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Jaye P. Morgan (born Mary Margaret Morgan) was an American singer, actress, and television personality. Born in Mancos, Colorado, she moved to California as a teenager and began singing at school assemblies. She launched her recording career in 1953 with "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries," and after signing with RCA Victor scored several hits, including her biggest, "That's All I Want from You," which reached No. 3 on the Billboard chart. She was named the top female vocalist in the U.S. Cash Box poll in 1955.

Morgan was a familiar presence on 1950s and 1960s television, appearing as a vocalist on Stop the Music and The Robert Q. Lewis Show, hosting her own variety program, and guest-starring on numerous series including The Muppet Show, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and several sitcoms and dramas. She also appeared in films such as Loose Shoes, Night Patrol, and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.

She gained lasting notoriety as a regular panelist on Chuck Barris's The Gong Show from 1976 to 1978, where her love of double entendres and risqué humor made her a memorable fixture. She was famously banned from the program after exposing her breasts during a Gene Gene the Dancing Machine routine. She later appeared in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, the film about Barris's life, and continued performing into her later years.