Jay Traynor

John “Jay” Traynor was the business lead vocalist for Jay & the Us citizens when the group scored its initial hit one, “She Cried,” in 1962. Jay Dark, aka David Blatt, got Traynor’s place afterwards. Black’s tone of voice may be the one the song-buying open public heard on following Jay & the Us citizens hits through the ’60s, like “Cara Mia” and “Arrive a bit Closer.” Afterwards in lifestyle, Traynor sang Frank Sinatra tracks using the Joey Thomas Big Band. Traynor was a star-struck youngsters who wished to break right into the music business the very first time he noticed a rock and roll & move group perform at his senior high school when he was 15. It got a small amount of period, but his fantasy started coming jointly within an inauspicious method when he used performing in the subway with several like-minded pals who known as themselves the Ab Shades. Mickey & Sylvia, who went a production business and had currently produced a name for themselves using the one “Love Is Unusual” in 1957, portrayed fascination with the fledgling performers, but a documenting deal under no circumstances materialized. Traynor lowered from the Ab Shades. After settling in Brooklyn, Traynor lucked into his initial professional gig sometime through the past due ’50s. The Mystics’ lead vocalist got give up, and Traynor earned the spot not merely on the effectiveness of his tone of voice, but also because he could match the lead singer’s outfit. He was driving high, taking pleasure in his 1st professional bus tour along the East Coastline, that was orchestrated from the important Alan Freed, until a misunderstanding place the breaks on his profession. The Mystics’ supervisor terminated Traynor after he captured the singer going right through his table. Traynor contended that he wanted a publicity image of the group to transfer to a pal, but the supervisor fired him in any case. Traynor didn’t stay down lengthy. He shortly got an invitation from Sandy Yaguda, who was simply putting an organization together in NY with help from Kenny Rosenberg. Traynor became area of the Harbor Lites, which afterwards progressed into Jay & the Us citizens. The group installed with manufacturers Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber, who got caused such performers as Ben E. Ruler, the Drifters, as well as the Coasters. Traynor passed away of liver cancers in Tampa, Florida on January 2, 2014; he was 70 years of age.