# Johnny Daye

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{{Short description|American soul music singer}}
'''Johnny Daye''' (March 17, 1948{{spnd}}May 6, 2017) was an American [soul music](/source/soul_music) singer from [Pittsburgh](/source/Pittsburgh), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania), who released six singles between 1965, when he signed to Danny Sims and [Johnny Nash](/source/Johnny_Nash)'s Jomada record label, and 1968 recording two tracks on [Stax Records](/source/Stax_Records).<ref>[http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A25474 Robert Peckman's Stirrin' Up Bees features blue-eyed soul legend Johnny Daye - Music - CD Reviews - Pittsburgh City Paper - Pittsburgh<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.melingo.com/thesoulnet/daye.htm |title=Johnny Daye Discography<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118150430/http://www.melingo.com/thesoulnet/daye.htm |archive-date=2008-01-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2007 he came out of retirement to sing on two tracks on [Robert Peckman](/source/Q_(1970s_band))'s first solo CD, ''Stirrin' Up Bees''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bonedogrecords.com/?p=337 |title=Robert Peckman Bonedog Records |access-date=2012-07-15 |archive-date=2013-01-18 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118152121/http://bonedogrecords.com/?p=337 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Daye was taken to [Stax Records](/source/Stax_Records) after being discovered in Pittsburgh by [Otis Redding](/source/Otis_Redding). He recorded the single "What'll I Do for Satisfaction", which was produced and co-written by [Steve Cropper](/source/Steve_Cropper). The song was recorded by [Janet Jackson](/source/Janet_Jackson) on her 1993 album, ''[Janet](/source/Janet_(album))'', as "[What'll I Do](/source/Whoops_Now%2FWhat'll_I_Do)". His other single for Stax was "Stay Baby Stay". Cropper stated in the liner notes to ''The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959–1968'' that "Otis really wanted to do a lot with him. The kid was dynamite. Had Otis lived, he probably would have."<ref>{{Cite news |first1=Scott |last1=Mervis |first2=Ed |last2=Masley |date=February 11, 2001 |title=Hitsburgh: Battling the British Invasion |newspaper=[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette](/source/Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette) |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/magazine/20010211British7.asp |accessdate=May 3, 2011 }}</ref>

==Discography==
;1965
*"I'll Keep on Loving You" [b/w](/source/b%2Fw) "One of These Days" (Blue Star B-230)
*"Marry Me" b/w "Give Me Back My Ring" (Jomada M-600) – produced by [Johnny Nash](/source/Johnny_Nash)

;1966
*"Good Time" b/w "I've Got Soul" (Jomada M-603) – produced by Johnny Nash

;1967
*"A Lot of Progress" b/w "You're on Top" (Parkway P-119)

;1968
*"What'll I Do for Satisfaction" b/w "I Need Somebody" ([Stax](/source/Stax_Records) 238)
*"Stay Baby Stay" b/w "I Love Love (Stax 0004)

;2007
*"Let's Talk It Over" b/w "Stop and Take A Look" (on Robert Peckman, ''Stirrin’Up Bees'', Bonedog Records BDRCD-22)

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Category:American soul singers
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Category:Singers from Pittsburgh
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Category:1948 births

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