Layng Martine Jr.

Layng Martine Jr. is an American 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

• "Don't Boogie Woogie When You Say Your Prayers Tonight" – Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Stevens, Eddy Mitchell
• "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, Carl Perkins
• "Maybe She's Human" – Kathy Mattea
• "Rub It In" – Billy "Crash" Craddock^[7]
• "Should I Do It" – The Pointer Sisters
• "Too Fast for Rapid City" – Sheila Andrews
• "You Got The Job" – Charly McClain
• "Way Down" – Elvis Presley,

References