12019-03-12T23:56:32+00:00Stanford University Pressaf84c3e11fe030c51c61bbd190fa82a3a1a1282415plainpublished2019-10-08T23:24:21+00:00Production Editor7a3dce28be212b1ba5b4a7a50f3d6a8d76b58c74On May 13, 1961, Cleveland Call and Post columnist John Fuster announced two upcoming dances hosted by deejay Eddie O’Jay, as well as a number of other musical events in the city. Eddie O’Jay was a black radio pioneer in Cleveland, and the Canton, Ohio, band of Eddie Levert, Walter Williams, William Powell, Bobby Massey, and Bill Isles took the name “The O’Jays” in tribute to the deejay.