Wax Museum (Jay and the Americans album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Wax Museum

| type = Album

| artist = Jay and The Americans

| cover = Wax Museum, Vol. 1.jpeg

| alt =

| released = February 28, 1970

| recorded = A&R Studios, New York City

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Pop

| length =

| label = United Artists

| producer = Jay and the Americans, Thomas Kaye

| prev_title = Sands of Time

| prev_year = 1969

| next_title = Wax Museum, Vol. 2

| next_year = 1970

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Wax Museum, Vol. 1

| type = studio

| single1 = Walking in the Rain

| single1date = November 1969

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=wax-museum-vol-1-r41702}}

| rev2 =

| rev2Score =

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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 chart, reached #68 on the Cashbox chart,{{AllMusic|class=album|id=wax-museum-vol-1-r41702}} and #71 in Canada.{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.3772.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Albums - March 14, 1970}}

The album was the group's last charting album.

The group's cover of The Ronettes' song "Walkin' in the Rain" hit #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970,[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jay-the-americans-p4598/charts-awards/billboard-singles Jay and the Americans singles] and #17 in Canada.{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.6105.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - January 24, 1970}}

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