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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 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 ".
"Come a Little Bit Closer" is a song by the 1960s rock and roll band Jay and the Americans. It reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 21, 1964, making it the band's highest-charting single. [1] It also peaked at number 4 on the Cashbox chart and at number 1 on RPM's singles chart.
"Sunday and Me" is a song written by Neil Diamond and was released by Jay and the Americans in 1965. The song went to No.18 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1965 and was on the charts for 8 weeks. [1] The song went to No.19 in Canada in December 1965 and was on the charts for 6 weeks. [2]
In 1968, Jay and the Americans released a version of the song, which became the song's most widely successful release. Their version spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 6 on March 1, 1969, [8] while reaching No. 1 on Canada's "RPM 100" [9] and No. 11 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart. [10]
Come a Little Bit Closer is the third studio album by the American rock group Jay and the Americans, released in 1964 by United Artists Records. Reception
Sandy Deanne (born Louis Sandy Yaguda, January 30, 1943 [1]) is an American vocalist who has been a member of Jay and the Americans since forming in 1960. Following the death of Howie Kane in 2023, he was the last founding member of Jay and the Americans still touring with the group until early 2024.
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