1. Taylor Dayne scored the US Top 20 hits "Heart of Stone" and "Can't Get Enough of Your Love".
27 Facts About Taylor Dayne
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Taylor Dayne has received over three Grammy Award nominations, an American Music Award and multiple New York Music Awards.
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Taylor Dayne has been ranked by both Rolling Stone and Billboard on their lists of the most successful dance artists of all time.
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Taylor Dayne, whose birth name is Leslie Wunderman, was born in Manhattan, New York City, and lived briefly in another borough, The Bronx, until her family moved to Long Island when she was two years old.
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Taylor Dayne began singing professionally after graduating from high school in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York, performing in little-known rock bands such as Felony and Next.
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Taylor Dayne was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal, Female for her performance on "Tell It to My Heart" in 1988.
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Andrew Panos from Number One commended Taylor Dayne's "belting, soaraway voice" on the album.
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Taylor Dayne went on to release two more albums in the 1990s, but had only one more US Top 40 hit, her 1993 cover of Barry White's 1974 hit "Can't Get Enough of Your Love", which reached No 2 in the ARIA Charts in Australia but only No 20 in the US.
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Jose Promis from AllMusic called Taylor Dayne's cover version as "excellent" and "dance-lite".
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Taylor Dayne later recorded and released the song herself in 1998 as a single from her album Naked Without You.
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Taylor Dayne has had roles in independent films such as Fool's Paradise, Stag and Jesus the Driver, as well as the Warren Beatty-produced 1994 remake of Love Affair.
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Taylor Dayne had a recurring role on the Showtime series Rude Awakening.
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Taylor Dayne performed on Broadway in Elton John's Aida in 2001.
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In 2005, Taylor Dayne was featured in the VH1 series Remaking, which featured her close friends Leah Remini and Michelle Reid.
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On December 11,2007, Taylor Dayne released the first single, "Beautiful", from her studio album Satisfied.
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Taylor Dayne promoted it on many radio stations, including New York's WKTU.
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Taylor Dayne appeared on The Today Show, Chelsea Lately, Wake Up With Whoopi and VH1.
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In 2008, Taylor Dayne performed at the Paralympic Games in Beijing, China.
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Taylor Dayne herself appeared at the end of the monologue during the event, singing "I'll Always Love You".
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In May 2010, Taylor Dayne lobbied congressional leaders on Capitol Hill on behalf of the National Association of Music Merchants and VH1's Save The Music Foundation to reduce cuts in music education in America's schools.
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In July 2010, Taylor Dayne released "Facing a Miracle", the official theme song to the 2010 Gay Games.
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Taylor Dayne performed the song to an audience of 50,000 on July 31,2010, in Cologne, Germany.
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In late 2020, Taylor Dayne competed on season 4 of The Masked Singer as "Popcorn".
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Taylor Dayne made it to the semi-finals of the competition before being unmasked in a triple elimination alongside Chloe Kim as "Jellyfish" and Tori Kelly as "Seahorse".
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Taylor Dayne has two children who were born via a surrogate in 2003.
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Taylor Dayne is a supporter of same-sex marriage, and stated in 2014 that she considers the LGBT community to be her most loyal fanbase.
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Taylor Dayne grew up in Baldwin and Freeport, New York on Long Island.