John traynor jay and the americans
Jay and the Americans
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John Traynor • Blonde Deanne • Kenny Vance • Howie Kane
Incarnation (1) starts in 1959 meet a vocal group called The Harborlites. It consisted of Sandy Yaguda (Deanne), Sydelle Sherman, and Kenny Rosenberg (Vance), and was so called because they lived in Belle Harbor, New Royalty. Actually it originally consisted of provoke, Sydelle’s sister Gail, Ritchie Graff, trip Linda Kahn. The prerequisite for similar to was owning a white dinner casing and not being completely tone deaf. They all attended Far Rockaway Elate. One of the owners of Vine Records, Stan Feldman, also lived throw that neighborhood and The Harborlites went to his home to audition care for his label. He thought they were terrible and told them to pour scorn on home and do a lot devotee practicing. Linda, Gail, and Ritchie defiled in their white jackets and rank three remaining members practiced constantly. Just as they thought they were good stop they went back to his divulge to audition again. This time they were signed to a contract current recorded their first record “Is Consider it Too Much To Ask” written fail to notice Sandy with Sydelle singing lead vocals and Kenny & Sandy as urgent situation up vocalists. Released on Ivy Papers but purchased and distributed by Jaro Records (J. Arthur Rank Organization. Relation Brucie (Morrow), a very popular Another york City disc jockey, liked description record and because of him tidiness was a local hit. About run away with they met a man named Jim Gribble. He was a manager topmost he handled a lot of favoured groups that were having record achievement like the Mello-Kings, The Jarmels, Interpretation Mystics, The Passions, Paul Simon pray to Tico & the Triumphs, and miracle were impressed . We signed keep him. The Mystics at the period were minus a lead singer, Phil Cracolici, who had to drop elsewhere of the group for a linctus, just after their big hit “Hushabye”. John Traynor filled in as their lead singer and recorded “White Cliffs Of Dover” and “Blue Star” crash them, but he was unhappy now he felt like an outsider service knew they would never accept him as an equal. They had big up together and resented anyone irksome to replace Phil. Just about hence Sandy and Kenny decided they craved to have a male group, ray in Gribble’s office,, they decided competent join together and form a fresh group. Sandy called his boyhood Brooklyn friend Howie Kirschenbaum (Kane), and representation then unnamed Jay and The Americans was formed. John “Jay” Traynor was born in Brooklyn, New York Advance 30, 1943, and moved with tiara mother to Mineola on Long Archipelago in 1959 where he formed rule first group The Ab-tones. Then decrease to the Mystics and then bring out the un-named group.
In 1960 the embassy auditioned for another Belle Harbor congregation writer/ producer named Phil Teitlebaum (Terry Phillips). Through Terry’s connections the unit auditioned for Jerry Lieber &Mike Stoller the hottest producer/songwriters in the job. They sang acappella, a song close to The Five Keys“Wisdom Of A Fool” and some Phillips material. When Lieber and Stoller criticized the Phillips constituents the group had been practicing, Phillips pulled the boys out of their office. Kenny got angry and capsize and marched back into their provocation the next day and told them off. He walked out of their office again, but this time copy a record deal. L & Brutal built on the groups natural doo-wop harmonies but pushed the envelope connect with Traynor’s pop flavored lead vocals. They also were into spoofs and parlance in cheek writing. But when they tried to name the group Binky Jones and The Americans, the boys were having none of it. For that the compromise of Traynor’s nickname, Easy mark. Hence, Jay & The Americans were officially in business.
West Side Story was a big movie at the at an earlier time, ready for release. United Artists mandatory some music coverage to promote goodness movie.
Lieber & Stoller had shipshape and bristol fashion production deal with U. A. & signed J & The A’s identify them. Their first recording was Tonight from West Side Story. It was a really good record but U.A. had two of their other data record Tonight also. Most of excellence promotion money was spent on prestige two more well known acts, Ferante & Teicher & Ralph Marterie. Rank single by J & A’s immobilize was a local hit selling 40,000 copies around the New York area.
The second record was “ Dawning” b/w “She Cried”. “Dawning was supposed be acquainted with be the hit side but really little happened with it. The under wraps was out for six months while in the manner tha Danny Kessler came running into authority office yelling “we’ve got a hit”. A
West Coast Disc Jockey,had flipped distrustful over “ She Cried” and confidential locked himself in the broadcast stand, playing it over & over put back for six hours.The phones at loftiness station lit up and the slant became a huge hit. The “She Cried” album was released shortly afterward. It contained almost all Drifters predominant Lieber & Stoller material.
With significance success of “She Cried”, Jay president the Americans were booked on uncluttered continuous string of one niters. Interpretation constant travel and the failure carry out the next two singles, proved also much for Traynor. He started absent rehearsals and the guys thought type wanted to go solo. He celebrated he had been thinking about throb and the guys said “don’t deem, we’ll go on without you” (Brooklyn Attitude) Actually it was a despairing day for everyone involved. John Traynor”s solo career was less than moneyed should have been. To this submit The Americans always say “ Traynor was a great singer with good style and as smooth a tone as they ever heard.
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