Album: Very Best Of Jay and The Americans (1965)

Charted: 4

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• Cara Mia why must we say goodbye?
  Each time we part my heart wants to die
  Darling hear my prayer (ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
  Cara Mia fair
  I'll be your love 'til the end of time ('til the end of)
  Of ('til the end of)
  Time (Cara Mia mine)
  Cara Mia mine
  Cara Mia mine
  Cara Mia mine
  
  Cara Mia why must we say goodbye?
  Each time we part my heart wants to die
  Darling hear my prayer (ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
  Cara Mia fair
  I'll be your love 'til the end of time ('til the end of)
  Of ('til the end of)
  Time (Cara Mia mine)
  Cara Mia mine
  Cara Mia mine
  Cara Mia mine
  
  (Oh oh oh oh oh) ah-ah-ah
  (Oh oh oh oh oh)
  (Each time we part my heart wants to die) die
  Darling hear my prayer (ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
  Cara Mia fair
  I'll be your love 'til the end of time ('til the end of)
  Of ('til the end of)
  Time (Cara Mia mine)
  Cara Mia mine
  Cara Mia mine
  Cara Mia mine
  
  Mine (Cara Mia mine)
  (Cara Mia mine) Cara Mia mine Writer/s: Robert Jr. Mcferrin
  Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 22

• Roberto from OcalaMost magnificent voice ever (Michael Crawford a close second). The high octaves and duration of them were as beautiful as it gets!
• Scotty Bruner from Lexington Kentucky I love the group and songs
• Veronica Steinwand from Barberton OhioIn 1965 there were 5 in the original group but when they did that huge concert in 2000 there were only 4 what happened to the 5th group member?
• Gulleysue from ArizonaBest rendition of this song is by my husband, Bob Gulley.
• Aiken Nutz from Tahlequah OkWhat a song with the powerful voice of Jay Black! In '65, an older cousin had the single of "Cara Mia" and the LP "Very Best of Jay & The Americans." He was 17 and I was 9, but he loved this record and a few years later he gave me the LP. It was nearly in mint condition! I loved playing "Cara Mia" and "Come a Little Bit Closer." Then, in the 2000s, I saw a PBS-TV documentary on Sixties' Golden Oldies Groups, including Jay Black performing "Cara Mia." His voice was just as it was in the Sixties!! What a great part in rock & roll history was Jay & The Americans!
• Soulcoaxer from Yorba Linda, CaThanks to those who created this site. I do wish you would include the date posts were made, possibly following their location.
  I thought very highly of David's rendition of Cara Mia back in'65 when I was 19 yrs. There were many beautiful and remarkable love songs released in that era, but this one was very unique as mentioned by Meocyber below: "There's nearly an operatic grandeur to it". Meocyber was also correct in his/her notation that David's voice was/is, "a voice in the Roy Orbison realm." Many in the business affectionally referred to Roy as the three-octive wobbler. I too still listen to David's Cara Mia, and consider it one of my very favorite songs. When no humans are present, I sing alone loudly and try though I may, I can never quite reach that ending high note. All good things to all.
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn July 28th 1965, Jay & the Americans performed "Cara, Mia" on the ABC-TV program 'Shindig!'...Two months earlier on May 30th, 1965 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 at position #77; and on July 25th, 1965 it peaked at #4 {for 1 week} and spent 13 weeks on the Top 100...Between 1962 and 1970 the group had eighteen Top 100 records; four made the Top 10 with "Come A Little Bit Closer" being their biggest hit, it reached #3 on the chart in 1964...They just missed having a fifth Top 10 record when "Let's Lock The Door" peaked at #11 in 1965.R.I.P. John Traynor, the original Jay, {1943 - 2014} and Jimmy O'Neill {Shindig's host, 1940 -2013}.
• Rotunda from Tulsa, OkWhat a powerful & stunning recording. I bought the single, as I did other earlier Jay & The American hits in the Sixties. Yep, I was a true fan and still am. Jay Black/Dave Blatt has a treasure of a voice! By the way, has anyone heard the results of the lawsuit against him by the IRS? It's a shame they're hounding him this way. This group brought so much happiness to we baby-boomers in the Sixties.
• Meocyber from Alma, Co Wow just a majestic song. Jay had,still has a voice in the Roy Orbison realm. There's nearly a operatic grandeur to it. The music behind the voice is perfect. Very classy.
• Loren from Oro Valley, AzMy friend Slim Whitman has recorded 2 versions of Cara Mia. Google Slim Whitman Collectors International
• Jon R. Benson from Bullhead City, AzI am jon r. Benson and I have been singing Cara Mia ever since it came out in the same key. I am still singing it and as good as ever. I am 76 and still singing, Long note and all. Cheers mates.
  Jon r. Bullhead city, Arizona
• Orlando from Long Island New York 11978, NyArtists like Jay Black make Cara Mia an out-of-body-experience...which we all need ...taken regularly gives us life worth living. My only wish was that Roy Orbison would have recorded it Montovani style as he did Pretty Woman in Black on White.
  "O"
• Jj from Washington, DcCara Mia is mine and my grandfather's favorite Jay & The Americans song!!
• Bill from Originally Toledo, OhThere was a freshness bordering on innocence in the early 60's. Simple and straightforward lyrics that have had me humming for too many years. Sure as hell miss you guys Jay!
• Cara from Floral Park, NyI just love the song and since my name is Cara - it is a bonus. Keep up the great work David (Jay)
• Tony from Topeka, Ks"Cara mia" is also an Italian phrase roughly meaning "my beloved".
• Bill from North Babylon, Ny I've been a Jay and the Americans fan since the very beginning.Starting with the original "Jay Traynor"(SHE CRIED),to David Blatt aka Jay is Back!
  (lost his right to use Jay Black).They are both still thrilling audiences with their voices,especially Jay Traynor who is singing with the tokens now.I think we should be proud that the music is still alive!
• Char from Bridgeport, CtIt would be a shame if David Blatt was unable to use his stage name,afterall he is the one who put the group on the top ten lists.I have been listening to him sing for 40 years now and still have not heard one entertainer that can match his voice.
• Donna from Amityville, NyDavid Blatt is not the original lead singer of Jay and the Americans. John Traynor was. He left the group in 1962 to work with Phil Spector.
  David Blatt is being sued in Central Islip, New York bankruptcy court for debts owed the state and IRS. There is the possibility the name Jay and the Americans can be sold to pay off debts; and David Blatt will be barred from using the name Jay Black (which he has used for over 40 years.)A decision will be made in the coming weeks.
  Donna Pacholek Lindenhurst, New York
• Ekristheh from Halath, United StatesAn avant-garde version of this was recorded by Negativland for their first, eponymous album in 1981. Accompanying hismelf with a synthesizer, Don Joyce (I think) whispers the lyrics. Possibly due to the cheap production, this version is reminiscent of ? and the Mysterians' "96 Tears".
• Clarke from Pittsburgh, PaDan Ingram at WABC in New York City was also known to play the version with the "long" high note. In actuality, the note was edited together multiple times on tape until it was more than a minute in length.
• Henning from Oslo, Norway"Cara Mia" was also recorded by the Swedish group The Shanes and was a hit in Sweden in 1968(or 1967; I'm not 100% sure if it was in '67 or 68'). henning.halvorsen@met.no

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