Joy Layne (born Joy Lynne Nagl on November 11, 1941) is an American former pop singer from

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Sandy Duncan Sandra Kay Duncan (born February 20, 1946) is an American actress, comedian, dancer and singer. She is known for her performances in the Broadway revival of ''Peter Pan'' and in the sitcom ''The Hogan Family''. Duncan has been nominated for thr ...

and with a style inspired in at least part by Teresa Brewer. Layne signed to

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in 1956 after her mother arranged a meeting with Mercury A&R rep Art Talmadge. Her debut single was a

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' "Your Wild Heart", which became a hit in the U.S., peaking at No. 20 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 early in 1957. Layne, who was 15 at the time, was attending Lyons Township High School in LaGrange, Illinois, a small-town western suburb of Chicago, when the single broke nationally. The follow-up sides, "My Suspicious Heart" and "After School," done at the same session as the first record, failed to chart, though "After School" became associated with her and was covered by Teresa Brewer, and her last recordings, produced by Lenny LaCour, were released in 1961.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Layne, Joy 1941 births Living people American women singers Singers from Chicago 21st-century American women