Layng Martine, Jr.

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

References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04z2cBOTdu0
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  4. ↑ "Chart listing for "Rub It In"". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  5. ↑ Modern Love: In a Charmed Life, a Road Less Traveled NY Times, March 8, 2009
  6. ↑ NPR All Songs Considered: Gues DJ Tucker Martine, October 5, 2009
  7. ↑ Layng Martine, Jr. - At-Large Representative on Nashville Songwriters Association International website.
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