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"Cara Mia" is a popular song published in 1954 that became a UK number 1, [1] and US number 10 hit and Gold record for English singer David Whitfield in 1954, and a number 4 hit for the American rock group Jay and the Americans in 1965. The title means "my beloved" in Italian.
Jay Black (born David Blatt; November 2, 1938 [1] – October 22, 2021) was an American singer whose height of fame came in the 1960s when he was the lead singer of the band Jay and the Americans. The band had numerous hits including " Come a Little Bit Closer ", " Cara Mia ", and " This Magic Moment ".
Jay and the Americans are an American rock group who formed in the late 1950s. Their initial line-up consisted of John "Jay" Traynor, Howie Kane (born Howard Kirschenbaum), Kenny Vance (born Kenneth Rosenberg) and Sandy Deanne (born Louis Sandy Yaguda), though their greatest success on the charts came after Traynor had been replaced as lead singer by Jay Black (born David Blatt) and Marty ...
Jay Traynor left in 1962 and Jay Black came in as the new lead singer. In the following years, the Americans would garner more hits such as This Magic Moment, She Cried, Come a Little Bit Closer, and Cara Mia. Deanne remained in the Americans until their split in 1973. Like the other members of the group, he went on to tour as a solo artist.
As the group were starting to gain success around the United States, Kane was still attending college. Traynor left in 1962, and Jay Black (1938–2021) came in as the new lead singer. During the 1960s, Jay and the Americans had hit-after-hit including; "Come a Little Bit Closer" in 1964, which hit #3, and "Cara Mia" in 1965, which hit #4.
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Single by Jay and the Americans; from the album Sands of Time; A-side "Since I Don't Have You" Released: October 28, 1968: Recorded: October 16, 1968: Studio: O.D.O. Recorders, New York City, N.Y. Genre: Blue-eyed soul: Length: 3: 03: Label: United Artists: Songwriter(s) Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman: Producer(s) Jay and the Americans: Jay and the ...
An American couple who endured traveling through seven countries in 48 hours to catch up to a cruise ship that left them at a previous port said they may not re-board the boat.