Joy Layne (born Joy Lynne Nagl on November 11, 1941) is an American pop singer from Brookfield, IL. The 15 year-old Lyons Township High School sophomore signed a contract with Mercury Records A&R Art Talmadge in the offices at 35 E. Wacker Drive in Chicago. Talmadge recalled to the TV Radio Mirror “She was bouncy and bright-eyed and carried her mascot, this squeaky toy dog Brownie”. She was told to change her last name to a variation of her middle name. Joy’s dad was a construction worker but at home a violinist and piano picker. Joy’s mother was involved in local theatre productions. Joy appeared on The Vic Damone Show and has traveled 47 states along with a 12-week U.S.O. tour of military bases. She was married in 1965, but kept performing through the seventies.
Discography
01/1957 Mercury 71038 (with Carl Stevens and his orchestra)
- “Your Wild Heart” (James Testa, Charles Sano)
- “Dum-Dum” (W. Weidler, G. Weidler, W. Weidler)
03/1957 Mercury 71080 (with Carl Stevens and his orchestra)
- “You Gave Me Wings To Fly” (Shapiro, Livingston)
- “After School” (Wolf, Nadel)
06/1957 Mercury 71136 (with Carl Stevens and his orchestra)
- “Sixteen” (C. Gordon, G. Gordon)
- “My Suspicious Heart” (H. Baker, J. Sway)
08/1957 Mercury 71174 (with Carl Stevens and his orchestra)
- “My First Broken Heart”
- “Just A Memory”
12/1958 Mercury 71392
- “Foolishly” (J. Averbach)
- “Meet Me At My Locker” (Colleen Lovett, T. Phillips)
11/1960 Phil Tone 1104
- “Yellow Bird” (Norman Luboff, Marilyn Keith, Alan Bergman)
- “Moments To Remember” (Robert Allen, Al Stillman)
12/1961 Lucky Four 1013
- “Bad Girl”
- “Why Lie” (J. Richard, J. Burgess)
Music Charts
Your Wild Heart – Joy Layne
- 02/06/1957 Billboard Top 100 debut and peaked at #30
- 02/13/1957 Billboard Most Played In Juke Boxes #20
- 02/18/1957 WJJD Top Forty Tunes of Greater Chicago #16
- 03/09/1957 The Cash Box Top 50 Best Selling Tunes On Records #29
After School – Joy Layne
- 04/20/1957 The Cash Box Top 60 Best Selling Tunes On Records #35
- 05/13/1957 WJJD Top Forty Tunes of Greater Chicago #24
Brookfield Citizen (Newspaper)
Thursday, February 14, 1957
Joy Layne Joy the little girl who flew up overnight to record star has ft busy schedule …
Thursday, March 14, 1957
Joy Layne At Sharclub Fete …
Thursday, March 21, 1957
Joy Layne is the Feature RBHS Evenings Program Emerald Moonlight …
Thursday, April 4, 1957
Joy Layne On Winchell New York …
Thursday, April 11, 1957
Joy Layne to be Featured at Fair On the Navy Pier …
Thursday, June 13, 1957
Joy Layne Featured In Chicago CYO Show …
Wednesday, August 7, 1957
Joy Layne to Appear In Fair Presentation …
Thursday, March 11, 1965
Joy Layne is doing a repeat at Club Algiers on Ogden …
TV Appearance
- 07/17/1957 The Vic Damone Show (Season 2 Episode 3) CBS
Published songs
“Little Santito” …words Dee Alan / music Joy Layne …Lennie LaCour Music Co, 30Sep58
References
- Brookfield Citizen Newspaper (The Citizen Publishing Co.)
- Phil Tone a subsidiary of Fleetwood Records Inc.
- Lucky Four Records Chicago, IL founded by Lenny LaCour (1960-1963)
- Billboard Magazine music industry trade publication billboard.com
- Cashbox Magazine music industry trade publication cashboxmagazine.com
- WJJD-AM 1160 Plough, Inc. (1956-1965)
- Copyright, United States Copyright Office EU544198
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