‘Idol’ Singer Impresses With Swoon-Worthy Sam Cooke Cover

"Layne Hardy, 18, excites the judges and the public with his 1962 version of Sam Cooke's success" Bring it to Home to Me. " Layne Hardy, a Livingston native in Louisiana, has a rockabilly-filled sound that became famous for musicians like Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke and Buddy Holly in the fifties and sixties. Although he is young and has never had the opportunity to attend the performances of these iconic stars, Hardy fits that kind of music perfectly. Layne said he was inspired by Elvis Presley as a child and continued that sound throughout his musical career. Although Elvis is his inspiration, the music he emulates dramatically is a combination of all the great stars of that era.