Jay Black Cara Mia O/T
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Topic: Jay Black Cara Mia O/T
Posted By: AdvprosD
Subject: Jay Black Cara Mia O/T
Date Posted: 22 November 2023 at 7:28pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAupx9QVUnU
So, this singer Jay Black was the original vocalist on this track yet not the original singer for Jay and The Americans.
I have always liked Blacks work with The Americans. His operatic trained voice always stood out as a cut above, IMHO.
This version for a benefit I suppose was just about as spot-on as anyone could ask for. I hope it got a lot of pledges for whatever the event was.
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Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 22 November 2023 at 10:52pm
I wonder if that was one of the TJ Lubinsky produced PBS
specials. Sure looks like it might have been.
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Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 23 November 2023 at 5:30am
Every time I played the record on the radio station I worked at, I would lip sync along. My former co-workers still
kid me about it to this day!
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Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 23 November 2023 at 9:06am
Yes the clip is from one of the PBS My Music specials hosted by Jerry Butler and Frankie Valli.
Jay Black always had a terrific sense of humor (as you can see in the clip) along with that amazing voice.
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Santi Paradoa
Miami, Florida
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Posted By: Paul C
Date Posted: 24 November 2023 at 6:40am
Jay & The Americans' 1965 recording of "Cara Mia" was a #1
song in The Netherlands...in 1980!
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