Jay & the Americans News

Jay and the Americans will play their first Brooklyn show in more than 45 years when the band hits Our Lady of Grace Church in Gravesend on Nov.

Singer Earl "Speedo" Carroll of the Cadillacs and the Coasters is 72. Singer Jay Black is 71.

On Sunday night, the Cyclones introduced a new mascot - Pee Wee - a slimmed-down version of Sandy the Seagull who was hatched from an egg found by Sandy earlier this year.

THE SHORT WORD: Five vocal groups brought back the sounds of the early days of rock 'n' roll Friday night at the Kirby Center .

Though they had a bunch of hits across the 1960s, Jay & the Americans were a throwback to a previous era in their doo wop-influenced vocals, neatly groomed, short-haired appearance, and mix of pop/rock with operatic schmaltz.

The smiles on the faces of Spc. Forrest Adams, of Port Matilda, and his daughter Mackenzy, 4, say it all about the National Guard's 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team's return to Bellefonte yesterday.

ROCKLAND : Guitarist/vocalist David Bromberg, a master practitioner of folk, blues, bluegrass and other musical genres, and Angel Band will perform 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug.

ROCK ON Andrea Dora has the attention of Jamie LaVerdiere, Todd DuBail, Phillip Boykin, and Josh Breckenridge as they perform another Leiber & Stoller hit from Smokey Joe's Caf at the Cape Playhouse.

ROCK ON Andrea Dora has the attention of Jamie LaVerdiere, Todd DuBail, Phillip Boykin, and Josh Breckenridge as they perform another Leiber & Stoller hit from Smokey Joe's Caf at the Cape Playhouse.

Up until recently, Kenny Vance avoided discussing his role as co-founding member of Jay and the Americans, a group whose string of hits in the 1960s included 'Only in America,' 'Come a Little Bit Closer' and 'This Magic Moment.' Vance didn't have bad memories of his days in the band.

ROCK ON Andrea Dora has the attention of Jamie LaVerdiere, Todd DuBail, Phillip Boykin, and Josh Breckenridge as they perform another Leiber & Stoller hit from Smokey Joe's Caf at the Cape Playhouse.

ONEONTA _ The finalists of the eighth annual Ultimate Idol singing competition have gotten through two rounds of eliminations.

Steely Dan's Walter Becker, left, and Donald Fagen are performing their big albums in their entirety, and taking ticket-holder requests.

Steely Dan's Walter Becker, left, and Donald Fagen are performing their big albums in their entirety, and taking ticket-holder requests.

You are not logged in. Register now . July 27, 2009 Brooklyn Music The Steely Dan-Brooklyn Connection by Brooklyn Eagle , published online 07-27-2009 Long before they were regulars at the Beacon Theater, Steely Dan's Walter Becker and Donald Fagen hung their hats accross the river in Brooklyn, where they wrote songs for Barbra Streisand and backed ...

Initially a mystic-cowboy side-trip into country-rock by Grateful Dead members, the NRPS -- fortified by a ready-made buying public of Deadheads -- morphed into a free-standing, separate entity fronted by John Dawson and David Nelson and including pedal steel whiz Buddy Cage, bassist Dave Torbert and drummer Spencer Dryden .

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM Nifty '50s Band of Brothers Shakespeare Company will present "The Merry Wives of Windsor" with a classic 1950s television-sitcom twist at 7 tonight and Saturday and Wednesday through July 25 at Elk Run pavilion in Stackhouse Park, Westmont entrance.

By Mel Fabrikant Wednesday, July 08 2009, 11:24 AM EDT The Paramus Cultural Council started off Terrific Tuesdays at the Paramus Bandshell with Jay And The Americans sponsored by Berkeley College.

By TOM LAVIS TLAVIS@TRIBDEM.COM Three members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will be taking the stage July 18 at Arcadia Theater in Windber.

A series of concerts at the Paramus Bandshell are scheduled this summer to appeal to all ages.