Johnny Daye (March 17, 1948May 6, 2017) was an American

soul music Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community throughout the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It has its roots in African-American gospel music and rhythm and blues. Soul music became po ...

singer from

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

, who released six singles between 1965, when he signed to Danny Sims and

Johnny Nash John Lester Nash Jr. (August 19, 1940October 6, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter, best known in the United States for his 1972 hit " I Can See Clearly Now". Primarily a reggae and pop singer, he was one of the first non-Jamaican artists ...

's Jomada record label, through to 1968 recording two tracks on

Stax Records Stax Records is an American record company, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the label changed its name to Stax Records in 1961. It also shared its operations with sister label Volt Records. Stax was ...

. In 2007 he came out of retirement to sing on two tracks on Robert Peckman's first solo CD, ''Stirrin' Up Bees''. Daye was taken to

after being discovered in Pittsburgh by

Otis Redding Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer and songwriter. He is considered one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. ...

. He recorded the single "What'll I Do for Satisfaction", which was produced and co-written by

Steve Cropper Steven Lee Cropper (born October 21, 1941), sometimes known as "The Colonel", is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, which backed artists such as Ot ...

. The song was recorded by

Janet Jackson Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer. She is noted for her innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows. Her sound and choreog ...

on her 1993 album, ''

Janet Janet may refer to: Names * Janet (given name) * Janet (French singer) (1939–2011) Surname * Charles Janet (1849–1932), French engineer, inventor and biologist, known for the Left Step periodic table * Jules Janet (1861–1945), French psych ...

'', as "

What'll I Do "What'll I Do" is a song written by Irving Berlin in 1923. It was introduced by singers Grace Moore and John Steel late in the run of Berlin's third '' Music Box Revue'' and was also included in the following year's edition."American Classics - ...

". 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."

Discography

;1965 *"I'll Keep on Loving You" b/w "One of These Days" (Blue Star B-230) *"Marry Me" b/w "Give Me Back My Ring" (Jomada M-600) – produced by

;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 Streaming API for XML (StAX) is an application programming interface (API) to read and write XML documents, originating from the Java programming language community. Traditionally, XML APIs are either: * DOM based - the entire document is read in ...

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)

References

American soul singers Living people Singers from Pittsburgh Stax Records artists 1948 births {{R&Bsoul-bio-stub