Jaye P. Morgan, A Jack-of-All-Trades Entertainer Who Was a Pop & TV Star, Dies at 94
Jaye P.
Morgan, one of the top female recording artists of the 1950s with seven top 40 pop hits in 1954-55 alone, including “That’s All I Want From You,” and who later became a frequent talk show guest and game show panelist, infamously taking off her shirt on The Gong Show , has died.
She was 94.
Morgan died Monday of natural causes in Longview, Washington, said Mark Sendroff, longtime attorney and friend.
She had been living with her nephew and niece, Duke Morgan Spencer and Peggy Sue Spencer.
Related Gone But Not Forgotten: Musicians We Lost in 2026 Jay-Z 30 Pop-Up Experience to Open In London Ahead of Historic Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Shows Camilo's 'Vida de Rico' Enters YouTube's Billion Views Club Morgan’s biggest hit was 1954’s “That’s All I Want From You,” which reached No.
3 on the Most Played by Jockeys chart and No.
5 on the Best Sellers in Stores list.
In the Billboard Hot 100 era, she scored three hits: “Are You Lonesome Tonight” (No.
65 in 1959); “Miss You” (No.
78, 1959); and “I Walk the Line” (No.
66, 1960).
Later, she would become a regular guest on The Tonight Show and make appearances with Merv Griffin, Dick Cavett and Mike Douglas as well as spots on Love Boat and Fantasy Island .
But it was her years hamming it up as a celebrity judge — along with Jamie Farr and Rip Taylor — on the chaotic The Gong Show starting in 1976 that cemented her fame.
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