- "Rub It In" – Billy "Crash" Craddock[7]
- "Should I Do It" – The Pointer Sisters
- "Too Fast for Rapid City" – Sheila Andrews
- "You Got The Job" – Charly McClain
- "Way Down" – Elvis Presley,
References
- ↑ http://www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/2013/nashville-songwriters-hall-of-fame-inducts-will-jennings,-layng-martine,-jr,-jeffrey-steele-and-alabama%E2%80%99s-randy-owen.aspx
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04z2cBOTdu0
- ↑ [1]
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- ↑ Modern Love: In a Charmed Life, a Road Less Traveled NY Times, March 8, 2009
- ↑ NPR All Songs Considered: Gues DJ Tucker Martine, October 5, 2009
- ↑ Layng Martine Jr. – At-large representative on Nashville Songwriters Association International website.
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