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((More sources needed|date=March 2023))((Infobox musical artist
|caption =
|image = JayTraynorImg.jpg
|background = solo_singer
|alias =
|birth_name = John Traynor
|birth_date= ((birth date|1943|3|30))
|birth_place= [[Brooklyn, New York]], U.S.
|death_date= ((death date and age|2014|1|2|1943|3|30))
|death_place= [[Tampa, Florida]], U.S.
|instrument = [[vocals]]
|occupation = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[doo-wop]]
|years_active = 1960s–2014
|label = 
|associated_acts = [[The Mystics]]<br>[[Jay and the Americans]]<br>[[The Tokens]]))

'''John''' "'''Jay'''" '''Traynor''' (March 30, 1943 – January 2, 2014) was an American singer.

== Career ==
Traynor was the third lead vocalist of [[the Mystics]], singing falsetto on "The White Cliffs of Dover", and lead on "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and "Blue Star". Later, he started [[Jay and the Americans]] with Kenny Vance and Sandy Yaguda, and was the original lead singer. He sang lead on the group's first hit, "[[She Cried]]", which was followed up by the album ''She Cried''. All recordings were produced by [[Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller]], who produced numerous artists and wrote many hits for [[Elvis Presley]], [[the Drifters]], [[the Coasters]], and many more.

Traynor left the Americans, releasing solo records, including "I Rise, I Fall" on the Coral label in 1964. His name on the label was denoted as "JAY ... formerly of Jay & the Americans".<ref>((citation | url=http://worldjournal-gs.blogspot.com/2007/03/first-jay-and-americans.html | title = The first Jay and the Americans | date = 2007-03-18 | accessdate = 2010-06-25))</ref> Later in the 1960s, he released "Up & Over", produced by Dennis Lambert for [[Don Costa]] Productions. The song became a big hit with the UK "[[Northern Soul]]" underground dance clubs. Traynor was replaced in the Americans by David Blatt, who agreed to perform under the stage name [[Jay Black]]. After working for Woodstock Ventures, the company that put on the [[Woodstock]] festival, Traynor began a career working behind the scenes with such 1970s acts as [[Mountain (band)|Mountain]], [[West, Bruce & Laing]], [[The Who]], [[Ten Years After]], [[Yes (band)|Yes]], and gospel singer [[Mylon LeFevre]].((Citation needed|date=March 2023)) In 1977, Traynor moved to [[Albany, New York]], near his roots in [[Greenville, Greene County, New York|Greenville]] and worked at [[WNYT (TV)|WNYT]] as a studio camera operator. He then performed with cover bands (George and "Friends"), jazz trios, and finally as the singer with the Joey Thomas Big Band, where his love for [[Frank Sinatra]]'s music began. The Big Band put out a few CDs with Traynor, including ''Live On WAMC'' & ''The Sinatra Show''. In 2006, Traynor received a call from Jay Siegel, and he toured with [[The Tokens|Jay Siegel's Tokens]] for the remainder of his life. ((citation needed|date=January 2014))

== Death ==
Traynor died on January 2, 2014, of [[liver cancer]] at a hospital in [[Tampa, Florida]], at the age of 70.<ref>[http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2014/1/2/jay-traynor-original-jay-of-jay-and-the-americans-dead-at-69.html Notice of death of Jay Traynor], abcnewsradioonline.com, January 2, 2014.</ref>

== Discography ==

=== Albums ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Album
|-
|1962
|''She Cried''
|-
|1962
|''At the Cafe Wha?'' (Live Album)
|-
|1964
|''[[Come a Little Bit Closer (album)|Come a Little Bit Closer]]''
|-
|1965
|''Blockbusters''
|-
| rowspan="2" |1966
|''Sunday and Me''
|-
|''Livin' Above Your Head''
|-
|1967
|''Try Some of This!''
|-
|1969
|''[[Sands of Time (Jay and the Americans album)|Sands of Time]]''
|-
| rowspan="3" |1970
|''[[Wax Museum (Jay and the Americans album)|Wax Museum]]''
|-
|''[[Sands of Time (Jay and the Americans album)#Wax Museum vol. 2|Wax Museum, Vol. 2]]''
|-
|''Capture the Moment''
|}

=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
![[A-side and B-side|B-side]]<small>From same album as A-side except where indicated</small>
|-
| rowspan="1" |1961
|"[[Tonight (1956 song)|Tonight]]"
|"The Other Girls"
|-
| rowspan="3" |1962
|"[[She Cried]]"
|"[[Morning Mood|Dawning]]"
|-
|"This Is It"
|"It's My Turn to Cry" <small>(Non-LP track)</small>
|-
|"Yes"
|"Tomorrow" <small>(from ''Come a Little Bit Closer'')</small>
|-
| rowspan="3" |1963
|"What's the Use"
|"Strangers Tomorrow"
|-
|"Only in America"
|"My Clair de Lune" <small>(from ''She Cried'')</small>
|-
|"Come Dance with Me"
|"Look in My Eyes Maria"
|-
| rowspan="3" |1964
|"To Wait for Love"
|"Friday"
|-
|"[[Come a Little Bit Closer]]"
|"Goodbye Boys, Goodbye"
|-
|"[[Let's Lock the Door (And Throw Away the Key)]]"
|"I'll Remember You" <small>(from ''Livin' Above Your Head'')</small>
|-
| rowspan="4" |1965
|"Think of the Good Times"
|"If You Were Mine, Girl"
|-
|"[[Cara Mia]]"
|"When It's All Over" (Billboard #129)
|-
|"[[Some Enchanted Evening]]"
|"Girl"
|-
|"[[Sunday and Me]]"
|"Through This Doorway" <small>(from ''Jay & the Americans Greatest Hits!'')</small>
|-
| rowspan="4" |1966
|"Why Can't You Bring Me Home"
|"Baby Stop Your Cryin'"
|-
|"[[Crying (Roy Orbison song)|Crying]]"
|"I Don't Need a Friend"
|-
|"Livin' Above Your Head"
|"Look at Me, What Do You See"
|-
|"(He's) Raining in My Sunshine"
|"The Reason for Living (For You My Darling)"
<small>(from ''Livin' Above Your Head'')</small>
|-
| rowspan="3" |1967
|"You Ain't as Hip as All That Baby"
|"[[Nature Boy]]"
|-
|"(We'll Meet in The) Yellow Forest"
|"Got Hung Up Along the Way"
|-
|"French Provincial"
|"Shanghai Noodle Factory"
|-
| rowspan="3" |1968
|"[[No Other Love (1953 song)|No Other Love]]"
|"No, I Don't Know Her" <small>(from ''Capture the Moment'')</small>
|-
|"You Ain't Gonna Wake Up Cryin'"
|"Gemini (Don't You Ever Wonder Why)"
|-
|"[[This Magic Moment]]"
|"[[Since I Don't Have You]]"
|-
| rowspan="4" |1969
|"When You Dance"
|"No, I Don't Know Her" <small>(from ''Capture The Moment'')</small>
|-
|"[[Hushabye]]"
|"[[Gypsy Woman (The Impressions song)|Gypsy Woman]]"
|-
|"(I'd Kill) For the Love of a Lady"
|"Learnin' How to Fly"
|-
|"[[Walking in the Rain (The Ronettes song)|Walkin' in the Rain]]"
|"For the Love of a Lady" <small>(from ''Capture the Moment'')</small>
|-
| rowspan="2" |1970
|"Capture the Moment"
|"Do You Ever Think of Me" <small>(Non-LP track)</small>
|-
|"Do I Love You?"
|"Tricia (Tell Your Daddy)" <small>(from ''Capture the Moment'')</small>
|-
| rowspan="1" |1971
|"[[There Goes My Baby (The Drifters song)|There Goes My Baby]]"
|"[[Solitary Man (song)|Solitary Man]]"
|}

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*[http://www.classicbands.com/jay.html Jay Traynor and the Americans at Classic Bands]
*[http://worldjournal-gs.blogspot.com/2007/03/first-jay-and-americans.html Jay Traynor and the Americans article]

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