Layng Martine Jr.
Biography
James Layng Martine Jr. (born March, 1942) is an American songwriter whose compositions have appeared on the country and pop music charts over a four-decade span beginning in the late 1960s. His songs, "Way Down" and "Rub it In", have each been recorded by over 20 artists. In 2013, he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Some of Martine's writing credits include Elvis Presley's million-selling "Way Down"; The Pointer Sisters' "Should I Do It" and Trisha Yearwood's "I Wanna Go Too Far".
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
ELV1S 30 #1 Hits
2002
Moody Blue
1977
The Essential Elvis Presley
2007
Way Down
1977
Introducing Karl Blau
2016
For My Broken Heart
1991
Sweetheart's Dance
1994
Breakin' 2 - Electric Boogaloo - Original Soundtrack Recording
1984
Here Comes The Night
1982
Should I Do It
1981
Keep On Boppin'
1979
Misty
1975
The 50 Greatest Hits
2000
Strong Enough
1995
Thinkin' About You
1995
Walking Away A Winner
1994
Believe In The Beat
1984
I Wanna Do It With You
1982
Visions
1977
Rub It In / It's Hard To Love A Hungry, Worried Man
1974
Mercy
1969
True Love
1982
Credited work
1,277 releases · 240 albums · active 1964–2025
- Performance · 1,325
- Other credits · 22
- Production · 2
Studios: Sound Stage Studios · Woodland Studios · The Hit Factory · Jack Clement Recording Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Elvis Presley
- Pointer Sisters
- Eddy Mitchell
- Elvis
- Ray Stevens
- Reba McEntire
- Barry Manilow