Jay & The Americans

Jay and the Americans were a pop music group popular in the 1960s. Their initial lineup consisted of Howard Kane (né Kirschenbaum), John (J.T.) Traynor, Kenny Vance (né Rosenberg), and Sandy Yagoda.

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Jay and the Americans were a pop music group popular in the 1960s. Their initial lineup consisted of Howard Kane (né Kirschenbaum), John (J.T.) Traynor, Kenny Vance (né Rosenberg), and Sandy Yagoda.

They were discovered while performing in student venues at New York University in the late 1950s. They auditioned for Lieber and Stoller, who gave the group its name. In the manner of the time, Lieber and Stoller wanted to extend this to "Binky Jones and the Americans". but Traynor declined to be known as Binky Jones his whole career. He instead offered up "Jay"; a family nickname, and it suited everyone.