Leslie Wunderman (created March 7, 1962), better known by her stage name Taylor Dayne, is an American pop and freestyle music singer songwriter and performer. She subsequently went on to get a sequence of hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s, such as the No. 1 “Billboard” hit “Love Will Lead You Back”. Overall, she’s had eighteen person hit songs get to the top ten in “Billboard” magazine. These contain most recently, the 2011 American and international hit “Flooring on Fire” as well as the 2008 tune “Beautiful”, which reached the top position in “Billboard”‘s Hot Dance Club Play Chart. Signed to Arista Records, her first tune to crack the top ten was the dance pop hit “Tell It to My Heart” in late 1987. The tune was an immediate smash world-wide, peaking in the top five of most important markets worldwide, and reaching a peak of number one in many states, including West Germany. The hit songs that followed contained “Prove Your Love,” “I Will Always Love You,” “Do Not Rush Me,” “With Every Beat of My Heart,” “Love Will Lead You Back,” “I Will Be Your Shelter,” “Heart of Stone,” “Send Me a Lover” and “Naked Without You.” Jointly with Arthur Baker and Fred Zarr, Dayne composed “Whatever You Want” for Tina Turner’s 1996 record Wildest Dreams. Dayne after recorded and released the tune herself in 1998 as a single from her record Naked Without You. In America, she reached three gold singles, with “Tell It to My Heart”, “I Will Always Love You,” and “Love Will Lead You Back.”
Laura Wunderman, Jack Wunderman, Tell It to My Heart, Love Will Lead You Back, I'll Always Love You, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, Chester, PA, United States, Houston, TX, United States
Siblings
Hugh Wunderman, Robert Wunderman, Tell It to My Heart, Love Will Lead You Back, I'll Always Love You, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, Chester, PA, United States, Houston, TX, United States
Nicknames
Leslie Wunderman
Nominations
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist, Tell It to My Heart, Love Will Lead You Back, I'll Always Love You, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, Chester, PA, United States, Houston, TX, United Stat...
Movies
“Nightman” (1997-199), I Am Bad (2012), Beautiful Loser (2007), Jesus The Driver (2004), Joshua Tree (2002), Stag (1997)
TV Shows
Gone Country, I Love the New Millennium, Rude Awakening, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, Chester, PA, United States, Houston, TX, United States
Star Sign
Pisces
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Fact
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She is of Austrian Jewish descent.
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Made a surprise return to Australia playing small venues and clubs in the Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide, Melbourne and Wollongong. The tour was titled "Woman In Love" and lasted just over two weeks. [November 2003]
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Performed at the 19th Annual Long Beach Gay Pride Festival [May 2002]
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Released a brand new studio album titled Satisfied February 5th 2008. Debuted on the Billboard TOP 200 at #179. [February 2008]
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Hit #2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Charts in October 2007 with "I'm Not Featuring You" with DJ Manny Lehman. The CD single was a #1 seller on PerfectBeat.com, who sold the CD Single exclusively.
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December 11th 2007, released her 1st single from her first studio album in 9 years titled Beautiful. It hit #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Charts April 2008. Beautiful also hit #23 on the AC Radio Charts.
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Released her new studio album Satisfied February 5th 2008. It debuted on the Billboard TOP 200 at #179 & #22 on the Indie Charts.
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Her parents and the parents of Vicki Roberts have known each other for over thirty years as business acquaintances. They are all from Long Island, New York and are now all retired in Florida.
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Will release her 5th studio album at the end of the year (2002). Her previous albums include 'Tell it to my Heart', 'Can't Fight Fate', 'Soul Dancing' and 'Naked Without You'.
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Daughter of Laura and Jack
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(December 30, 2001) Taylor becomes a mom for the first time after giving birth to twins, Astaria and Levi.
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Had 7 back-to-back top 10 singles: Tell It To My Heart, Prove Your Love, I'll Always Love You, Don't Rush Me, Every Beat Of My Heart, Love Will Lead You Back and I'll Be Your Shelter.
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Has two brothers named Robert and Hugh.
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Taylor's live album "Planet Love" is released. [March 2001]