29-405: Mary Morgan may refer to: Jaye P. Morgan or Mary Margaret Morgan (born 1931), American retired popular music singer, actress and game show panelist Mary De Morgan (1850–1907), British author of fairytales Mary Morgan (infanticide) (1788–1805), Welsh servant convicted for killing her newborn child Mary C. Morgan (fl. 1960s–2020s), judge of
58-470: A duet with Dr. Teeth . Morgan made numerous appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson during this period, and in the 1980s and into the early 1990s she performed again on the big screen , working in supportive roles in films such as Loose Shoes (1980), Night Patrol (1984), and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). One of Morgan's first appearances as a game show panelist
87-424: A climber, as if releases ahead of it decline in sales sufficiently, they may slip below it. By the same metric, not all week-to-week sales increases result in a climber, if other releases improve by a sufficient amount to keep it from climbing. The term highest climber is used to denote the release making the biggest leap upwards in the chart that week. There is generally not an equivalent phrase for tracks going down
116-471: A music/entertainment chart or the performance of a release thereon. A new entry is a title which is making its début in that chart. It is applied to all charts, for instance a track which is outside the Top 40 but which later climbs into that level of the chart is considered to be a 'new entry' to the Top 40 that week. In most official charts, tracks have to have been on sale for a period of time in order to enter
145-454: A runaway seller. Most charts that are used to determine extant mainstream popularity rely on measurable data. Record chart performance is inherently relative, as they rank songs, albums, and records in comparison to each other at the same time, as opposed to music recording sales certification methods, which are measured in absolute numbers. Comparing the chart positions of songs at different times thus does not provide an accurate comparison of
174-402: A song's overall impact. The nature of most charts, particularly weekly charts, also favors songs that sell very well for a brief period; thus, a song that is only briefly popular may chart higher than a song that sells more copies in the long range, but more slowly. As a result, a band's biggest hit single may not be its best-selling single. There are several commonly used terms when referring to
203-424: Is a materially different recording or is significantly repackaged (such as Michael Jackson's "Thriller 25"), where the release would normally be considered separate and thus a "new" entry. A climber is a release which is going higher in the chart week-on-week. Because chart positions are generally relative to each other on a week-to-week basis, a release does not necessarily have to increase sales week-to-week to be
232-582: Is an American singer , actress, and game show panelist. Morgan was born in Mancos in Montezuma County in far southwestern Colorado . Her family moved to California by the time she was in high school . Morgan had six siblings; five brothers and one sister. In the late 1940s, at Verdugo Hills High School in the Tujunga neighborhood of Los Angeles , she served as class treasurer (and got
261-629: The CBS military sitcom/drama Hennesey , starring Jackie Cooper . That same year, she was cast as Kitty Flanders in "That's Showbiz" on NBC's The Joey Bishop Show . In 1964, she portrayed the character Ruth Evans in the episode "Sunday Father" of the NBC medical drama The Eleventh Hour . Although Morgan continued to spend considerable time in the 1960s and 1970s performing in nightclubs , she made additional appearances on television as well as in films. In 1966, she guest-starred on CBS's My Three Sons in
290-449: The Hot 100). A "Top 40" is used by radio to shorten playlists. A re-entry is a track which has previously entered a chart and fallen off of that chart, and then later re-appears in it; it may come about if a release is reissued or if there is a re-surge of interest in the track. Generally, any repeat entry of a track into a chart is considered a re-entry, unless the later version of the track
319-805: The NME chart, including Melody Maker and Record Retailer . According to Joel Whitburn , the American trade publication Billboard introduced the Hot 100 on August 4, 1958. It was the first chart in the US to "fully integrate the hottest-selling and most-played pop singles." From 1958 until 1991, Billboard compiled the chart from playlists reported by radio stations, and surveys of retail sales outlets. Before 1958, several charts were published, including "Best Sellers in Stores", "Most Played by Jockeys" (later revived under
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#1732801199070348-578: The San Francisco County Superior Court and the first openly lesbian judge appointed in the United States Mary Jane Morgan (1823–1885), American art collector and wife of Charles Morgan Mary "Rae" Morgan, convicted of the manslaughter of her step-daughter Michele LeAnn Morgan Mary Sherman Morgan (1921–2004), American rocket fuel scientist Mary S. Morgan (born 1952), professor of
377-488: The amount of radio airplay , the number of downloads , and the amount of streaming activity. Some charts are specific to a particular musical genre and most to a particular geographical location. The most common period covered by a chart is one week with the chart being printed or broadcast at the end of this time. Summary charts for years and decades are then calculated from their component weekly charts. Component charts have become an increasingly important way to measure
406-545: The chart had to be physically available as a single . A chart hit is a recording, identified by its inclusion in a chart that uses sales or other criteria to rank popular releases, that ranks highly in popularity compared to other songs in the same timeframe. Chart-topper and related terms (like number one , No. 1 hit , top of the charts , chart hit , and so forth) are widely used in common conversation and in marketing, and are loosely defined. Because of its value in promoting recording artists and releases, both directly to
435-654: The chart. Other notable hits included "There's a Dream in My Heart" by Rolande Maxwell Young , "The Longest Walk" and "Pepper Hot Baby". In 1954, she married Michael Baiano. She joined MGM Records in 1959 after spending the previous six years with RCA Victor. From 1954 to 1955, Morgan was a vocalist on the ABC television series show Stop the Music . In November 1955, the British music magazine, NME , reported that Morgan
464-515: The chart; however, in some retailers' charts, new releases are included in charts as 'new entries' without a sales history in order to make them more visible to purchasers. In the UK, the official published chart is a Top 100, although a new entry can take place between positions 101–200 (also true of the Billboard Hot 100, which has a " Bubbling Under " addendum for new songs that have not yet made
493-605: The chart; the term "faller" is occasionally used, but not as widely as 'climber'. A one-hit wonder is an act that appears on the chart just once, or has one song that peaks exceptionally higher, or charts for exceptionally longer than other chart entries by the act. The term true one-hit wonder was the term given by the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums (and also the Billboard book Top Pop Singles ) for an act that has one top 40 hit and nothing else on
522-409: The commercial success of individual songs. A common format of radio and television programs is to run down a music chart. The first record chart was founded in 1952 by Percy Dickins, who was working at New Musical Express at the time. Dickins would telephone roughly twenty UK record stores and ask what their best-selling records were that week. Several similar charts followed after the success of
551-413: The consumer, and by encouraging exposure on radio, TV, and other media, chart positioning has long been a subject of scrutiny and controversy. Chart compilation methodology and data sources vary, ranging from "buzz charts" (based on opinions of various experts and tastemakers ), to charts that reflect empirical data such as retail sales. Therefore, a chart-topper may be anything from an "insiders' pick" to
580-508: The episode "A Falling Star", playing the fading singer Claudia Farrell. Later, in 1973, Morgan played herself in the episode "The Songwriter" of the sitcom The Odd Couple . That year she appeared too as Magda Valentine in the film The All-American Boy . She performed the theme song, "Coming into My Own," of the short-lived NBC situation comedy Fay , starring Lee Grant , which aired in 1975–1976. In 1978, Morgan guest-starred on The Muppet Show and sang " That Old Black Magic " as
609-521: The history of economics in the London School of Economics Mary DeNeale Morgan (1868–1948), American painter Mary Kimball Morgan (1861–1948), American educator See also [ edit ] Mary Morgan-Grenville, 11th Lady Kinloss (1852–1944), British peeress Mary Morgan-Richards (fl. 1990s–2020s), New Zealand biologist [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with
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#1732801199070638-475: The life of Chuck Barris , creator of The Gong Show , The Dating Game , and The Newlywed Game . She also appeared on Rhyme and Reason , Match Game , Make Me Laugh . Record chart A record chart , in the music industry , also called a music chart , is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period. Many different criteria are used in worldwide charts, often in combination. These include record sales ,
667-583: The name Hot 100 Airplay ), and "Most Played in Juke Boxes", and, in later collations of chart hits, the record's highest placing in any of those charts was usually reported. On November 30, 1991, Billboard introduced a new method of determining the Hot 100: "by a combination of actual radio airplay monitored electronically by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems (BDS), additional playlists from small-market stations, and actual point-of-sale information provided by Nielsen SoundScan ." Until 1998, any songs placed on
696-537: The nickname "Jaye P." after the banker J. P. Morgan ) and sang at school assemblies, accompanied by her brother on guitar . She was married briefly to Michael Baiano from 1954-1955. In 1953, Morgan made a recording of " Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries " issued by Derby Records , which made it to #26 on the U.S. Billboard record chart . Soon after, she received an RCA Victor recording contract , and she had five hits in one year, including her biggest hit " That's All I Want from You ", which reached #3 on
725-544: The program for the flashing incident. The 1980 "behind-the-scenes" The Gong Show Movie features the breast-flashing footage. Morgan also appeared on the Playboy Channel game show Everything Goes , and with her former Gong Show partner Jamie Farr on Hollywood Squares Game Show Week II in 2004. Morgan appeared as herself in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind , a 2003 semi-biographical film about
754-524: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mary_Morgan&oldid=1152068298 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jaye P. Morgan Jaye P. Morgan (born Mary Margaret Morgan ; December 3, 1931 )
783-525: The vacationing Gleason. In 1958, Morgan appeared on ABC 's The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom . On October 6, 1960, she guest starred on NBC 's The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford . In 1961, Morgan was cast as Sally Dwight in the episode "Money and the Minister" of the CBS anthology series , General Electric Theater , hosted by Ronald Reagan . In 1962, she played Patty Maxwell in "Patti's Tune" of
812-512: Was on the 1970 pilot for "The Honeymoon Game" (a then re-working of earlier pilots for The Joker's Wild ). She represented the category of Music on the show, asking questions to the contestants in that category. From 1976 to 1978, Morgan was a regular panelist on The Gong Show , in which she achieved notoriety for flashing her breasts while on live camera during a Gene, Gene, the Dancing Machine performance. NBC banned her from
841-596: Was the top female vocalist in the U.S. Cash Box poll. Beginning January 11, 1954, she was a featured singer on the Robert Q. Lewis Show on CBS-TV. In 1956, she had her own show, The Jaye P. Morgan Show , and made guest appearances on a number of other variety shows . She was a charter member of the Robert Q. Lewis "gang" on Lewis's weekday program on CBS, and was featured on a special episode of The Jackie Gleason Show in which Lewis's entire company substituted for
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