Fact #101144
When:
Short story:
Jay And The Americans record Walkin'
In The Rain, for United Artists Records at A + R Recording Corp, New York City, USA. The song is composed by Phil Spector, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil].
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Jay Black (Jay And The Americans] : We were in the studio mixing the song and Bob Crewe walked in. He was working next door and he said, 'Who's that?'
We said, 'Jay And The Americans'.
'That's a hit,' he said. That was encouraging because we were already having problems, technically, and having to work in a studio we didn't really want to work in.
You know who's playing on that? Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Steely Dan were our back up. They were our session guys for over three years.
(Source : Steve Kolanjian's sleeve notes to the 1990 CD compilation Come A Little Bit Closer
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We said, 'Jay And The Americans'.
'That's a hit,' he said. That was encouraging because we were already having problems, technically, and having to work in a studio we didn't really want to work in.
You know who's playing on that? Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Steely Dan were our back up. They were our session guys for over three years.
(Source : Steve Kolanjian's sleeve notes to the 1990 CD compilation Come A Little Bit Closer