Wax Museum (Jay and the Americans album)

Wax Museum
Studio album by Jay and The Americans
Released	February 28, 1970
Recorded	A&R Studios, New York City
Genre	Pop
Label	United Artists
Producer	Jay and the Americans, Thomas Kaye
Jay and The Americans chronology
Sands of Time (1969) Wax Museum (1970) Wax Museum, Vol. 2 (1970)

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Wax Museum is the eighth studio album by Jay and the Americans released on February 28, 1970. The album went to #105 on The Billboard 200. It reached #68 on the Cashbox charts.^[2] The album was the group's last charting album. Be sure to listen for the unexpected imitation of a raven: "Caw! Caw! Caw!, which happens a few seconds after the last track on side two.

The group's remake of The Ronettes song "Walkin' in the Rain" hit #19 on The Billboard Hot 100 in 1970.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Walkin' in the Rain" (Barry Mann, Phil Spector, Cynthia Weil)
2. "Do I Love You?" (Peter Andreoli, Vini Poncia, Phil Spector)
3. "Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry)
4. "Message to Martha (Kentucky Bluebird)" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
5. "Room Full of Tears" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman)
6. "A Lover's Question" (Brook Benton, Jimmy T. Williams)
7. "Some Kind of Wonderful" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King)
8. "This Is My Love" (Billy Dawn Smith)
9. "Let It Be Me" (Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis, Pierre Delanoë)
10. "I Don't Want to Cry" (Luther Dixon, Chuck Jackson)
11. "You Were on My Mind" (Sylvia Fricker)
12. "Lonely Teardrops" (Berry Gordy, Jr., Gwendolyn Gordy, Roquel "Billy" Davis)

References

Jay and the Americans
Sandy Deanne Howie Kane Jay Reincke Marty Sanders Jay Traynor Kenny Vance Jay Black
Studio albums	She Cried Come a Little Bit Closer Blockbusters Sunday and Me Livin' Above Your Head Try Some of This! Sands of Time Wax Museum Capture the Moment
Singles	"She Cried" "Come a Little Bit Closer" "Let's Lock the Door (And Throw Away the Key)" "Cara Mia" "Some Enchanted Evening" "Sunday and Me" "Crying" "No Other Love" "This Magic Moment" "Walkin' in the Rain" "There Goes My Baby"
Cover songs	"Here, There and Everywhere" "Hushabye" "It's a Big, Wide, Wonderful World" "Maria" "Monday, Monday" "Nature Boy" "Since I Don't Have You" "Solitary Man" "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" "Tonight"
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