Layng Martine, Jr. is a singer and songwriter. He is notable for writing several songs, including "Rub It In", a Number One hit for Billy "Crash" Craddock in 1974, which became the long-running TV commercial "Plug It In"[1] for Johnson & Johnson's Glade Plug-ins air freshening product.[2] This song was previously a #65 single on the Billboard Hot 100 for Martine himself in 1971, whose version was released on Barnaby Records.[3] Some of Martine's other writing credits include Elvis Presley's million seller "Way Down" and the Pointer Sisters' Top Ten "Should I Do It". 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".
He was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1993 for Best Country Song, for co-writing "The Greatest Man I Never Knew".[4]
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]