RIP Jay Black of Jay & The Americans

[MichaelWinicki]

Jay Black, lead singer for the 1960s pop group Jay and the Americans, has died at the age of 82. The band announced the singer's death in a statement posted to Facebook on Saturday.

"Today, we mourn the passing of David Blatt a/k/a Jay Black and we acknowledge the great successes we had with him both as a partner and as a lead singer," the band wrote. "We shared both wonderful and very contentious times, and much like an ex-wife, we are so proud of the beautiful children we created. We'll always remember The Voice." Bandmate and the Americans vocalist Sandy Deanne told The Associated Press that Black, born David Blatt, died on Friday due to complications from pneumonia.

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/24/1048...-singer-of-pop-group-the-americans-dies-at-82

Love his version of "Cara Mia".

 

[CouchCoach]

One of the absolute best voices in R&R history and I concur on "Cara Mia", he really showed his pipes on that song.

 

[RaZon]

Jay Black, lead singer for the 1960s pop group Jay and the Americans, has died at the age of 82. The band announced the singer's death in a statement posted to Facebook on Saturday.

"Today, we mourn the passing of David Blatt a/k/a Jay Black and we acknowledge the great successes we had with him both as a partner and as a lead singer," the band wrote. "We shared both wonderful and very contentious times, and much like an ex-wife, we are so proud of the beautiful children we created. We'll always remember The Voice." Bandmate and the Americans vocalist Sandy Deanne told The Associated Press that Black, born David Blatt, died on Friday due to complications from pneumonia.

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/24/1048...-singer-of-pop-group-the-americans-dies-at-82

Love his version of "Cara Mia".

RIP

This ya mix right after El Paso by Marty Robbins

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

RIP

This ya mix right after El Paso by Marty Robbins

Heard this song a million times and had no clue who it was. RIP.