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Jay & the Techniques     Allentown, PA
Jay & the Techniques formed in 1965 under the Mercury Records label. They were one of the first integrated pop groups of their time. They achieved two gold hit records in the 1960s with their songs "Apple, Peaches Pumpkin Pie" and "Keep the Ball Rollin'"



Founding Members:


Jay Proctor: Lead vocalist and primary founder of the group
George "Lucky" Lloyd: Vocalist
Dante Dancho: Lead guitar
Chuck Crowl: Bass guitar
Karl Landis (Lippowitsch): Drums
Ronnie Goosley: Saxophone
Jon Walsh: Trumpet


Subsequent Members:


Paul Coles- Drums
Danny Altieri- Trumpet
Jack Truett- Organ


Noteable Highlights:


-Signed with Mercury Records in 1965
-First gold record "Apple, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie" in 1967
-in 1998, Jay released his fist all new studio album in over 20 years, called "The Main Course"



Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie
1. "Contact"
2. "Been So Long Since I Loved You"
3. "Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie"
4. "The Power Of Love"
5. "Victory!"
6. "Ain't No Soul (Left In These Old Shoes)"
7. "Hey Diddle Diddle"
8. "Lovin' For Money"
9. "Here We Go Again"
10. "Stronger Than Dirt"
11. "Keep The Ball Rollin'"



Love, Lost & Found
1. "Strawberry Shortcake"
2. "I Want You So Bad (I Can Taste It)"
3. "Don't Let It Go To Your Head"
4. "If I Should Lose You"
5. "When Love Slips Away"
6. "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
7. "Still (In Love With You)
8. "You Gave Me Somebody To Love"
9. "Girl I Want To Marry You"
10. "Dig A Little Deeper"
11. "Locked In (Your Love)"
12. "Mexico"



Baby Make Your Own Sweet Music: The Very Best of Jay & the Techniques
1. "Apple, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie"
2. "Keep The Ball Rollin"
3. "Strawberry Shortcake"
4. "Still (In Love With You)"
5. "Ain't No Soul (In These Old Shoes)"
6. "Contact"
7. "The Power Of Love"
8. "Lovin For Money"
9. "Baby Make Your Own Sweet Music"
10. "Help Yourself (To All Of My Lovin)"
11. "The Singles Game"
12. "Hey Diddle Diddle"
13. "If I Should Lose You"
14. "When Love Slips Away"
15. "You Gave Me Somebody To Love"
16. "Don't Let It Go To Your Head"
17. "Girl I Want To Marry You"
18. "I Want You So Bad (I Can Taste It)"
19. "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
20. "Locked In (Your Love) "
21. "Mexico"
22. "Hurtin Myself"
23. "Are You Ready For This"
24. "Dancin Mood"
25. "Robot Man "
26. "I Feel Love Comin On "
27. "Number Onederful"
28. "Don't Ask Me To Forget"










Venues Played:


Ed Sullivan Show, NYC

Joey Bishop Show, Calif.)

Dick Clark’s American Bandstand (Calif.)

Murray the “K” Show (NYC)

Steel Pier (Atlantic City)

Madison Square Garden (NYC)

Uptown Theatre (Philadelphia, PA)

UCLA (Calif.)

P.J’s, (L.A.)

Kings Row (Boston)

Allentown Fair (PA)

Astrodome (Houston, TX)

Grossingers (Catskills)

Newport Hotel (Miami)

Upbeat Show (Ohio)

Cincinnati Gardens (Ohio)

United States Military Bases

Walter Reed Medical Center (D.C.)

Summertime at the Pier (Phila.)

Pat Boone Show (NYC)

Jerry Blavat Show (Phila.)

U.S. Congress

Amphitheatre (Chicago)

Saylors Lake Pavilion – Saylorsburg, PA


Additional Info:


Many of America's brightest singing stars developed their talents as children singing in church choirs. Jay Proctor followed this great tradition, with a career that moved him from church choirs to the top of the music industry where he has sold more than nine million records and gained international recognition.


Jay's professional debut was in 1958 when he sang acapella in an Allentown, PA group known as Handbone. Short stints with groups in that area led to the formation of the original Jay & the Techniques in 1965, Only two years later, Jay ad his first gold record, "Apple, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie."


The first big break for Jay came in the early 60s's when victory in a regional "battle of the bands" contest landed him a recording contract from producer Jerry Ross. After a few false starts, Jay and the group hit big of Mercury Records with "Apple, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie", which skyrocketed to number one on the charts with well over a million sales.


Jay's career was off and rolling. He quickly followed with another million sell, "keep the Ball Rollin'", and continued to build his career on the Mercury label with "Strawberry shortcake" and two albums. Today these albums, "Jay & the Techniques- Apple, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie" and "Love Lost & Found", are both collector's items.
Jay then switched to Motown which released "robot Man", a record that was a smash hit in Europe, where Jay has always been a popular artist.


Jay then signed with the Event label, a subsidiary of Polydor records and released "I Feel Love Comin' On" which quickly reached the Top Ten in many of the metropolitan areas in this country.


"Number Onederful" is a high energy, heavily orchestrated disco hit which reached the Top Ten in all the major NY discos.


During his career, Jay has performed with many of the nation's other top artist. he has appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, Joey Bishop Show, Dick Clark's American Bandstand, The Murray the K Show and the Steel Pier Show. He has sung in front of a packed Houston Astrodome, in Madison Square Garden and Philadelphia's Uptown Theatre, and in colleges and universities across the country. He has also appeared for many charity benefits and has given free concerts at Army bases and prisons throughout the United States.


Other members include Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Melba Moore as backup.