Gene Gene The Dancing Machine played the role of The Everyman in the middle of the gleeful mayhem.
It was quite different from the vituperative putdowns of Simon Cowell and other latter-day talent judges who sneer at dream-dashed would-be stars.
It would prove to be both his greatest success, and his ultimate defeat.
In November 1955, the music magazine, , reported that Morgan was the top female vocalist in the U.