e= took the name "The (nays", in tribute to Cleveland radio disc jockey Eddie O'Jay who was part of the powerful ma=agement team of Frankie Crocker, Herb Hamlett & Eddie O'Jay, (Toop, 1991).* In 1963, The O'Jays released "Lonely Drifter," =heir very first national chart hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #93. T heir