Taylor Dayne

Taylor Dayne, 2009

Taylor Dayne (* 7. March 1962 in Baldwin , Long Iceland , New York as Leslie Wunderman ) is an American pop - and dance singer .

Career

Taylor Dayne began singing professionally after high school and completed classical vocal training at the Manhattan School of Music . At first she was the singer of the bands Felony and Next.

She later borrowed money from her father to produce the song Tell It to My Heart . This not only earned her a record deal with Arista Records in 1987 , but also became one of her greatest hits. Tell It to My Heart was published in July 1987 and immediately landed in the top five of many countries. In March 1988 it reached first place in Germany . Taylor Dayne also made it into the international charts in 1988 with the singles Prove Your Love , I'll Always Love You and Don't Rush Me from the album Tell It to My Heart . She was also nominated twice for a Grammy . On August 31, 1988 , Dayne was a guest singer on stage at an aftershow by Prince in Hamburg at Große Freiheit 36 .

In October 1989 she released her second album Can't Fight Fate . Although it fell short of international sales expectations, Dayne was able to secure her only top position in the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA with Love Will Lead You Back in the spring of 1990 . She also made it into the top 5 with the singles With Every Beat of My Heart and I'll be Your Shelter .

After a three-year hiatus, Dayne released the album Soul Dancing in July 1993 and was able to place itself at position 20 on the US charts with Can't Get Enough of Your Love . In the following years she also appeared as an actress on US television and was featured on the soundtracks to the films Shadow and the Curse of Khan (1994) and Popstar on Detours (2003) , among others .

In October 1998 the album Naked without You was released , with which it could no longer place itself in the US album charts. After nearly ten years, Dayne's album Satisfied was released in February 2008 . Producers included Rick Nowels and Don Was .

Dayne is also active as a composer . Her piece Whatever You Want , sung by Tina Turner , was also featured in the German charts. She is also successful in dance to this day. In 2010 she recorded the song Facing a Miracle for the eighth Gay Games in Cologne, which she also presented at the opening ceremony on July 31st. Her single Floor on Fire was released on June 22, 2011 .

In February 2019, Dayne's memoir Tell It to My Heart: How I Lost My S # * T, Conquered My Fear, and Found My Voice was published .

Private

Taylor Dayne has been a mother to twins since 2002, to whom a surrogate mother gave birth. She lives in Los Angeles .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B
1988	Tell It to My Heart	DE11 (23 weeks) DE	AT19 (10 weeks) AT	CH4 (12 weeks) CH	UK24 (17 weeks) UK	US21st × 2 Double platinum (69 weeks)US	R&B27 (45 weeks) R&B	First published: January 19, 1988 Producer: Ric Wake
1989	Can't Fight Fate	-	-	CH24 (1 week) CH	-	US25th × 2 Double platinum (55 weeks)US	-	First published: October 17, 1989 Producer: Ric Wake
1993	Soul dancing	DE70 (5 weeks) DE	AT37 (4 weeks) AT	CH31 (5 weeks) CH	-	US51 gold (22 weeks)US	-	First published: July 13, 1993 Producer: Clive Davis
2008	Satisfied	-	-	-	-	US179 (1 week) US	-	Initial Release: February 5, 2008 Producer: Taylor Dayne

More studio albums

• 1998: Naked Without You (released October 6th)
• 2003: performance
• 2014: Soul Dancing (Deluxe Edition) (Release April 21)

Compilations

• 1995: Greatest Hits
• 1999: Master Hits
• 2000: Tell It to My Heart
• 2003: The Hits
• 2004: Tell It to My Heart
• 2005: Dance Diva Remixes & Rarities
• 2006: Best of Taylor Dayne Live
• 2008: Live Original Artist Live Recording
• 2013: Playlist: The Very Best Of

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Dance
1987	Tell It to My Heart Tell It to My Heart	DE1 gold (19 weeks)DE	AT1 (14 weeks) AT	CH1 (14 weeks) CH	UK3 silver (13 weeks)UK	US7th gold (25 weeks)US	Dance4 (11 weeks) Dance	First publication: July 1987 Authors: Franne Golde, Ernie Gold, Seth Swirsky
1988	Prove Your Love Tell It to My Heart	DE4 (13 weeks) DE	AT11 (12 weeks) AT	CH2 (9 weeks) CH	UK8 (11 weeks) UK	US7 (18 weeks) US	Dance1 (11 weeks) Dance	First published: February 1988 Authors: Arnie Roman, Seth Swirsky
	I'll Always Love You Tell It to My Heart	DE38 (14 weeks) DE	-	CH30 (2 weeks) CH	UK41 (7 weeks) UK	US3 gold (30 weeks)US	-	First published: June 1988 Author: Jimmy George
	Don't Rush Me Tell It to My Heart	DE33 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	UK76 (6 weeks) UK	US2 (20 weeks) US	Dance6 (11 weeks) Dance	First published: September 1988 Authors: Alexandra Forbes, Jeff Franzel
1989	With Every Beat of My Heart Can't Fight Fate	-	-	CH18 (7 weeks) CH	UK53 (4 weeks) UK	US5 (18 weeks) US	Dance8 (11 weeks) Dance	First published: October 1989 Authors: Arthur Baker , Tommy Faragher, Lotti Golden
1990	Love Will Lead You Back Can't Fight Fate	-	-	-	UK69 (3 weeks) UK	US1 gold (20 weeks)US	-	First published: January 1990 Author: Diane Warren
	I'll Be Your Shelter Can't Fight Fate	-	-	-	UK43 (6 weeks) UK	US4 (18 weeks) US	-	First published: March 1990 Author: Diane Warren
	Heart of Stone Can't Fight Fate	-	-	-	-	US12 (16 weeks) US	-	First publication: July 1990 Authors: Elliot Wolff, Gregg Tripp
1993	Can't Get Enough of Your Love Soul Dancing	DE56 (10 weeks) DE	AT29 (2 weeks) AT	CH17 (11 weeks) CH	UK14 (8 weeks) UK	US20 (20 weeks) US	Dance2 (14 weeks) Dance	First published: June 1993 Author and original: Barry White , 1974
	Send Me a Lover Soul Dancing	-	-	-	-	US50 (14 weeks) US	-	First publication: September 1993 Authors: George Thatcher, Rick Hahn
1994	I'll wait soul dancing	-	-	-	UK29 (3 weeks) UK	-	Dance3 (14 weeks) Dance	First published: April 1994 Authors: Taylor Dayne, Shep Pettibone , Tony Shimkin
1995	Original Sin Soul Dancing (Deluxe Edition)	-	-	-	UK63 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: January 1995 from the soundtrack of the film The Shadow Writer: Jim Steinman , Original: Pandora's Box , 1989
	Say a Prayer Soul Dancing	-	-	-	UK58 (2 weeks) UK	-	Dance7 (13 weeks) Dance	First published: September 1995 Authors: Taylor Dayne, Shep Pettibone, Tony Shimkin
1996	Tell It to My Heart (Remix) Greatest Hits	-	-	-	UK23 (3 weeks) UK	-	Dance10 (23 weeks) Dance	First published: January 1st, 1996 Remix: T-empo
1998	Whatever You Want Naked Without You	-	-	-	-	-	Dance6 (13 weeks) Dance	First published: August 1998 Authors: Arthur Baker, Fred Zarr, Taylor Dayne Original: Tina Turner , 1996
1999	Naked Without You Naked Without You	-	-	-	-	-	Dance3 (13 weeks) Dance	First published: July 1999 Authors: Andrew Roachford , Billy Steinberg , Rick Nowels Original: Roachford, 1997
2000	Planet Love Flawless OST	-	-	-	-	-	Dance1 (14 weeks) Dance	First released: January 2000 from the soundtrack of the film Flawless Authors: Allee Willis, Bruce Roberts
2002	How Many Circuit OST	-	-	-	-	-	Dance6 (12 weeks) Dance	First published: September 2002 Authors: Harriet Roberts, Tony Moran, Warren Rigg
2007	I'm Not Featuring You	-	-	-	-	-	Dance2 (15 weeks) Dance	First published: August 2007
2008	Beautiful satisfied	-	-	-	-	-	Dance1 (16 weeks) Dance	First publication: January 2008 Authors: Helgi M. Hubner, Taylor Dayne

More singles

• 1989: Tell It to My Heart / Prove Your Love (The House Mixes)
• 1991: Up All Night (Remixes)
• 1998: Unstoppable
• 2005: Whatever You Want / Naked Without You (Remix EP)
• 2008: My Heart Can't Change
• 2010: Facing a Miracle
• 2015: Kiss All the Bullies Goodbye (Sir Ivan feat. Taylor Dayne)

Filmography

• 1988: Night Tracks (TV series, an episode)
• 1994: Perfect Love Affair (Love Affair)
• 1997: Always Trouble in Paradise (Fool's Paradise)
• 1997: Death of a stripper (Stag)
• 1997: NightMan (TV series, two episodes)
• 1997: NightMan (TV movie)
• 1999: Martial Law - The Karate Cop ( Martial Law , TV series, an episode)
• 2000: Rude Awakening - Adults only! ( Martial Law , TV series, seven episodes)
• 2002: Joshua Tree (short film)
• 2004: Jesus the Driver
• 2005: Remaking Taylor Dayne (TV movie)
• 2006: Rescue Me (TV series, episode)
• 2008: Beautiful Loser
• 2012: I Am Bad
• 2014: Telling of the Shoes

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1. ↑ Taylor Dayne. November 19, 2019, accessed April 7, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Taylor Dayne sings Gay Games song ( July 26, 2010 memento in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ [1]
4. ↑ Book announcement in the biography , Taylor Dayne, taylordayne.com
5. ↑ Taylor Dayne Shares Her Surrogate Story. Retrieved April 7, 2020 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: Singles Albums UK US
7. ↑ ^{a b} gold / platinum databases: DE UK US

Web links

Commons : Taylor Dayne  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Official website
• Discography
• Taylor Dayne at Discogs (English)
• Taylor Dayne in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Singles Discography on 45cat.com
• Discography on rateyourmusic.com
• chartsurfer.de
• officialcharts.de