Jay and the Americans

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musical group pop music group rock band

Jay and the Americans were a popular American rock and pop group of the 1960s known for hits like "Come a Little Bit Closer" and "Cara Mia."

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Label Occurrences
Jay and the Americans canonical 15
Jay and the Americans discography 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical group ⓘ
pop music group ⓘ
rock band ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1973 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1959 ⓘ
associatedAct Kenny Vance and the Planotones ⓘ
chartSuccess multiple Billboard Hot 100 hits ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coverVersionOf This Magic Moment ⓘ
Walkin' in the Rain ⓘ
decadeOfEstablishment 1950s ⓘ
formedIn Queens ⓘ
surface form: Queens, New York
formerMember Jay Traynor ⓘ
genre doo-wop ⓘ
pop ⓘ
rock ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ
hasNotableSingle Cara Mia ⓘ
Come a Little Bit Closer ⓘ
Only in America ⓘ
She Cried ⓘ
This Magic Moment ⓘ
Walkin' in the Rain ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
leadVocalist Jay Black ⓘ
Jay Traynor ⓘ
memberOf Howie Kane ⓘ
Jay Black ⓘ
Jay Traynor ⓘ
Kenny Vance ⓘ
Marty Sanders ⓘ
Sandy Deanne ⓘ
notableAlbum Blockbusters ⓘ
Come a Little Bit Closer ⓘ
Come a Little Bit Closer: The Best of Jay and the Americans ⓘ
notableWork Cara Mia ⓘ
Come Dance with Me ⓘ
Come a Little Bit Closer ⓘ
Only in America ⓘ
She Cried ⓘ
Some Enchanted Evening ⓘ
This Magic Moment ⓘ
Walkin' in the Rain ⓘ
originCity New York City ⓘ
peakPopularityPeriod 1960s ⓘ
recordLabel United Artists Records ⓘ
styleCharacteristic dramatic vocal arrangements ⓘ
orchestral pop production ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jay Black → memberOf → Jay and the Americans ⓘ
Jay Black → associatedAct → Jay and the Americans ⓘ
David Blatt → memberOf → Jay and the Americans ⓘ
David Blatt → associatedAct → Jay and the Americans ⓘ
Cara Mia → performer → Jay and the Americans ⓘ
Cara Mia → recordedBy → Jay and the Americans ⓘ
Come a Little Bit Closer → artist → Jay and the Americans ⓘ
Come a Little Bit Closer → performer → Jay and the Americans ⓘ
Come a Little Bit Closer → isBreakthroughHitFor → Jay and the Americans ⓘ
Come a Little Bit Closer → partOf → Jay and the Americans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jay and the Americans discography
Come a Little Bit Closer → isSignatureSongOf → Jay and the Americans ⓘ
This Magic Moment → performer → Jay and the Americans ⓘ
This Magic Moment → notableCoverArtist → Jay and the Americans ⓘ
Tommy Boyce → wroteFor → Jay and the Americans ⓘ
Tommy Boyce → associatedAct → Jay and the Americans ⓘ
Bobby Hart → wroteSongsFor → Jay and the Americans ⓘ