Jay and the Americans

Jay and the Americans
Jay and the Americans in 1965. L-R: Kenny Vance, Sandy Deanne, Marty Sanders, Howard Kane and Jay Black
Background information
Also known asThe Harborlites, Chapter Four
OriginBelle Harbor, Queens, New York, United States
GenresPop rock[1]
Years active1960–1973, 2006–present
LabelsUnited Artists
Members
Past members
Websitejayandtheamericans.net

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 Sanders (born Martin Joe Kupersmith) were added to the line-up.[2] They were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2002.

  1. ^ "Jay & the Americans | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 667/8. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.