Kenny Vance (born December 9, 1943) is an American singer, songwriter, and music producer who was an original founding member of Jay and the Americans. His career spans from the 1950s to today, with projects ranging from starting doo-wop groups to music supervising to creating solo albums. The core of Kenny's interest in music was vocal harmony, from the doo wop groups (where he began) to his long tenure as a founding member of Jay & The Americans in the 1960s. From the 1970s on he used his musical knowledge in a series of films while also releasing the occasional solo album. In the 90's he returned to his original love by forming his own neo-doo wop group Kenny Vance and the Planotones. Throughout his career he served as a mentor to a generation of younger musicians that included Walter Becker and Donald Fagen (Steely Dan), Peter Himmelman, John Cafferty and others.