Jay & The Americans
- MatchJay & The Americans
- 100%Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah
- 59%Blue Swede
- 58%Elvin Bishop
- 55%Norman Greenbaum
- 52%The Raspberries
- 42%Tommy James
- 42%Tommy James & The Shondells
- 39%Frankie Valli
- 39%The Association
- 39%The Four Seasons
Biography
This US act was formed in 1961 when former Mystics vocalist John Jay Traynor (2 November 1938) joined ex-Harbor Lites duo Kenny Rosenberg, aka Kenny Vance, and Sandy Yaguda, aka Sandy Deane. Howie Kane (b. Howard Kerschenbaum) completed the line-up, which in turn secured a recording contract through the aegis of the songwriting and production team, Leiber And Stoller. Jay And The Americans scored a US number 5 hit in March 1962 with their second single, the dramatic She... Read more