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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 …

Though that they had a couple of hits over the 1960s, Jay & the Americans were a throwback to a previous era within their doo wop-influenced vocals, neatly groomed, short-haired appearance, and mixture of pop/rock and roll with operatic schmaltz. Constructed round the neck-bulging upper-register vocals of David Blatt aka …