Layng Martine, Jr.

Layng Martine, Jr. is a singer and songwriter. He is notable for writing several songs, including "Rub It In", a number one country 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 No. 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".

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.^[4] The couple has three sons, one of whom is musician and producer Tucker Martine.^[5]

Songs written

• "Don't Boogie Woogie When You Say Your Prayers At Night" - Jerry Lee Lewis
• "Everybody Needs a Rainbow" - Ray Stevens
• "The Greatest Man I Never Knew" - Reba McEntire
• "I Don't Want to Be a One Night Stand" - Reba McEntire
• "I Wanna Go Too Far" - Trisha Yearwood
• "I Was Blown Away" - Pam Tillis
• "Let Me On" - Jerry Lee Lewis
• "Maybe She's Human" - Kathy Mattea
• "Rub It In" - Billy "Crash" Craddock^[6]
• "Should I Do It" - The Pointer Sisters
• "Too Fast for Rapid City" - Sheila Andrews
• "Way Down" - Elvis Presley, Billy "Crash" Craddock

References