Researching Johnny Kay
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The name Johnny means "form of JOHN - God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Johnny Kay on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Johnny Kay and the Kay Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Kay Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Kay family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 16664 people with the Kay surname in the UK? Kay is now ranked number 330 for popularity in the UK. |
Kay Family Tree Databases
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Kay Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 24306 people with the Kay surname in the USA? Kay is ranked number 149 for popularity in the USA. |
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Johnny Kay
Johnny Kay (born John Kaciuban, 23 June 1940) is a guitarist from Chester, Pennsylvania. He is most widely known as one of the guitarists for the early rock 'n' roll group Bill Haley & His Comets from 1960-1968. After a brief audition, Kay was asked by Bill Haley to join his band, the Comets, in June 1960 when he was only 19 years old, replacing previous guitarist Franny Beecher, who had quit the band in order to launch his own record label.
Kay left the band in 1966 as Haley's brand of rockabilly continued to decline in popularity, but he returned in the early 1970s for an aborted world tour. He also appeared at the performance of Bill Haley & His Comets at the London Rock and Roll Show at Wembley Stadium, Wembley Park, London, England on 5 August 1972. In the film of the concert, Kay can be seen playing while wearing a pirate-like eye patch (he was recovering from surgery at the time).
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