The fact that this man was singing this song damn near note for note still well into in his 70’s without auto tune or any major effects is probably one of the most amazing things I’ve ever heard. Jay Black was a generational talent in my opinion and I wasn’t even born for another 15 years after this songs release. Just amazing
Yes and so many of the singers of the time have or still do. I saw Tommy James last March 2023 in Vegas and OMG, talk about a spiritual experience! Was like a time warp going back to my youth. Even got a couple photos along side him when he toured the room.
@@stevelackovic124 Right, I remember seeing Johnny Maestro and Brooklyn Bridge on my 21st birthday which was longer ago than I’d care to admit but I swear I could close my eyes and think I was listening to the original recording. Just amazing talents back then.
Jay had pipes, for sure - but his SHOWMANSHIP, developed over years of success, became quite killer...so that many fans did not even notice (or want to care about) all the shakiness in those notes that he did hit. His smooth was in the way he worked the crowds - not in the way he sang the notes as a senior citizen. The audience felt that they got their money's worth --more important, their cherished nostalgia was not crushed.🎉
A wonderful time to be a teenager. Beautiful music and words. No naked dancers and screaming F every other word. Just pure talent and dignity. So glad I'm old.
I read he was in training to be a cantor which is a formal religious singer. Could be he had some voice training but, I think he was mostly just blessed to be born with this one-in-a-million voice.
@@nancysimons8834 Ineresting observation. There are very few singers with Freddy Mercurys working vocal range and I think he was mostly self taught. I suspect he most likely ran across Jay Black and I am sure he would have been inspired by Jay's voice.
So blessed to have been born in that era and listening to Jay's music! His music will live on forever! He was truly a genius who will always be remembered and missed. RIP Jay.
Jay Black has never been given, in my humble opinion,the acclaim as a vocalist that he deserves.This particular song shows the power and range of his vocal ability. He is truly a gifted singer.
It was interesting that Jay Traynor Black did the vocals for their first album, but when he left the group, a few of the songs had to be re-recorded with Jay Blatt Blacks's voice which was about as Identical to Jay Taynor's voice, as you could get, but MUCH more powerful!
My dad died earlier this year and I went to my favorite pool hall and played this and a bunch of other oldies for him in his honor. I apologized in advance to the younger crowd there. Many times after I went back to that bar, they would give me money and ask me to play my "daddy's music"!
Many children forget what made thrir parents happy while they lived - happy to hear of someone that did not and takes the time to honor him this way....my admiration goes out to you .
Everyone in that audience knows that song, by heart. How can you say this man is underrated? I'm here, I can "sing" along because, after all these years, I still remember something from my 15th year. These guys were famous. They had hit after hit, all radio fare. Where do you people get the idea that people from my youth are underrated. I think people in your youth don't know anything about anything that occurred prior to the day you were born. Jay would hardly be a headliner tonight if he was forgotten. Common knowledge. Don't you have any?
This was my husband and mine song. It was the last one we heard before he left to go overseas in service. When he came back to me, we had this done at our wedding reciption , Still our song 58 years later.
Joe Herald nobody Joe, nobody. Truthfully there some great kids out there,but their influences are different, maybe some youngster hearing this will bless us with the same level of beauty and music some day.
lenspaulding I could have said this better. Of course, I realize that there have been many great lead singers since the 60's. Some I really like by name: Michael McDonald, Steven Perry, Neil Finn, Robin Zander, Glen Shorrock, Lou Gramm, Freddie Mercury, Dennis Deyoung, to name just a few. What I was referring to exactly, was how the 60's guys I mentioned could hold those notes in almost operatic style. BTW- It is possible to disagree with someone about their musical tastes or opinions without using disparaging and insulting language.
lenspaulding Accepted. No harm done. We all have strong opinions of the "best" music ever. What I've found is that most folks get stuck and think the best music "ever" was what was playing at their High School Prom.
RIP Jay. Loved your voice, your music. I remember the first time I heard Cara Mia. It was so beautiful, the quality of his voice was just overwhelming. I had to go out immediately and get my own copy. I still have it, but I don't have a record player to play it on anymore. Great music.
@@danterosenberg7506 I'm envious. As life has gone by things like that have disappeared from my belongings. Left behind, thrown out... I never realized I'd want to use it again. We had some great music in the '60s and '70s, never will be matched.
These amazing musicians might be missed , but they will NEVER be forgotten. They were AWESOME, and had TIMELESS performances that will remain in the hearts of their fans!!!
@@ronhumphries5327 I just listened to Lou Christie on 1974 Bandstand show. He can sing falsetto, but it is nothing like Slim Whitman. Not in the same category at all. My opinion.
I just learned a few minutes ago of his passing yesterday. He had his range pretty much to the end, and was one of the best. Through his recordings, he will be young and immortal forever.
I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away , but I have a feeling that if I did , all the joy would be gone as well ! 😂 Take Care my Friend
What a beautiful voice! Love Jay and The Americans !!! The ‘50’s and the ‘60’s can never be beat! The songs that brought out the best and gave us love. I cherish all of these songs and I miss those years growing up and playing these songs on my stereo with my girlfriends and listening to them on my transistor radio! Beautiful and wonderful memories I hold in my heart now that I’m in my 70’s!
I just found out about 30 minutes ago, that he is gone, love his voice. I have been listening to his songs all day. I thought earlier that he wasn't in good health. God bless the Voice, heaven just got a new angel for her choir. Prayers for his family. 👼🎵
This kind of music never dies & I really don't know what one calls this so called music today & the way these people dress is something else!!! Jay Black wi) always be missed & never forgotten!!!
Jay, Gene Pitney, Roy Orbison, and Johnny Maestro are the four "GREATEST " male voices of the Doo Woo era. I can listen to their music all day long , over and over. It's impossible for me to decide who is number # 1. I'm so glad I grew up in that time frame and today their songs generate GREAT MEMORIES.
The Voice has been silenced .. no one had a voice or vocal range like Jay Black .. and the ability to hold a note like he could !! Cara Mia .. one of the greatest songs ever recorded .. Listening to your music all day .. RIP Jay Black !
I would beg to differ - Roy Orbison had a 9 octave range. But Jay certainly was one of the few who could hit the high notes and also utilize his falsetto range effectively.
Listening again pondering my life at 72 how beautiful this music is spectacular compared to today's how lucky we were it makes me feel happy inside to know we were in this ERA thanks Jay and the American's for the beautiful music I will play at my funeral
Heard him joke of one of those PBS specials, I think it was, that at his age, some of those notes were coming out of his butt, or some such thing as that.
Back in the early seventies I played guitar for young lady. Jay and the Americans was and is one of my favorite groups. I told this young lady that my favorite song was Cara Mia when I heard that song my heart would break. She told me that Jay Black was her first cousin. She said that he is playing in LA and she will call him and let me talk to him. I thought I died and went to heaven. I didn't get a chance to talk to him because he just got on stage. The next day I went to her house and play guitar for her again and Jay Black was there. We played and sang together for about an hour and a half. Next to marring my late wife I've never been so happy or proud. He is a wonderful lovely man and is very giving and loving. Thank you Jay you made my life happy again.
Wow, what a beautiful story! You were truly blessed to have had the privilege of meeting and playing music with him! What an honor! His music will live on forever.
For me, when the Beatles hit Ed Sullivan was the day the music died. It's never been the same. Don't get me wrong, the Beatles were good (their hair was better). Mick was fun, at least you could dance to the Stones. Lots of good British stuff from back then. But they killed off pop songs like Cara Mea. Land of a Thousand Dances. Town Without Pity. Yakkety Yak. Crying. Over the Mountain. Even Hound Dog. The Beatles were the Greatest, but so were The Drifters. Even the Supremes. That stuff evaporated and was laid to rest when Sugar Hill Gang came along. That was surely the end of black men who could sing.
I just thought I would add, that I am always impressed with how graceful the silhouette dancers in the video are. I really don't know how many times I have watched this video, but it is quite a number.
Quite possibly the best vocal performance of the rock era. RIP Jay Black. Your legacy is your voice indeed the music you leave behind. Thanks for sharing your gift with the world.
My tears are streaming down my face as I listen to him sing! His voice was incredible and filled with such emotion! I was only 11 IN 1965 when this song came out and have been listening to it ever since! A true musical genius; may he rest in eternal glory. Jay, you will forever be missed!
I'm 17 years old. And I can't even listen to this song without crying. When my mom and dad got divorced when I was 8, my dad used to blast this song in the house and sing it so loud. It still to this day makes me so emotional to even listen to it. It makes me so nostalgic.
You can never bring back that 60s music you can listen to it, but it’ll never come back as it was thank God we can hear all those great songs of the past❤
+lenspaulding Wow. Clueless (meaning you). Jay and the Americans were wonderful, and the 60s was a time with amazing diversity in music. On the radio, you'd hear Motown followed by British Invasion followed by cross-over country or folk or ...
One thing can't be denied about music at this time, it was eclectic. It ranged from Chuck Berry singing Maybelline, to Duane Eddy doing a guitar instrumental "Rebel Rouser" to Jay and the Americans doing this, the Penguins singing, "I Only Have Eyes For you" to Japanese Kyu Sakamoto singing "Sukiyaki" in Japanese! to Elvis singing Hound Dog or Little Richard, "Tutti Fruity." to Marty Robbins, "El Paso" or silly things like, "Purple People Eater" or "Runnin' in the Jungle" and the ultra-soppy "Teen Angel" Slow songs, fast songs, Cha-cha tunes, even a waltz or two. The music scene was wide open. If you could come up with something a little different, even off key, you had a chance to get it on the air. Fun times.
Jack Sprat Jack we were so blessed, and spoiled to have our music. Every generation is different of course, but there is no comparision to what passes for popular music on the radio today, than what we got to listen to every day for two decades. the other thing is the media itself. We all had the same radios. AM and then FM and the same music no matter if you were in Sitka Alaska, or Key West Florida. This generationally shared music will never happen again. Whatever the music quality, people are now too fragmented with their own choices to take a kid from Nome and a kid from Key West and have them know each others songs lol
impactite yes but who could possibly know that we would be listening to the same crap for 40 plus years.....over and over and over again until we got sick of it!!
lenspaulding Yeah idiots like you are what is wrong with the USA go troll beiber cyrus and all the other studio enhanced voices of today people like you have piss poor taste in music and life and this music will live forever unlike the crap we hear today apart from Jackie Evanch and singers similar to her
+john bethell Way to go John your absolutetly right. Just wanted to let you know that I reported the jerk. The guy is obviously a troll, loves to cause trouble
during a time when EVERYONE spoke and sang in impeccable English, singing songs that touched the heart but were intellectually sound, understandable, moving and eternal. nothing today compares.
@@maryann1531 the sad thing I have seen is ever since we have been mandated to love each other somehow or another resentment, anger and revenge got a foothold, language changed, feelings towards each other changed, the Mills Brothers, Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Mathis, Nat King Cole, The Platters and on and on and on, same with Sinatra, Como, etc. their diction impeccable, simple stories simply sung with intelligence and emotion, all went by the board when somehow or another the mandate to love in the 60s led to people allowing their worst side to show as in 'you better like the way I talk, walk etc. etc. or else. so, the music world reflects this. screaming instead of singing, ranting and raving instead of telling a story, noise replacing intellectual silence. thanks to You Tube we can get a taste of intelligent singing.
Mein Papa hat dieses Lied so geliebt; darum heißt mein erstes Kind Cara was lieb, wert und teuer bedeutet und zwei Jahre nach seinem Tod geboren wurde❤
I remember watching Jay and the Americans with my Mom and Dad about 25 years ago on PBS. My Daddy Loved this song and remember him sing along with it. My parents are now in heaven. I would give anything to go back to that time with them. Watching this video helps me to do so. 😢
Jay Black was so underrated as a singer, I'm surprised you even bothered to listen to him. His singing was too weird. No one else did that stupid stuff except maybe Lou Christy. White boys did not do falsetto, that was a black thing. No wonder hardly anyone liked Jay Black. What kind of Rock n Roll is "Some Enchanted Evening?" "Only in America" was silly. "Come a Little Bit Closer" was a song about Mexico. Nobody liked that kind of music. No wonder no one remembers Jay Black.
Not true man all you gotta do is look in the right places rather than be pessimistic and look at the shittier side I really encourage you to discover and find talent everywhere
I love opera..Jay is a legend of solo and melody..what a tremendous voice and right on rhythem..me mio..what a blessing..Joy to the world..God is waiting patiently for Jay Black..waiting
Fond memory...I was in a friend's car who was driving us to a NYC beach. He would punch the radio station buttons continually looking for a station that was playing this song. After finding it, listening to it, he would start punching the buttons again and again to hear another station play it. Same routine when we returned from the beach. We must have heard Cara Mia at least 10 times or more. Great listening to a beautiful voice!
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Absolutely one of the best. Those were the best of times. Thank God I'm a baby boomer.
Amen
Me, too!!!
Yessssss!!!!!!
You and me both that's a great song fantastic voice
You said a month full 🌝
The fact that this man was singing this song damn near note for note still well into in his 70’s without auto tune or any major effects is probably one of the most amazing things I’ve ever heard. Jay Black was a generational talent in my opinion and I wasn’t even born for another 15 years after this songs release. Just amazing
Yes and so many of the singers of the time have or still do. I saw Tommy James last March 2023 in Vegas and OMG, talk about a spiritual experience! Was like a time warp going back to my youth. Even got a couple photos along side him when he toured the room.
@@stevelackovic124 Right, I remember seeing Johnny Maestro and Brooklyn Bridge on my 21st birthday which was longer ago than I’d care to admit but I swear I could close my eyes and think I was listening to the original recording. Just amazing talents back then.
Cara Mia fantastisch, pure nostalgie👍🌹 Bernd Germany April 2024
Well said my friend
Jay had pipes, for sure - but his SHOWMANSHIP, developed over years of success, became quite killer...so that many fans did not even notice (or want to care about) all the shakiness in those notes that he did hit. His smooth was in the way he worked the crowds - not in the way he sang the notes as a senior citizen.
The audience felt that they got their money's worth --more important, their cherished nostalgia was not crushed.🎉
Sure wish I was back in the 60's love this music nobody sings this good anymore.
It was a special time to be a teenage, a simpler kinder time of joy & fun with Great music
@@dennisboyd1712 When guys were guys and girls; well we were happy to be girls.
Wow what a song. The older you get the more you appreciate it and especially the vocals by Jay Black. Just wow.
A wonderful time to be a teenager. Beautiful music and words. No naked dancers and screaming F every other word.
Just pure talent and dignity.
So glad I'm old.
I agree. I, also, am old (83). I do not regret growing older ... it is a privilege denied to many ...
Truth Indeed AMEN
73 and still break out the great old albums and tapes every once in a while need to reminisce some of the best music in time.
❤ ditto
You are sooo right!
2024-- unreal we have to go back 60 years to hear great music 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵
He did miss a couple of notes,but fantastic anyway. 😊😊😊
You got that right. We don't have real music today.
@@bb21again.67 …but no autotune
I agree!
I hate Ed Sheeran
He’s like a rock and roll opera singer, what a voice.
He was discouraged early on from being an opera singer. Said his voice wasn't strong enough. This is what evolved. They were an excellent group.
I read he was in training to be a cantor which is a formal religious singer. Could be he had some voice training but, I think he was mostly just blessed to be born with this one-in-a-million voice.
do you think Freddy Mercury found inspiration in him?
Nancy Simons It’s very likely.
@@nancysimons8834 Ineresting observation. There are very few singers with Freddy Mercurys working vocal range and I think he was mostly self taught. I suspect he most likely ran across Jay Black and I am sure he would have been inspired by Jay's voice.
Now there is a singer! And todays singers can't hold a candle to the greats of 40-50 years ago like Jay Black.
Criminally underrated as a vocalist. Just incredible. RIP to a musical genius
R. I. P . we lost a really great singer
He was highly rated.
"Criminally underrated" indeed!
@@77loneranger
Idiocracy, indeed!
Amen. He was one of a kind! There will NEVER be another voice like Jay!
Wonderful time to be a teenager. Loved Jay and the Americans then, still love them today. Don't think we will see talent like that again.
Same feeling in Belgium William
This ist so fucking beautiful!!!👍❤️ Bernd Germany May2024 👍
Kerry Underwood? LOL! Just kidding--she is terrible and I can't understand why she is such a star today.
One of the best songs ever performed by a great vocalist. We’ll miss you.
So blessed to have been born in that era and listening to Jay's music! His music will live on forever! He was truly a genius who will always be remembered and missed. RIP Jay.
A great .singer Pershing high 1965 mike
A great singer Mike 1965
Totally agree. I have been thinking the same for almost 6 decades now. The magic does not wear off with time...
I met my wife to be in 1972. She has always been my Cara Mia as we approach our 50th.
R.I.P. Jay Black....your voice will live forever
Jay Black has never been given, in my humble opinion,the acclaim as a vocalist that he deserves.This particular song shows the power and range of his vocal ability. He is truly a gifted singer.
His father was a cantor
Yes he is hell on wheel
That man is FANTASTIC...very few his age still have the vocal ability he does...about the only one I can think of is Tom Jones
I never have heard of this band and song before. The lead singer's vocals are incredible, fantastic!!!!!
It was interesting that Jay Traynor Black did the vocals for their first album, but when he left the group, a few of the songs had to be re-recorded with Jay Blatt Blacks's voice which was about as Identical to Jay Taynor's voice, as you could get, but MUCH more powerful!
My dad died earlier this year and I went to my favorite pool hall and played this and a bunch of other oldies for him in his honor. I apologized in advance to the younger crowd there. Many times after I went back to that bar, they would give me money and ask me to play my "daddy's music"!
I would give you money too as this is MY music also. Thanks for honoring your Dad.
That is such a cool story Laurie. Sounds like the scenario for a music video. I thank you for honoring your dad too.
Many children forget what made thrir parents happy while they lived - happy to hear of someone that did not and takes the time to honor him this way....my admiration goes out to you .
Nice comment!!!
What a beautiful way to honor your father, Laurie! This music will always be in my heart, too. Bless You!
Fantastic voice from a underrated singer. Who else could hit those high notes but him. Pure harmony
Yes, and to hold a note for that long! Wonderful!
Roy Orbison the best ever according to Elvis Presley .
NOBODY in rock and roll singing could hit those notes - JAY BLACK was a phenomenon in the world of vocals -
Everyone in that audience knows that song, by heart. How can you say this man is underrated? I'm here, I can "sing" along because, after all these years, I still remember something from my 15th year. These guys were famous. They had hit after hit, all radio fare. Where do you people get the idea that people from my youth are underrated. I think people in your youth don't know anything about anything that occurred prior to the day you were born. Jay would hardly be a headliner tonight if he was forgotten. Common knowledge. Don't you have any?
@@JackMason-oq8lf"Underrated" is the new "I like" with the implication that others are clueless about the person's talent. Lame.
This was my husband and mine song. It was the last one we heard before he left to go overseas in service. When he came back to me, we had this done at our wedding reciption , Still our song 58 years later.
Don't want to be an old fogey stuck in the 60's but... Who exactly do we have today who sings like this guy or Roy Orbison, or Gene Pitney etc.
Joe Herald nobody Joe, nobody. Truthfully there some great kids out there,but their influences are different, maybe some youngster hearing this will bless us with the same level of beauty and music some day.
Joe Herald why don't you buy some reefer and brandy and a pack of smokes and think about what you just said you old Farter.
lenspaulding I could have said this better. Of course, I realize that there have been many great lead singers since the 60's. Some I really like by name: Michael McDonald, Steven Perry, Neil Finn, Robin Zander, Glen Shorrock, Lou Gramm, Freddie Mercury, Dennis Deyoung, to name just a few. What I was referring to exactly, was how the 60's guys I mentioned could hold those notes in almost operatic style. BTW- It is possible to disagree with someone about their musical tastes or opinions without using disparaging and insulting language.
Joe Herald I agree Joe....sorry about the language I was a little drunk at the time.
lenspaulding Accepted. No harm done. We all have strong opinions of the "best" music ever. What I've found is that most folks get stuck and think the best music "ever" was what was playing at their High School Prom.
RIP, Jay Black. what a terrific voice. we will miss you.
God Speed!!!
RIP Jay. Loved your voice, your music.
I remember the first time I heard Cara Mia. It was so beautiful, the quality of his voice was just overwhelming. I had to go out immediately and get my own copy. I still have it, but I don't have a record player to play it on anymore. Great music.
@@katie-didellis2437 we still have a functioning record player actually!
@@danterosenberg7506 I'm envious. As life has gone by things like that have disappeared from my belongings. Left behind, thrown out... I never realized I'd want to use it again. We had some great music in the '60s and '70s, never will be matched.
These amazing musicians might be missed , but they will NEVER be forgotten. They were AWESOME, and had TIMELESS performances that will remain in the hearts of their fans!!!
Very few singers have ever matched his falsetto, and none his vibrato. What a range! Nicely done.
Lou Christie can match him if not beat him. Both were great
@@ronhumphries5327 I just listened to Lou Christie on 1974 Bandstand show. He can sing falsetto, but it is nothing like Slim Whitman. Not in the same category at all. My opinion.
Add Roy Orbison to the list.
Freddie Mercury
@@patriciajrs46 Slim Whitman? You do know that this is Jay Black singing in this video, right?
I just learned a few minutes ago of his passing yesterday. He had his range pretty much to the end, and was one of the best. Through his recordings, he will be young and immortal forever.
They may not live forever but what they left behind will.
I just learned that he died I had no idea that sucks he had such an amazing voice
I did't know ... one of the influencers in my callow youth ...
AMEN!!🙏
jmen4ever you gave me chills in what you said.
60's the greatest decade for music.nuff said.
I won't argue that sir, so many bands, so many sounds, you had it all.
RIP Jay Black, may your spirit soar as high as your voice.
Brings me back to being a teenager and all the feelings that come with it! So thankful for his music!❤
I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away , but I have a feeling that if I did , all the joy would be gone as well ! 😂 Take Care my Friend
What a beautiful voice! Love Jay and The Americans !!! The ‘50’s and the ‘60’s can never be beat! The songs that brought out the best and gave us love. I cherish all of these songs and I miss those years growing up and playing these songs on my stereo with my girlfriends and listening to them on my transistor radio! Beautiful and wonderful memories I hold in my heart now that I’m in my 70’s!
I never get tired of this voice, it was truly one of a kind. He may not still be with us on earth, but he's still hitting those notes in heaven.
RIP Jay. You will be missed. There's no one like you, "The Voice"
I just found out about 30 minutes ago, that he is gone, love his voice. I have been listening to his songs all day. I thought earlier that he wasn't in good health. God bless the Voice, heaven just got a new angel for her choir. Prayers for his family. 👼🎵
💔😢🎼🎶😔
We just lost another great performer, we won't see the likes of him again. RIP JAY.🙏😔
dam
The Voice 👍👍👏👏…Gambling took a big toll on his Life..R.I.P.🙏
Man, the VOICE is right!!! Wow all his tunes are amazing
Thank you Lord for giving us this wonderful voice of Jay Black!
This kind of music never dies & I really don't know what one calls this so called music today & the way these people dress is something else!!! Jay Black wi) always be missed & never forgotten!!!
Without a doubt, one of the most vastly underrated vocalists in rock and roll.
Facts
Absolutely! I just posted this song with that note! :)
Rock And Roll?
Dude, 1965.....this was considered rock and roll.
+D.J. Fisher I'd say this was pop, mainstream. Rock And Roll was The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin etc.
The best. Today's music doesn't even come close.
The power. The vocal prowess. Perfection. Peace on the other side, Mr. Jay Black.
Amen.
WOW
You can't beat the songs from the past it brings back what we have lost but loved and still love
Jay, Gene Pitney, Roy Orbison, and Johnny Maestro are the four "GREATEST " male voices of the Doo Woo era. I can listen to their music all day long , over and over. It's impossible for me to decide who is number # 1. I'm so glad I grew up in that time frame and today their songs generate GREAT MEMORIES.
One of my favorite groups growing up in the 60s.
The Voice has been silenced .. no one had a voice or vocal range like Jay Black .. and the ability to hold a note like he could !! Cara Mia .. one of the greatest songs ever recorded .. Listening to your music all day .. RIP Jay Black !
I would beg to differ - Roy Orbison had a 9 octave range. But Jay certainly was one of the few who could hit the high notes and also utilize his falsetto range effectively.
@@retiredyeti5555 Dale ... RO had nothing like a nine octave range ... Why ? ... because there is no such range ...
@@barneyboy8156 Check out Mic Matijevic. Lead singer of SteelHeart. Google their hit "She's Gone". Greatest range I've ever heard.
@@judystafford5628 👍
So very true no one will ever have a voice as strong as Jay Black
Great music is eternal. Wish we had music like this today. ❤
Jay Black, Johnny Maestro and Frankie Valli...we were truly blessed to have had all 3 of them!!!
Also, Roy Orbison
just lost another strong voice in Benny Mardones
So true.
Don't forget Lou Christie
I thought Lenny Welch had a very strong, heartfelt and presents in his singing.
I was 9 years old when I first heard this song and I truly noticed and enjoyed the song and now 59 years later it is still one of my favorites.
Listening again pondering my life at 72 how beautiful this music is spectacular compared to today's how lucky we were it makes me feel happy inside to know we were in this ERA thanks Jay and the American's for the beautiful music I will play at my funeral
Born in 52 , the 60s the 70s the 80s music was real music!!¡!!!!!!
I'm 75 My Daughter has my Playlist for My Funeral.
RIP Jay Black His voice is beyond words and everyone knew it.
What a singer!I was fortunate enough to see him in person at UNC in 65 or,66.So sorry that he is no longer with us.
Love him love this song! He hit the same notes in his sixties on into seventies.pure talent!
Heard him joke of one of those PBS specials, I think it was, that at his age, some of those notes were coming out of his butt, or some such thing as that.
Rest In Peace Jay Black (1938-2021); “The Voice” will live on for eternity.
Yes, Amen!
For Real! One of the GREATS!
Voice that just sent chills
JAY BLACK CAN NEVER BE REPLACED REST IN PEACE MY FRIEND!!!
What a set of pipes...Jay is an amazing singer.
He was just fantastic, we’ll be hearing this record forever
So true
I can't stop listening to Cara Mia. Only Jay could sing like that! May he rest in eternal glory. Amen.
These songs and singer always takes my breath away!
He is one of the greatest singers of all time ‼️ 2023 😊
Back in the early seventies I played guitar for young lady. Jay and the Americans was and is one of my favorite groups. I told this young lady that my favorite song was Cara Mia when I heard that song my heart would break. She told me that Jay Black was her first cousin. She said that he is playing in LA and she will call him and let me talk to him. I thought I died and went to heaven. I didn't get a chance to talk to him because he just got on stage. The next day I went to her house and play guitar for her again and Jay Black was there. We played and sang together for about an hour and a half. Next to marring my late wife I've never been so happy or proud. He is a wonderful lovely man and is very giving and loving. Thank you Jay you made my life happy again.
Mark Quijada what a beautiful story, I am so happy for you, Jay is the best without a doubt
Love this song going to paradise city to see them in concert need to get away
Mark, what a wonderful time for you!
Wow !! what a thrill--one that you will always recall !! Cathy Farrell
Wow, what a beautiful story! You were truly blessed to have had the privilege of meeting and playing music with him! What an honor! His music will live on forever.
This was my mother's favorite song. We played it at her funeral as we were leaving. Every time i hear it it makes me cry
LaurA Heaps don’t be sad your mums favourite song Think of her singing along to this
I played my parent's song, Midnight Saranade, at my father's funeral. It worked.
Your mother had good taste and was a good parent. You are the proof that she lives on. Hugs
My Mom's favorite song also!
What a beautiful tribute
Roy Orbison or Gene Pitney, oh my God I agree with you we don't have singers like them anymore.
Jay could hold a note like no else in rock and roll.
"Holy crap"! what a voice !
Yes indeed!
And he is cute as well
Wow what a voice love him 💙💕 not like crap you hear these days 😉
No auto tune BS. Just *Pure Talent* .
Absolutely right.
Simply put A gifted talent
The BEST....I graduated in 1965....this was the best of the songs in 1965!!!! Music hasn't been the same after the 60's!!!!!
Born in '64 so I missed the 60's when they came out, but still enjoyed their sounds as I grew up, it was a sound that stuck with you!
For me, when the Beatles hit Ed Sullivan was the day the music died. It's never been the same. Don't get me wrong, the Beatles were good (their hair was better). Mick was fun, at least you could dance to the Stones. Lots of good British stuff from back then. But they killed off pop songs like Cara Mea. Land of a Thousand Dances. Town Without Pity. Yakkety Yak. Crying. Over the Mountain. Even Hound Dog. The Beatles were the Greatest, but so were The Drifters. Even the Supremes. That stuff evaporated and was laid to rest when Sugar Hill Gang came along. That was surely the end of black men who could sing.
What a voice. I loved this when it first hit the airwaves & still love it now
He had the most beautiful soulful voice in the world. I won the 45 of Only the Lonely on "Name it an claim it" when I was 11.Still have it.
I read of Mr. Black's passing this morning. This is my favorite of his vocals. Such a wonderful talent. Rest in peace, dear Sir.
I just thought I would add, that I am always impressed with how graceful the silhouette dancers in the video are. I really don't know how many times I have watched this video, but it is quite a number.
Quite possibly the best vocal performance of the rock era. RIP Jay Black. Your legacy is your voice indeed the music you leave behind. Thanks for sharing your gift with the world.
OH YES
Listen to Roy Orbison. Roy also wrote or co-wrote a lot of his hits. Black WAS excellent, however.
My tears are streaming down my face as I listen to him sing! His voice was incredible and filled with such emotion! I was only 11 IN 1965 when this song came out and have been listening to it ever since! A true musical genius; may he rest in eternal glory. Jay, you will forever be missed!
There will never be another voice like Jay’s
I was seven. I remember.
It is true, Jay Black has a great vocal gift and will always be one of finest singers of all time.
Yes I agree ,I've never heard a voice like is love it💯🎶
Everytime I watch this it gives me goosebumps!! What an awesome singer!!
Rest In Peace Jay Black. You blessed us for decades with your music.
No auto tune , pure voice
hell yea!
How can a perfect voice be auto tuned anyways ?
@@hollywoodjoe123 Auto tune didn't exist back then, is what the comment meant.
When it came to singing live onstage back then you either had it or not - JAY BLACK and The Americans HAD IT ! @@kibblenbits
I'm 17 years old. And I can't even listen to this song without crying. When my mom and dad got divorced when I was 8, my dad used to blast this song in the house and sing it so loud. It still to this day makes me so emotional to even listen to it. It makes me so nostalgic.
They are awesome harry Hollewood
so sorry
Cheyenne !.....BODY !!.. saludos desde Perù !!..chau amigo !!..
I am crying just reading this. Not only is the marriage destroyed but the children suffer for the rest of their lives...
Cheyenne Hayes ....hugs....heart breaking about divorce
I still cry when I hear his singing that lovely song, what a voice. What a gift from God that voice is.
Truly a unique voice! That voice can only come from God!
One of the best 'voices' ever recorded. Jay Black performed a true classic here, in every sense of the word. One of the best recordings ever...
Thanks Jay, your voice & music are never forgotten by our generation. None other like it,
Every time I listen to this tune I get teary-eyed and choked up. Beautiful memories I wish I could re-live again.
I feel the exact same way!
Cece Davis me too stay safe
You and me both. We are a close-knit generation.
And some I would wish could forget..
Me too Cece
I JUST LOVE LOVE HIS VOICE. LOVE THIS SONG ALSO.
Those guys walk.
It’s fantastic.
@@Johnnycdrums YOU GOT THAT RIGHT.
@@marycoats1143 Hello Mary, How are you doing?
The man has one of the greatest voices in Rock N Roll.
You can never bring back that 60s music you can listen to it, but it’ll never come back as it was thank God we can hear all those great songs of the past❤
Baby boomer here what a great song one of the very best❤❤
Rest easy and sing with the angels, Jay. I wasnt alive during this era, but your voice has touched me since the 1980s❤
For music, the sixties had it all. And Jay and the Americans were a part of some great music
Embree Walker II is a jerk off plain and simple....(very poor tastes in Music)
lenspaulding Don't you have homework to do???? Is your Mom going to catch you on the computer again when you should be studying?
+Embree Walker II Even the sixties singers who had "bad" voices (and there weren't that many) were at least unique.
+lenspaulding Wow. Clueless (meaning you). Jay and the Americans were wonderful, and the 60s was a time with amazing diversity in music. On the radio, you'd hear Motown followed by British Invasion followed by cross-over country or folk or ...
+Janet Aldrich ....well I disagree Janet.
It JUST doesn't get any better than that!!
I went to every performance at Westbury, L.I., New York!
Rest In Peace Jay!
What A Voice!
He Certainly Is Missed! 🙏❤️🇺🇲
Westbury Music Fair represent!
One thing can't be denied about music at this time, it was eclectic. It ranged from Chuck Berry singing Maybelline, to Duane Eddy doing a guitar instrumental "Rebel Rouser" to Jay and the Americans doing this, the Penguins singing, "I Only Have Eyes For you" to Japanese Kyu Sakamoto singing "Sukiyaki" in Japanese! to Elvis singing Hound Dog or Little Richard, "Tutti Fruity." to Marty Robbins, "El Paso" or silly things like, "Purple People Eater" or "Runnin' in the Jungle" and the ultra-soppy "Teen Angel" Slow songs, fast songs, Cha-cha tunes, even a waltz or two. The music scene was wide open. If you could come up with something a little different, even off key, you had a chance to get it on the air. Fun times.
Jack Sprat Jack we were so blessed, and spoiled to have our music. Every generation is different of course, but there is no comparision to what passes for popular music on the radio today, than what we got to listen to every day for two decades. the other thing is the media itself. We all had the same radios. AM and then FM and the same music no matter if you were in Sitka Alaska, or Key West Florida. This generationally shared music will never happen again. Whatever the music quality, people are now too fragmented with their own choices to take a kid from Nome and a kid from Key West and have them know each others songs lol
impactite yes but who could possibly know that we would be listening to the same crap for 40 plus years.....over and over and over again until we got sick of it!!
impactite yes of course. I think something evil has overtaken our great Country don't you?
lenspaulding Yeah idiots like you are what is wrong with the USA go troll beiber cyrus and all the other studio enhanced voices of today people like you have piss poor taste in music and life and this music will live forever unlike the crap we hear today apart from Jackie Evanch and singers similar to her
+john bethell Way to go John your absolutetly right. Just wanted to let you know that I reported the jerk. The guy is obviously a troll, loves to cause trouble
Jay had one of the cleanest and full voice control of any singer coming out of the sixties.
I grew up in the 60s listening to his music. That music will never die! I am 68 years old now and still listen and love Jay! He will be sadly missed!
An Incredible vocalist - I've never stopped loving his music since I saw him on TV as a teenager. RIP
Such beautiful vocal range. One of my favorites along with Freddie Mercury, Leo Sayer, and The Gibb Brothers
My mom's favorite song in the world. I played this video for her many times over the years. RIP Gigi, until I see you again!
~til the end of time~
Beautiful
Matt...God bless you!❤🙏
This is music! This will never die!
during a time when EVERYONE spoke and sang in impeccable English, singing songs that touched the heart but were intellectually sound, understandable, moving and eternal. nothing today compares.
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Today's musicians couldn't make a patch on music like this, his voice is amazing!
@@maryann1531 the sad thing I have seen is ever since we have been mandated to love each other somehow or another resentment, anger and revenge got a foothold, language changed, feelings towards each other changed, the Mills Brothers, Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Mathis, Nat King Cole, The Platters and on and on and on, same with Sinatra, Como, etc. their diction impeccable, simple stories simply sung with intelligence and emotion, all went by the board when somehow or another the mandate to love in the 60s led to people allowing their worst side to show as in 'you better like the way I talk, walk etc. etc. or else. so, the music world reflects this. screaming instead of singing, ranting and raving instead of telling a story, noise replacing intellectual silence. thanks to You Tube we can get a taste of intelligent singing.
@@painterluke Amen!
And maybe 5% of the youth were obese.
Heard this on the radio today! Had to come home and find it for my playlist. Timeless; what melody and voices. I'm a boomer, too. Yay ! 🙂
The vocal range of the lead singer is so unique and the group overall gave a fantastic performance.
The stars aligned on this one. Pure perfection. RIP Jay.
I just listened to this song 6x straight. ALWAYS loved it and always loved Jay's voice. Jay you will be missed but not, NOT forgotten.
No one sings this song like Jay Black! He was one of the best!!!!!! RIP.
Mein Papa hat dieses Lied so geliebt; darum heißt mein erstes Kind Cara was lieb, wert und teuer bedeutet und zwei Jahre nach seinem Tod geboren wurde❤
I'm 37 and this song is just amazing. What an amazing voice! No contemporary singers are as good.
Nobody can sing like Jay Black. He's terrific.
THIS Jay, of the three, or more, of the Jays, was the BEST one of all!!! We lost a very talented performer & nice guy. RIP 🙏
Unbelievably beautiful! Ah, the joy of being a 'baby boomer' and living through that era of fantastic music and artists. A joy beyond 'gold'!!!
Listening to his voice in this song, the range and clarity, gives me goosebumps, just like when I was 16.
800 Louie Ave Lodi 62 to 64.
I remember watching Jay and the Americans with my Mom and Dad about 25 years ago on PBS. My Daddy Loved this song and remember him sing along with it. My parents are now in heaven. I would give anything to go back to that time with them. Watching this video helps me to do so. 😢
Back in the day I was immediately impressed with the beauty, power and depth of Jay’s voice. Truly a gifted artist
Jay Black was so underrated as a singer, I'm surprised you even bothered to listen to him. His singing was too weird. No one else did that stupid stuff except maybe Lou Christy. White boys did not do falsetto, that was a black thing. No wonder hardly anyone liked Jay Black. What kind of Rock n Roll is "Some Enchanted Evening?" "Only in America" was silly. "Come a Little Bit Closer" was a song about Mexico. Nobody liked that kind of music. No wonder no one remembers Jay Black.
What a great voice. Those old tunes still bring back memories. Those were the days.
I love these oldies by Jay and the Americans. Yesterday's music was the best. Talented singers like Jay without the need for electronic enhancement.
He had a great voice, not like the rubbish around now.
Too right Susan great all round
i agree more than i would like, they all use voice mods
Not true man all you gotta do is look in the right places rather than be pessimistic and look at the shittier side I really encourage you to discover and find talent everywhere
He still has a great voice!👍🏻
Definitely.
I love opera..Jay is a legend of solo and melody..what a tremendous voice and right on rhythem..me mio..what a blessing..Joy to the world..God is waiting patiently for Jay Black..waiting
One of my favorites ever!
Fond memory...I was in a friend's car who was driving us to a NYC beach. He would punch the radio station buttons continually looking for a station that was playing this song. After finding it, listening to it, he would start punching the buttons again and again to hear another station play it. Same routine when we returned from the beach. We must have heard Cara Mia at least 10 times or more. Great listening to a beautiful voice!