Jay and the Americans

**Jay and the Americans** are an American rock group popular in the 1960s. Members included John "Jay" Traynor, Howard Kane (born Howard Kirschenbaum), Kenny Vance (born Kenneth Rosenberg) and Sandy Deanne (born Sandy Yaguda).

## Singles

|rowspan="2"|Year|rowspan="2"|Title|colspan="3"|Peak chart positions|rowspan="2"|Record Label|rowspan="2"|B-side <small>From same album as A-side except where indicated</small>|rowspan="2"|Album|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="1"|1961|align=left|"Tonight"|120|–|–|rowspan="31"|United Artists Records|"The Other Girls"|rowspan="2"|_She Cried_|
|rowspan="3"|1962|align=left|"She Cried"|5|–|44|"Dawning"|||||
|align=left|"This Is It"|109|–|83|"It's My Turn to Cry" <small>(Non-LP track)</small>|rowspan="1"|_Come a Little Bit Closer_|||||
|align=left|"Yes"|–|–|–|"Tomorrow" <small>(from _Come a Little Bit Closer_)</small>|rowspan="1"|_She Cried_|||||
|rowspan="3"|1963|align=left|"What's the Use"|–|–|–|"Strangers Tomorrow"|rowspan="5"|_Come a Little Bit Closer_|||
|align=left|"Only in America"|25|–|28|"My Clair de Lune" <small>(from _She Cried_)</small>|||||||
|align=left|"Come Dance with Me"|76|–|82|"Look in My Eyes Maria"|||||||
|rowspan="3"|1964|align=left|"To Wait for Love"|–|–|–|"Friday"|||||
|align=left|"Come a Little Bit Closer"|3|–|4|"Goodbye Boys, Goodbye"|||||||
|align=left|"Let's Lock the Door (And Throw Away the Key)"|11|–|10|"I'll Remember You" <small>(from _Livin' Above Your Head_)</small>|rowspan="3"|_Blockbusters_|||||
|rowspan="4"|1965|align=left|"Think of the Good Times"|57|–|54|"If You Were Mine, Girl"|||||
|align=left|"Cara Mia"|4|–|4|"When It's All Over" (Billboard #129)|||||||
|align=left|"Some Enchanted Evening"|13|–|15|"Girl"|rowspan="1"|_Jay & the Americans Greatest Hits!_|||||
|align=left|"Sunday and Me"|18|–|20|"Through This Doorway" <small>(from _Jay & the Americans Greatest Hits!_)</small>|rowspan="3"|_Sunday and Me_|||||
|rowspan="4"|1966|align=left|"Why Can't You Bring Me Home"|63|–|55|"Baby Stop Your Cryin'"|||||
|align=left|"Crying"|25|–|32|"I Don't Need a Friend"|||||||
|align=left|"Livin' Above Your Head"|76|–|78|"Look at Me, What Do You See"|rowspan="1"|_Livin' Above Your Head_|||||
|align=left|"(He's) Raining in My Sunshine"|90|–|62|"The Reason for Living (For You My Darling)" <small>(from _Livin' Above Your Head_)</small>|rowspan="2"|_Try Some of This!_|||||
|rowspan="3"|1967|align=left|"You Ain't as Hip as All That Baby"|–|–|–|"Nature Boy"|||||
|align=left|"(We'll Meet in The) Yellow Forest"|131|–|93|"Got Hung Up Along the Way"|rowspan="4"|Non-LP tracks|||||
|align=left|"French Provincial"|–|–|–|"Shanghai Noodle Factory"|||||||
|rowspan="3"|1968|align=left|"No Other Love"|114|–|119|"No, I Don't Know Her"<small> (from _Capture the Moment_)</small>|||||
|align=left|"You Ain't Gonna Wake Up Cryin'"|–|–|–|"Gemini (Don't You Ever Wonder Why)"|||||||
|align=left|"This Magic Moment"|6|11|5|"Since I Don't Have You"|rowspan="3"|_Sands of Time_|||||
|rowspan="4"|1969|align=left|"When You Dance"|70|–|41|"No, I Don't Know Her" <small>(from _Capture The Moment_)</small>|||||
|align=left|"Hushabye"|62|31|45|"Gypsy Woman"|||||||
|align=left|"(I'd Kill) For the Love of a Lady"|–|–|113|"Learnin' How to Fly"|rowspan="1"|_Capture the Moment_|||||
|align=left|"Walkin' in the Rain"|19|8|14|"For the Love of a Lady" <small> (from _Capture the Moment_)</small>|rowspan="1"|_Wax Museum, Vol. 1_|||||
|rowspan="2"|1970|align=left|"Capture the Moment"|57|32|45|"Do You Ever Think of Me" <small>(Non-LP track)</small>|rowspan="1"|_Capture the Moment_|||
|align=left|"Do I Love You?"|93|–|123|"Tricia (Tell Your Daddy)" <small>(from _Capture the Moment_)</small>|rowspan="1"|_Wax Museum, Vol. 1_|||||
|rowspan="1"|1971|align=left|"There Goes My Baby"|90|–|-|"Solitary Man"|rowspan="1"|Non-LP tracks|||

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Jay and the Americans
- **image**: Jay and the Americans.png
- **image size**: 250px
- **caption**: Jay and the Americans in 1965. L-R: Kenny Vance, Sandy Deane, Marty Sanders, Howard Kane and Jay Black
- **background**: group_or_band
- **alias**: Chapter Four
- **origin**: Queens, New York (state), New York, United States
- **genre**: Pop rock
- **years active**: 1960–1973, 2006–present
- **label**: United Artists Records, United Artists
- **associated acts**: Kenny Vance and the Planotones, Steely Dan, The Tuneful Trolley
- **website**: [http://jayandtheamericans.net/ jayandtheamericans.net]
- **current members**: * Sandy Deanne
* Howard Kane
* Marty Sanders
* Jay Reincke
- **past members**: * Jay Traynor, John "Jay" Traynor
* Kenny Vance
* Jay Black