Jay & The Americans

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Come A Little Bit Closer 02:49 Tools
This Magic Moment 02:57 Tools
Cara Mia 02:36 Tools
She Cried 02:38 Tools
Only In America 02:05 Tools
Cara, Mia 02:32 Tools
Some Enchanted Evening 02:20 Tools
Hushabye 03:02 Tools
Walkin' In The Rain 02:46 Tools
Think Of The Good Times 02:51 Tools
Let's Lock The Door (And Throw Away The Key) 02:23 Tools
Crying 02:41 Tools
Livin' Above Your Head 02:41 Tools
Sunday And Me 02:19 Tools
Why Can't You Bring Me Home 00:00 Tools
Come Dance With Me 00:00 Tools
Tonight 00:00 Tools
Things Are Changing 00:00 Tools
Tomorrow 00:00 Tools
Let It Be Me 00:00 Tools
Save the Last Dance for Me 02:28 Tools
Dawning 00:00 Tools
Yes 00:00 Tools
No, I Don't Know Her 00:00 Tools
Do I Love You? 00:00 Tools
This Is It 00:00 Tools
(We'll Meet In The) Yellow Forest 00:00 Tools
(He's) Raining In My Sunshine 00:00 Tools
Gypsy Woman 03:15 Tools
Living Above Your Head 00:00 Tools
She Cried (Italian Version) 00:00 Tools
Come A Little Bit Closer (Spanish Version) 00:00 Tools
24 Hours from Tulsa (feat. Jay Reincke) 00:00 Tools
You Were On My Mind 00:00 Tools
Let's Lock The Door 00:00 Tools
When You Dance 00:00 Tools
Drums 00:00 Tools
Come a Little Bit Closer (Rerecorded) 02:49 Tools
Got Hung Up Along The Way 00:00 Tools
Come A Little Bit Closer  02:49 Tools
"H.I.S." Slacks - Radio Spot 00:00 Tools
Can't Take My Eyes Off You 00:00 Tools
No Other Love 00:00 Tools
WHAT WILL MY MARY SAY 00:00 Tools
The Other Girls 00:00 Tools
Run to My Lovin' Arms 00:00 Tools
So Much In Love 00:00 Tools
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore 02:55 Tools
Johnny B. Goode 00:00 Tools
Goodnight My Love 00:00 Tools
My Prayer 00:00 Tools
Since I Don't Have You 00:00 Tools
Come a Little Bit Closer (Re-Recorded) 00:00 Tools
It's My Turn to Cry 00:00 Tools
To Wait For Love 00:00 Tools
Spanish Harlem 00:00 Tools
What's The Use 00:00 Tools
Some Kind Of Wonderful 00:00 Tools
Pledging My Love 00:00 Tools
When It's All Over 02:38 Tools
Lonely Teardrops 00:00 Tools
Message To Martha (Kentucky Bluebird) 00:00 Tools
Something in My Eye 00:00 Tools
Cara Mia Mine 00:00 Tools
If You Were Mine, Girl 00:00 Tools
What Will Mary Say 00:00 Tools
You Ain't As Hip As All That, Baby 00:00 Tools
Capture The Moment 00:00 Tools
Room Full Of Tears 00:00 Tools
Let's Lock The Door And Throw Away The Key 00:00 Tools
My Clair De Lune 00:00 Tools
Life Is But A Dream 00:00 Tools
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow 00:00 Tools
I'll Remember You 00:00 Tools
Baby Come Home 00:00 Tools
Come A Little Bit Closer - Spanish Version 00:00 Tools
Girl 00:00 Tools
Solitary Man 00:00 Tools
Take a Letter Maria 00:00 Tools
Can't We Be Sweethearts 00:00 Tools
Friday 00:00 Tools
Mean Woman Blues 00:00 Tools
There Goes My Baby 03:21 Tools
This Is My Love 00:00 Tools
Stand by Me 00:00 Tools
This Magic Moment (Re-Recorded) 00:00 Tools
Look in My Eyes, Maria 00:00 Tools
The Reason For Living (For You My Darling) 00:00 Tools
Look In My Eyes Maria 00:00 Tools
Strangers Tomorrow 00:00 Tools
Come a Little Bit Closer - Rerecorded 00:00 Tools
Stop The Clock 00:00 Tools
I Don't Need A Friend 00:00 Tools
'Till 00:00 Tools
She Cried - Italian Version 00:00 Tools
I Don't Want To Cry 00:00 Tools
Do I Love You 00:00 Tools
Goodbye Boys Goodbye (Ciao Ragazzi Ciao) 00:00 Tools
Baby Stop Your Cryin' 00:00 Tools
H.I.S. Slacks - Radio Spot 00:00 Tools
Lover's Question, a 00:00 Tools
Running scared 00:00 Tools
Caramia 00:00 Tools
Cara Mia - Jay & The Americans 02:32 Tools
Red Rubber Ball 00:00 Tools
Nature Boy 00:00 Tools
Through This Doorway 00:00 Tools
Last Kiss 00:00 Tools
Tricia (Tell Your Daddy) 00:00 Tools
A Lover's Question 00:00 Tools
Moon River 00:00 Tools
Shanghai Noodle Factory 00:00 Tools
Jay& The Americans - She Cried 00:00 Tools
Cara Mia (Re-Recorded) 00:00 Tools
Things Go Better With Coke 00:00 Tools
Five O'clock World 00:00 Tools
Come a Little Bit Closer (OST Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2) 00:00 Tools
Come A Little Closer 00:00 Tools
She Doesn't Know It 00:00 Tools
Can We Be Sweethearts 00:00 Tools
Livin'Above Your Head 00:00 Tools
The Show Must Go On 00:00 Tools
The Grass Will Sing (For You) 00:00 Tools
Kansas City 00:00 Tools
Walkin In the Rain 02:47 Tools
Christmas In America 00:00 Tools
French Provincial 00:00 Tools
Learnin' How To Fly 00:00 Tools
Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa 00:00 Tools
Goodbye Boys Goodbye 00:00 Tools
Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You 00:00 Tools
Hang Around 00:00 Tools
Look At Me, What Do You See 00:00 Tools
Be My Baby (feat. Sandy Deanne) 00:00 Tools
(I'd Kill) For The Love Of A Lady 00:00 Tools
Apple Peaches Pumpkin Pie 00:00 Tools
Oh Pretty Woman 00:00 Tools
Where's the Girl 00:00 Tools
The Magic Moment 00:00 Tools
You Ain't Gonna Wake Up Cryin' 00:00 Tools
Stand by Me (feat. Sandy Deanne) 00:00 Tools
Maria 00:00 Tools
She Cried (Re-Recorded) 00:00 Tools
Suspicion (feat. Jay Reincke) 00:00 Tools
Gemini 00:00 Tools
Only the Lonely (feat. Jay Reincke) 00:00 Tools
(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me 00:00 Tools
Monday, Monday 00:00 Tools
You Ain't As Hip As All That Baby 00:00 Tools
1966 Coca-Cola Commercial #1 00:00 Tools
Walkin' in the Rain (Re-Recorded) 00:00 Tools
Over The Mountain 00:00 Tools
coke spot 00:00 Tools
Here There And Everywhere 00:00 Tools
5 O'Clock World 00:00 Tools
Cara, Mia - 2009 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Somebody's Gonna Cry 00:00 Tools
Jay & the Americans 00:00 Tools
Do You Ever Think Of Me? 00:00 Tools
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore) 00:00 Tools
Truly Julie's Blues 00:00 Tools
It's A Big Wide Wonderful World 00:00 Tools
Solitary Man (Re-Recorded) 00:00 Tools
Solitary Man - Rerecorded 00:00 Tools
To Wait For Love (Is To Waste Your Life Away) 00:00 Tools
Crying (Re-Recorded) 00:00 Tools
Where Is The Village 00:00 Tools
What To Do With Laurie 00:00 Tools
This Magic Moment (Edit) 00:00 Tools
Please Let Me Dream 00:00 Tools
Save the Last Dance for Me (feat. Marty Sanders) 00:00 Tools
Chilly Winds 00:00 Tools
Some Enchanted Evening (Re-Recorded) 00:00 Tools
Only in America (Re-Recorded) 00:00 Tools
Granada 02:44 Tools
Sunday and Me (Re-Recorded) 00:00 Tools
Some Kinda Wonderful 00:00 Tools
Good Lovin' 00:00 Tools
Baby, That Is Rock & Roll - Live 00:00 Tools
I Miss You (When I Kiss You) 00:00 Tools
Cara, Mia - 2009 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Cupid 00:00 Tools
She's the Girl (That's Messin' Up My Mind) 00:00 Tools
Let's Lock the Door (Re-Recorded) 00:00 Tools
This Magic Moment - Rerecorded 00:00 Tools
Cara, Mia (2009 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
What Will My Mary Say - Rerecorded 00:00 Tools
Jay & The Americans - Cara Mia 02:04 Tools
Silly Girl, Silly Boy 00:00 Tools
Hey Girl 00:00 Tools
Wisdom Of A Fool 02:13 Tools
Running Scared (Re-Recorded) 00:00 Tools
Come Back When You Grow Up Girl 00:00 Tools
Love Hurts 00:00 Tools
Hushabye (Re-Recorded) 00:00 Tools
Look At Me - What Do You See 00:00 Tools
Look Into My Eyes Maria 00:00 Tools
Looking for an Echo 00:00 Tools
Little Senorita 02:50 Tools
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 00:00 Tools
Words 00:00 Tools
Delilah 00:00 Tools
Come a little bit closer (1964) 00:00 Tools
Cara Mia - Rerecorded 00:00 Tools
What Will My Mary Say (Re-Recorded) 00:00 Tools
You Ain't As Hip As All That, Baby (2009 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Cara Mia [1965] 00:00 Tools
This Magic Moment ('69) 00:00 Tools
Walking In The Moonlight (dancing In the Rain) 00:00 Tools
Cara mia (1965) 00:00 Tools
Two Many Times, Diana (From Howie to Diana) 00:00 Tools
My Claire de Lune 00:00 Tools
Walkin' in the Rain - Rerecorded 00:00 Tools
Baby, That Is Rock & Roll (Live) 00:00 Tools
Can't Take My Eyes Of Off You 00:00 Tools
come a 00:00 Tools
lets lock the door 00:00 Tools
Cara, Mia ('65) 00:00 Tools
H.I. S. Slacks Spot 00:00 Tools
She Cried - Rerecorded 00:00 Tools
tricia tell your daddy 00:00 Tools
Jay and The Americans - Come a Little Bit Closer 00:00 Tools
cara 00:00 Tools
'H.I.S.' Slacks - Radio Spot 00:00 Tools
Jay & The Americans #1 00:00 Tools
Truly Julie's Blue 00:00 Tools
Tommorow 00:00 Tools
'Til 00:00 Tools
Without Love (There Is Nothing) 00:00 Tools
Crying - Rerecorded 00:00 Tools
Let's Lock the Door - Rerecorded 00:00 Tools
Too Many Times, Diana (From Howie to Diana) 00:00 Tools
Wake up a Little Suzy (feat. Sandy Deanne & Marty Sanders) 00:00 Tools
Coca-Cola Commercial 00:00 Tools
Only You (And You Alone) 00:00 Tools
You Ain't As Hip As All That, Baby - 2009 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Running Scared - Rerecorded 00:00 Tools
Dance With Me (feat. Jay Reincke) 00:00 Tools
This Magic Moment - Edit 00:00 Tools
HIS Slacks 00:00 Tools
Come A Little Bit Closer ('64) 00:00 Tools
Desperate People 00:00 Tools
Some Enchanted Evening - Rerecorded 00:00 Tools
This Magic Moment (1968) 00:00 Tools
Sunday and Me - Rerecorded 00:00 Tools
Only in America - Rerecorded 00:00 Tools
Just a Gigilo (feat. Howie Kane) 00:00 Tools
Jay & The Americans - Come A Little Bit Closer 00:00 Tools
Come A Little Bit Closer 1964 00:00 Tools
You Ain't As Hip As All That, Baby - 2009 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
What To Do With Lorie 00:00 Tools
Come a little bit close 00:00 Tools
Can´T Take My Eyes Of You 00:00 Tools
Johnny B Goode 00:00 Tools
"H.I.S." Slacks (Radio Spot) 00:00 Tools
Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie 00:00 Tools
look in my eyes 00:00 Tools
"This Magic Moment" 00:00 Tools
I Don't Wan To Cry 00:00 Tools
ipod, Come a Little Bit Closer 00:00 Tools
Come a Little Bit Closer (OST Стражи Галактики. Часть 2) 00:00 Tools
Hold Me Tight 00:00 Tools
We'll Meet In The Yellow Forest 00:00 Tools
Singe I Don't Have You 00:00 Tools
Runnin' Scared (feat. Jay Reincke) 00:00 Tools
H.I.S. Slacks Ad 00:00 Tools
Cara Mia -1965 - 1980 00:00 Tools
Livin above your head 00:00 Tools
'H.I.S.' Slacks (Radio Spot) 00:00 Tools
Hushabye - Rerecorded 00:00 Tools
She Cried (Italian) 00:00 Tools
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore) - Alternative Version 00:00 Tools
Coke Ad (Good Times) 00:00 Tools
Livin' Above Your Head (feat. Jay Reincke) 00:00 Tools
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine 00:00 Tools
This Magic Moment (1969) 00:00 Tools
Coca-Cola Commercials - Jay & the Americans #1 00:00 Tools
Cara Mia (хит 1965 г.) 00:00 Tools
Jay & The Americans - Take A Letter Maria 00:00 Tools
This Magic Moments 00:00 Tools
Can't Take My Eyes Off of You (Re-Recorded) 00:00 Tools
Only A Heart 00:00 Tools
Welcome To Lonely 00:00 Tools
Keepin' The Music Alive 00:00 Tools
It Hurts To Be In Love 00:00 Tools
Come A Little Bit Closer (1964 #3) 00:00 Tools
She Cried - Re-Recorded 00:00 Tools
I'll Remeber You 00:00 Tools
Love Sick Blues (feat. Marty Sanders) 00:00 Tools
Cara Mia (65) 00:00 Tools
Some Enchnated Evening 00:00 Tools
Jay And The Americans - This Magic Moment 00:00 Tools
IT'S OVER 00:00 Tools
Kansas City (live) 00:00 Tools
She Cried (re-recording) 00:00 Tools
This Magic Moment (69) 00:00 Tools
Come a Little Bit Closer - Re-Recorded 00:00 Tools
Sleepy 00:00 Tools
Jay & The Americans-Cara Mia 00:00 Tools
Only in America [*] 00:00 Tools
A Certain Smile (Live) 00:00 Tools
Return To Me 00:00 Tools
She Cried - (Italian Version) 00:00 Tools
Jay & The Americans - This Magic Moment 02:47 Tools
this m 00:00 Tools
She Cried [1962] 00:00 Tools
She Cried (stereo) 00:00 Tools
Let's Lock The Door (1965) 00:00 Tools
jay and the americans - cara mia 00:00 Tools
She Cried (Live) 00:00 Tools
Billy Jean Blue 00:00 Tools
Livin' Above Your Head (+ Radio Caroline jingle) 00:00 Tools
Only In America ('63) 00:00 Tools
Only In America (1963) 00:00 Tools
Two of a Kind 00:00 Tools
She Cried (1962) 00:00 Tools
Coma a Little Bit Closer 00:00 Tools
Come A Little Bit Closer / Jay & The Americans 00:00 Tools
White Cliffs of Dover 00:00 Tools
Somebody's Gonna Dry 00:00 Tools
Come A Little Bit Closer - (Spanish Version) 00:00 Tools
14 - Sunday And Me 00:00 Tools
Jay & The Americans / Cara Mia 00:00 Tools
Walkin' in the Rain (69) 00:00 Tools
HIS Slacks - Radio Spot 00:00 Tools
Walkin IN THE Rain (1970) 00:00 Tools
Cara, Mia (65) 00:00 Tools
Coca-Cola Commercial 1966 00:00 Tools
Walkin' in the Rain ('69) 00:00 Tools
Apple, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie 00:00 Tools
Come A Little Bit Closer (Original) 00:00 Tools
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore) [Re-Recorded] 00:00 Tools
No I Don't Know Her 00:00 Tools
Cara Mia '65 00:00 Tools
9 – Come A Little Bit Closer (OST: Стражи Галактики. Часть 2) vk.com/osthd 00:00 Tools
She Cried(Jay & the Americans) 00:00 Tools
07: No, I Don't Know Her 00:00 Tools
Cara Mia - Alternative Version 00:00 Tools
In a Little Cafe 00:00 Tools
Come A Little Bit Closser 00:00 Tools
11 - Think Of The Good Times 00:00 Tools
Is There a World Without You 00:00 Tools
She'll Be Young Forever 00:00 Tools
I Rise I Fall 00:00 Tools
No More 00:00 Tools
Jay & The Americans / Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa 00:00 Tools
What Will My Mary Say - Re-Recorded 00:00 Tools
It´S My Turn To Cry 00:00 Tools
Cara, Mia (2009 Remastered Version) 00:00 Tools
Things Go Better With Coca-Cola 00:00 Tools
Some Enchanted Evening (1965) 00:00 Tools
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Jay and the Americans were a pop rock group most popular in the 60s and 70s, known for romantic pop hits such as 1969's "This Magic Moment" and 1970's "Walkin' In The Rain". Their initial lineup consisted of Howard Kane (born Kirschenbaum), John (J.T.) Traynor, Kenny Vance (born Rosenberg), and Sandy Yaguda. They were discovered while performing in student venues at New York University in the late 50s. The guys auditioned for the seminal music team of Leiber and Stoller, who gave the group its name in 1960. In the manner of the time, Leiber and Stoller wanted to extend this to "Binky Jones and the Americans", but Traynor declined to be known as "Binky Jones" his whole career. He instead offered up "Jay", a family nickname, and it suited everyone. They first hit the Billboard charts in 1962 with the tune "She Cried". Later covered by several other artists, the track's highest charting was #5, inspiring the group. The next two singles didn't fare nearly as well, however, and John Traynor left the band. David Black (né David Blatt) of The Empires took his place (after first agreeing to adopt the name Jay Black), and Empires guitarist Marty Sanders also joined. Black sang lead for the rest of the group's existence. They returned to the charts in 1963 with "Only In America", a song originally meant for The Drifters. Other notable hits for the Americans were "Come a Little Bit Closer" in 1964, which hit #3, and "Cara Mia" in 1965, which hit #4. The Americans also recorded a commercial for H.I.S. Slacks, and a public service announcement for the Ad Council, featuring a backing track by Brian Wilson and Phil Spector. In 1968, they recorded an album of their favorite oldies remade fresh, called Sands of Time, and its single was "This Magic Moment", which also came through the Drifters. That track proved to be the last Top Ten record for the group. However, the band's follow-up album, titled 'Wax Museum', yielded the #19 hit "Walkin' In The Rain". First recorded by The Ronettes, the emotive love song has remained a classic on oldies themed stations along with the group's earlier work. Their next singles failed to chart, nonetheless, and the band grew apart. The demand for live appearances remained. While the other members moved on to solo musical careers in 1973, Jay Black continued to perform as "Jay and the Americans" or "Jay Black and the Americans" until the 1980s, with a variety of musicians, including Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, who would later found Steely Dan. ." The group reunited in the 1990s for special performances, most notably the 45 Years of Motown special on PBS. in 2006, Jay Black filed for bankruptcy due to gambling debts, and his ownership of the name "Jay & The Americans" was sold by the bankruptcy trustee to Sandy Deanne (Yaguda), Black's former band mate and original member of Jay & The Americans for $100,000 to pay Black's debts. With the name purchase, former members Deanne, Howard Kane, and Marty Sanders reunited, and recruited a sound-alike singer from Chicago, coincidentally nicknamed "Jay." Thus, John "Jay" Reincke became the third "Jay" and the band returned to playing both national and international music venues. Their show covers the history of Jay and The Americans, acknowledging all three Jays and featuring all of the top hits in their original arrangements. David Blatt still tours under his stage name, "Jay Black". Kenny Vance is currently the lead singer of Kenny Vance and the Planotones, a neo-doo wop band that he formed in the 1970s. After leaving the group, John Traynor recorded a handful of songs on the Coral label, including "I Rise, I Fall" in 1964. None were hits, but "I Rise, I Fall" became a minor hit for Johnny Tillotson. The label billed Traynor as "JAY formerly of Jay and the Americans." Traynor now tours with Jay Siegel's Tokens. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.