Jerry Jaye is an American country/rockabilly singer. Jaye grew up on a sharecropper's farm and did a stint in the Navy from 1954 to 1958. After his return he started a band with bassist Tommy Baker and drummer Carl Fry, who began playing the local Arkansas circuits. In 1966, the group traveled to Memphis, Tennessee and recorded a single, "My Girl Josephine" (a hit for Fats Domino the previous decade).

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  • Jerry Jaye is an American country/rockabilly singer. Jaye grew up on a sharecropper's farm and did a stint in the Navy from 1954 to 1958. After his return he started a band with bassist Tommy Baker and drummer Carl Fry, who began playing the local Arkansas circuits. In 1966, the group traveled to Memphis, Tennessee and recorded a single, "My Girl Josephine" (a hit for Fats Domino the previous decade). The single was initially released in a press run of 500; Jaye shopped the disc to local radio stations, and as the tune began getting airplay, Jaye signed a contract with Hi Records for national distribution. Re-released in 1967, "My Girl Josephine" became a hit single in the US, peaking at #29 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. A full-length LP, My Girl Josephine, followed, which hit #195 in the US, but four further singles from the album failed to make an impact on the charts. During this time Jaye toured with Booker T and the MGs and Lou Rawls among others. Jaye left Hi Records in 1970 and began recording new material for Nashville's Mega/Raintree. Seven singles were released, some of which found regional success. Between 1974 and 1975 he sang lead with the Bill Black Combo after its founder's death. In 1975, Jaye signed with Columbia Records, first releasing a cover of Tommy Edwards's "It's All in the Game". This was followed by two further US Country hits (again with Hi Records) in 1976, "Honky Tonk Women Love Redneck Men" (US Country #32) and "Hot and Still Heatin' (US Country #78). In 1979 he left Hi again, and began touring the American South with his wife Darlene Battles. Together they released an album on Bejay Records in 1984. Jaye toured Sweden and England in the 1990s, and released another album, One More Time, in 2005.
  • Jerry Jaye est un chanteur américain de Rock'n'Roll, Rythm and blues et Country, né en 1937 à Manila Jerry Jaye est né sous le nom de Gerald J. Hatley le 19 octobre 1937 dans une petite bourgade de l'Arkansas, à Manila. Ses parents travaillaient dans une plantation de coton. En 1954, il rejoint la marine et y restera pendant cinq ans. Après son service militaire, il fréquentera les bars et formera un trio avec Tommy Baker à la basse et Carl Fry à la trompette. Le trio étendra son répertoire entre le Rock'n'Roll, le Rythm and blues et la Country et produira son premier enregistrement depuis le studio Sonic à Memphis en 1966. 500 exemplaires de ce premier LP seront pressés par le label Connie qui contenait le titre fétiche "My Girl Josephine" une composition de Fats Domino qui sera repris par plusieurs stations de radios locales du sud des États-Unis et qui atteindra en 1967 la 26e place dans les chartes. La diffusion de ce titre fait connaître le groupe qui se produira un peu partout aux États-Unis et vendront 800 000 exemplaires. Entre 1973 et 1974, Jerry fera une carrière vocale dans le groupe Bill Black Combo, puis en 1976 il sera approché par Nick Pesce de Hi Records qui enregistrera une session à Lyn-Lou à Memphis, puis aux studios Columbia de Nashville. À partir de 1977 le trio enregistrera pour la firme Cream Records de la côte ouest des Etats Unis. Il se produira ensuite à partir des années 1995 en Grande-Bretagne et en Suède.
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  • Jerry Jaye is an American country/rockabilly singer. Jaye grew up on a sharecropper's farm and did a stint in the Navy from 1954 to 1958. After his return he started a band with bassist Tommy Baker and drummer Carl Fry, who began playing the local Arkansas circuits. In 1966, the group traveled to Memphis, Tennessee and recorded a single, "My Girl Josephine" (a hit for Fats Domino the previous decade).
  • Jerry Jaye est un chanteur américain de Rock'n'Roll, Rythm and blues et Country, né en 1937 à Manila Jerry Jaye est né sous le nom de Gerald J. Hatley le 19 octobre 1937 dans une petite bourgade de l'Arkansas, à Manila. Ses parents travaillaient dans une plantation de coton. En 1954, il rejoint la marine et y restera pendant cinq ans. Après son service militaire, il fréquentera les bars et formera un trio avec Tommy Baker à la basse et Carl Fry à la trompette.
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