Johnny Daye is an American soul music

Soul music

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 singer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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 who released six singles between 1965 and 1968. In 2007 he came out of retirement to sing on two tracks on Robert Peckman

Q (1970s band)

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's first solo CD, Stirrin’ Up Bees.

Daye was taken to Stax Records

Stax Records

Stax Records is an American record label, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee.Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the name Stax Records was adopted in 1961. The label was a major factor in the creation of the Southern soul and Memphis soul music styles, also releasing gospel, funk, jazz, and...

 after being discovered in Pittsburgh by Otis Redding

Otis Redding

Otis Ray Redding, Jr. was an American soul singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger and talent scout. He is considered one of the major figures in soul and R&B...

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

Steve Cropper

Steve Cropper , also known as Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T...

. The song was recorded by Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson

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 on her 1993 album, Janet, as "What'll I Do

Whoops Now/What'll I Do

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". His other single for Stax was "Stay Baby Stay". Cropper stated in the The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959–1968 liner notes 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 / One of these days (Blue Star 230)

• Marry me / Give me back my ring (Jomada M600) produced by Johnny Nash
  Johnny Nash
  John Lester "Johnny" Nash, Jr. is an American pop singer-songwriter, best known in the US for his 1972 hit, "I Can See Clearly Now". He was also the first non-Jamaican to record reggae music in Kingston, Jamaica.-Life and career:...
  
  

1966

• Good time / I've got soul (Jomada M603) produced by Johnny Nash

1967

• A lot of progress / You're on top (Parkway 119)

1968

• What'll I do for satisfaction / I need somebody (Stax
  Stax Records
  Stax Records is an American record label, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee.Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the name Stax Records was adopted in 1961. The label was a major factor in the creation of the Southern soul and Memphis soul music styles, also releasing gospel, funk, jazz, and...
  
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• Stay baby stay / I love love (Stax 0004)

2007

• Let's Talk It Over / Stop And Take A Look (on Robert Peckman, "Stirrin’Up Bees", Bonedog Records BDRCD-22)