In 1958 The Recording Industry Association Of America - RIAA - launched their Award Program, which was to
be a formal certification process, establishing Gold Awards as the industry standard for success. Their Gold
and Platinum Awards Program is the longest-running, objective measure of achievement for sound recordings
within the U.S. music industry.
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry - IFPI - administers international certifications.
The criteria for receiving a gold certification is that the album must have sold
500 000 copies. For platinum certification the figure is
1 million copies sold. And consequently, for multi
platinums additional millions are required.
The gold and platinum album certifications in these tables below are based on domestic sales
only. There are additional sales internationally, which I will deal with later
(at some point).
Check out other sections of Jay's site for additional info on for instance
Grammy Awards and Nominations that Jay has received over the
years, the more than 300 songs that he has composed, the ever growing
HUGE discography and of course, you can listen to sound bites, check out charts, midi files,
supporter transcription etc. on other sections as well.
JAY GRAYDON DOMESTIC GOLD AND PLATINUM CERTIFICATIONS
ARTIST | ALBUM TITLE | SONG (-S) | CERT. DATE | AWARD | INPUT
|
Benson, George | The George Benson
Collection | Turn Your Love Around
| 1/14/82 | Gold | Songwriter |
Cassidy, Shaun | Born Late | ??? | 11/22/77 |
Gold | Guitar |
Cassidy, Shaun | Born Late | ??? | 12/13/77 |
Platinum | Guitar |
Cassidy, Shaun | Under Wraps | ??? | 8/2/78 |
Gold | Guitar |
Cassidy, Shaun | Under Wraps | ??? | 10/10/78 | Platinum | Guitar |
Cher | Take Me Home | ??? | 5/17/79 | Gold
| Guitar |
Cher | Take Me Home | ??? | 5/3/79 | Gold
| Guitar |
Coolidge, Rita | Love Me Again | ??? | 6/21/78 | Gold | Guitar |
Cross, Christopher | Another Page | Deal 'Em Again |
3/29/83 | Gold | Guitar |
Cross, Christopher | Christopher Cross | 1. Say You'll Be Mine 2.
Never Be The Same | 5/6/80 | Gold | Guitar |
Cross, Christopher | Christopher Cross | 1. Say You'll Be Mine 2.
Never Be The Same | 8/19/80 | Platinum | Guitar |
Cross, Christopher | Christopher Cross | 1. Say You'll Be Mine 2.
Never Be The Same | 10/22/84 | Multi Platinum 4.00 | Guitar |
Cross, Christopher | Christopher Cross | 1. Say You'll Be Mine 2.
Never Be The Same | 8/17/94 | Multi Platinum 5.00 | Guitar |
DeBarge | Rhythm Of The Night | 1. Prime Time 2. The Heart Is Not So
Smart 3. Who's Holding Donna Now 4. Give It Up | 5/8/85 | Gold |
Arranger Producer Songwriter Engineer Guitar |
DeBarge, El | El DeBarge | Lost Without Her
Love Someone | 9/11/86 |
Gold | Songwriter Guitar Producer Engineer Arranger
Synthesizer |
Earth, Wind & Fire | After The Love Has Gone | After The Love Has Gone | 11/19/79 | Gold | Songwriter |
Earth, Wind & Fire | I Am | After The Love
Has Gone | 6/7/79 | Gold | Songwriter |
Earth, Wind & Fire | I Am | After The Love Has
Gone | 6/7/79 | Platinum | Songwriter |
Earth, Wind & Fire | I Am | After The Love Has
Gone | 10/26/84 | Multi Platinum 2.00 | Songwriter |
Earth, Wind & Fire | Let's Groove | After The Love Has
Gone | 1/12/82 | Gold | Songwriter |
Earth, Wind & Fire | Sing A Song | After The Love Has
Gone | 2/27/76 | Gold | Songwriter |
Earth, Wind & Fire | The Best Of Earth,
Wind & Fire - Vol. II | After The Love Has Gone | 4/19/95 |
Gold | Songwriter |
Earth, Wind & Fire | The Essential Earth,
Wind & Fire | After The Love Has Gone | 2/05/05 | Gold | Songwriter |
Earth, Wind & Fire | Live at Montreux 1997 | After The Love Has
Gone | 2/16/1010 |
Gold | Songwriter |
Garrett, Leif | Feel The
Need | ??? | 11/8/78 | Gold | Guitar |
Garrett, Leif | Leif
Garrett | ??? | 1/31/78 | Gold | Guitar |
Hall & Oates | Along The Red
Ledge | 1. It's A Laugh 2. Serious Music | 10/25/78 |
Gold | Guitar |
Jarreau, Al | Breakin' Away | 1. Closer To Your Love 2. My
Old Friend 3. We're In This Love Together 4. Easy 5. Our Love 6. Breakin' Away 7.
Roof Garden 8. (Round, Round, Round) Blue Rondo A La Turk 9. Teach Me Tonight | 10/28/81
| Gold | Songwriter Guitar Producer Engineer Arranger
Synthesizer |
Jarreau, Al | Breakin' Away | 1. Closer To Your Love 2. My Old
Friend 3. We're In This Love Together 4. Easy 5. Our Love 6. Breakin' Away 7. Roof Garden
8. (Round, Round, Round) Blue Rondo A La Turk 9. Teach Me Tonight | 10/1/82
| Platinum | Songwriter Guitar Producer Engineer Arranger
Synthesizer |
Jarreau, Al | Heart's Horizon | 1. All Or Nothing At All 2. Pleasure
Over Pain 3. Way To Your Heart 4. Heart's Horizon | 12/4/91 | Gold
| Songwriter Producer Engineer Arranger Synthesizer |
Jarreau, Al | High Crime | 1. Raging Waters 2. Imagination 3.
Murphy's Law 4. Tell Me 5. After All 6. High Crime 7. Let's Pretend 8. Sticky Wicket 9.
Love Speaks Louder Than Words 10. Fallin' | 2/11/86 | Gold
| Songwriter Guitar Producer Engineer Arranger Synthesizer |
Jarreau, Al | Jarreau | 1. Mornin' 2. Boogie
Down 3. I Will Be Here For You 4. Save Me 5. Step By Step 6. Black And Blues 7. Trouble
In Paradise 8. Not Like This 9. Love Is Waiting | 5/25/83 | Gold | Songwriter Guitar Producer Engineer Arranger Synthesizer |
Jarreau, Al | Jarreau | 1. Mornin' 2. Boogie Down 3. I Will Be Here
For You 4. Save Me 5. Step By Step 6. Black And Blues 7. Trouble In Paradise 8. Not
Like This
9. Love Is Waiting | 8/24/01 | Platinum | Songwriter Guitar
Producer Engineer Arranger Synthesizer |
Jarreau, Al | L Is For Lover | 1. Tell Me What I Gotta Do 2.Across
The Midnight Sky | 11/16/94 | Gold | Songwriter |
Jarreau, Al | This Time | 1. Never Givin' Up 2. Gimme What You
Got 3. Love Is Real 4. Alonzo 5. (If I Could Only) Change Your Mind 6. Spain (I Can
Recall) 7. Distracted 8. Your Sweet Love 9. (A Rhyme) This Time | 5/14/82
| Gold | Guitar Producer Engineer Arranger Synthesizer |
Manhattan Transfer | The Best of Manhattan Transfer | Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone | 10/07/1987
| Gold | Songwriter Guitar Producer Engineer Arranger Synthesizer |
Manhattan Transfer | The Best of Manhattan Transfer | Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone | 11/30/1993
| Platinum | Songwriter Guitar Producer Engineer Arranger Synthesizer Additional vocals |
Manilow, Barry | Even Now | Sunrise | 2/15/78
| Gold | Acoustic guitar |
Manilow, Barry | Even Now | Sunrise | 2/22/78
| Platinum | Acoustic guitar |
Manilow, Barry | Even Now | Sunrise | 9/2/87
| Multi Platinum 3.00 | Acoustic guitar |
Osmond, Donny & Marie | I'm Leaving It All Up To You | It Takes Two | 02/21/1975
| Gold | Guitar |
Osmond, Donny & Marie | Donny & Marie Featuring Songs From
Their TV Show | It Takes Two | 12/23/1976
| Gold | Guitar |
Osmond, Donny & Marie | New Season | Which Way You Goin', Billy? Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me We Got Love It's
All Been Said Before Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing Show Me | 01/12/1978
| Gold | Guitar |
Osmond, Donny & Marie | Goin' Coconuts | Gimme Some Time Let's Fall In Love On The Shelf Don't Play with The One Who
Loves You You Don't Have To Say You Love Me | 11/06/1978
| Gold | Guitar |
Parton, Dolly | Here You Come Again | ??? | 12/27/77
| Gold | Guitar |
Parton, Dolly | Here
You Come Again | ??? | 4/28/78
| Platinum | Guitar |
Parton, Dolly | Here You Come Again | ??? | 2/1/78
| Gold | Guitar |
Scaggs, Boz | Down Two Then Left | 1. Still Falling For You 2. Hard
Times 3. A Clue 4. Whatcha Gonna Tell Your Man 5. We're Waiting 6. Hollywood 7. The She
Walked Away 8. Gimme The Goods 9. Tomorrow Never Came | 11/17/77 | Gold | Guitar |
Scaggs, Boz | Down Two Then Left | 1. Still Falling For You 2. Hard
Times 3. A Clue 4. Whatcha Gonna Tell Your Man 5. We're Waiting 6. Hollywood 7. The She
Walked Away 8. Gimme The Goods 9. Tomorrow Never Came | 12/9/77 | Platinum | Guitar |
Steely Dan | Aja | Peg | 10/4/77 | Gold
| Guitar |
Steely Dan | Aja | Peg | 12/27/77 |
Platinum | Guitar |
Steely Dan | Aja | Peg | 9/7/93 | Multi
Platinum 2.00 | Guitar |
Steely Dan | A Decade Of Steely Dan (The Best
Of) | Peg
| 9/7/93 | Gold | Guitar |
Steely Dan | Steely Dan's Greatest Hits | Peg | 12/7/78
| Gold | Guitar |
Steely Dan | Steely Dan's Greatest Hits | Peg | 12/7/78
| Platinum | Guitar |
Steely Dan | Citizen Steely Dan 1972-1980 | Peg | 2/8/96
| Gold | Guitar |
Streisand, Barbra | Lazy Afternoon | ??? | 4/14/76
| Gold | Guitar |
Streisand, Barbra | Songbird | ??? | 5/31/78 | Gold | Guitar |
Streisand, Barbra | Songbird | ??? | 8/25/78 | Platinum | Guitar |
Streisand, Barbra | Superman | ??? | 6/22/77
| Gold | Guitar |
Streisand, Barbra | Superman | ??? | 8/9/77
| Platinum | Guitar |
Streisand, Barbra | Superman | ??? | 11/14/94
| Multi Platinum 2.00 | Guitar |
Streisand, Barbra & Summer, Donna | Wet | No more tears (Enough is enough) | 2/22/80 |
Gold | Guitar |
Streisand, Barbra & Summer, Donna | Wet | No more tears (Enough is enough) | 2/22/80 |
Platinum | Guitar |
Streisand, Barbra & Summer, Donna | No
more tears (Enough is enough) - Single (7") | No more tears (Enough is enough) | 2/11/80 |
Gold | Guitar |
Streisand, Barbra & Summer, Donna | No
more tears (Enough is enough) - Single (12") | No more tears (Enough is enough) | 2/11/80 |
Gold | Guitar |
Streisand, Barbra & Summer, Donna | No more tears (Enough is enough) - Single | No more tears (Enough is enough) | 8/19/97 |
Platinum | Guitar |
Summer, Donna | Bad Girls | Hot Suff Bad Girls Love Will Always Find You Walk Away Dim All The
Lights Journey To The Center Of Your Heart One Night In A Lifetime Can't Get
To Sleep At Night On My Honour There Will Always Be A You All Through The
Night My Baby Understands Our Love Lucky Sunset People Bad
Girls (Demo Version) Mac Arthur Park Suite No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
| 5/3/79 |
Gold | Guitar |
Summer, Donna | Bad Girls | Hot Suff Bad Girls Love Will Always Find You Walk Away Dim All The
Lights Journey To The Center Of Your Heart One Night In A Lifetime Can't Get
To Sleep At Night On My Honour There Will Always Be A You All Through The
Night My Baby Understands Our Love Lucky Sunset People Bad
Girls (Demo Version) Mac Arthur Park Suite No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
| 5/3/79 |
Platinum | Guitar |
Summer, Donna | Bad Girls | Hot Suff Bad Girls Love Will Always Find You Walk Away Dim All The
Lights Journey To The Center Of Your Heart One Night In A Lifetime Can't Get
To Sleep At Night On My Honour There Will Always Be A You All Through The
Night My Baby Understands Our Love Lucky Sunset People Bad
Girls (Demo Version) Mac Arthur Park Suite No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
| 12/1/93 |
Multi Platinum 2.00 | Guitar |
Summer, Donna | Bad Girls | Hot Suff Bad Girls Love Will Always Find You Walk Away Dim All The
Lights Journey To The Center Of Your Heart One Night In A Lifetime Can't Get
To Sleep At Night On My Honour There Will Always Be A You All Through The
Night My Baby Understands Our Love Lucky Sunset People Bad
Girls (Demo Version) Mac Arthur Park Suite No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
| 6/19/79 | Gold | Guitar |
Summer, Donna | Bad Girls | Hot Suff Bad Girls Love Will Always Find You Walk Away Dim All The
Lights Journey To The Center Of Your Heart One Night In A Lifetime Can't Get
To Sleep At Night On My Honour There Will Always Be A You All Through The
Night My Baby Understands Our Love Lucky Sunset People Bad
Girls (Demo Version) Mac Arthur Park Suite No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
| 9/4/79 |
Platinum | Guitar |
Summer, Donna | Live And More | ??? | 9/14/78 |
Gold | Guitar |
Summer, Donna | Live And More | ??? | 10/19/78
| Platinum | Guitar |
Summer, Donna | Mac Arthur Park | ??? | 10/26/78 | Gold | Guitar |
Summer, Donna | On The Radio | ??? | 3/11/80 |
Gold | Guitar |
Summer, Donna | On The Radio - Vol.I & II | ??? | 2/21/80
| Gold | Guitar |
Summer, Donna | On The Radio - Vol.I & II | ??? | 2/21/80
| Platinum | Guitar |
Summer, Donna | On The Radio - Vol.I & II | ??? | 12/1/93
| Multi Platinum 2.00 | Guitar |
Summer, Donna | She Works Hard For The Money | (Songwriter on HE'S A REBEL, WOMAN)
(Guitar on "Love Has A Mind Of Its Own" "(I Do Believe) I Fell In
Love" | 8/30/83 | Gold | Guitar
Songwriter |
Williams, Hank Jr. | Family Tradition | I Just Ain't Been Able | 12/23/1983
| Gold | Guitar |
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JAY GRAYDON DOMESTIC GOLD AND PLATINUM CERTIFICATIONS
Soundtracks From Movies And TV Series
SOUNDTRACK
TITLE | ARTIST | SONG (-S) | MEDIA / GENRE | CERT.
DATE | AWARD | INPUT |
Ghostbusters | Air Supply | I Can Wait Forever | Movie / Comedy, Horror | 8/15/84 | Gold | Producer Songwriter Engineer |
Ghostbusters | Air Supply | I Can Wait Forever | Movie / Comedy, Horror | 8/23/84 | Platinum | Producer Songwriter Engineer |
Grease | Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta, Stockard Channing ... and more | You're The One That I Want We Go Together Summer Nights Hopelessly
Devoted To You Grease Megamix Sandy There are Worse Things I Could Do
... and more | Movie Soundtrack / Comedy, Teenage Romance, Music | 5/2/78 | Gold | Guitar |
Grease | Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta, Stockard Channing ... and more | You're The One That I Want We Go Together Summer Nights Hopelessly
Devoted To You Grease Megamix Sandy There are Worse Things I Could Do
... and more | Movie Soundtrack / Comedy, Teenage Romance, Music | 5/9/78 | Platinum | Guitar |
Grease | Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta, Stockard Channing ... and more | You're The One That I Want We Go Together Summer Nights Hopelessly
Devoted To You Grease Megamix Sandy There are Worse Things I Could Do
... and more | Movie Soundtrack / Comedy, Teenage Romance, Music | 11/7/84 | Multi Platinum 8.00 | Guitar |
Miami Vice | Labelle, Patti & Champlin, Bill | The Last Unbroken Heart | TV Series / Action | 11/22/85 | Gold | Producer Engineer |
Miami Vice | Labelle, Patti & Champlin, Bill | The Last Unbroken Heart | TV Series / Action | 11/22/85 | Platinum | Producer Engineer |
Miami Vice | Patti Labelle & Bill Champlin | The Last Unbroken Heart | TV Series / Action | 11/22/85 | Multi Platinum 2.00 | Producer Engineer |
Miami Vice | Labelle, Patti & Champlin, Bill | The Last Unbroken Heart | TV Series / Action | 12/2/85 | Multi Platinum 3.00 | Producer Engineer |
Miami Vice | Labelle, Patti & Champlin, Bill | The Last Unbroken Heart | TV Series / Action | 2/27/86 | Multi Platinum 4.00 | Producer Engineer |
St. Elmo's Fire | Airplay | Stressed Out (Close To The Edge) | Movie / Brat Pack Drama | 10/23/85 | Gold | Artist Guitar Vocal Producer Engineer Songwriter Arranger |
Thank God It's Friday | Jabara, Paul | Trapped In A Stairway | TV Series / Comedy, Music | 5/16/78 | Gold | Guitar |
Thank God It's Friday | Jabara, Paul | Trapped In A Stairway | TV Series / Comedy, Music | 6/8/78 | Platinum | Guitar |
The Young And The Restless | Devorzon, Barry | Nadia's Theme | TV Series / Soap | 1/18/77 | Gold | Guitar |
* * *
Like I said, the tables above only show the domestic awards and I will after more research at some point
give you all of the foreign certifications as well. For starters, these below are some of the
international certifications.
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JAY GRAYDON FOREIGN GOLD AND PLATINUM CERTIFICATIONS
ARTIST | ALBUM
TITLE | SONG (-S) | CERT. DATE | AWARD | COUNTRY | INPUT |
Benson, George | The George Benson
Collection | Turn Your Love Around | 12/09/1981 | Silver | United Kingdom | Songwriter Guitar
Producer Engineer Arranger Synthesizer |
Benson, George | The George Benson
Collection | Turn Your Love Around | 1/14/1982 | Gold | United Kingdom | Songwriter Guitar
Producer Engineer Arranger Synthesizer |
Benson, George | Midnight Moods - The Love
Collection | Turn Your Love Around | 12/01/1991 | Silver | United Kingdom | Songwriter Guitar
Producer Engineer Arranger Synthesizer |
Benson, George | Midnight Moods - The Love
Collection | Turn Your Love Around | 12/01/1991 | Gold | United Kingdom | Songwriter Guitar
Producer Engineer Arranger Synthesizer |
Cross, Christopher | Another Page
| - | 2/23/1983 | Silver | United Kingdom | Guitar |
Cross, Christopher | Another Page
| - | 4/11/1983 | Gold | United Kingdom | Guitar |
Cross, Christopher | Christopher Cross
| - | 12/08/1983 | Platinum | United Kingdom | Guitar |
Earth, Wind & Fire | After The Love Has Gone
| After The Love Has Gone | 9/01/1979 | Silver | United Kingdom | Songwriter |
Earth, Wind & Fire | I Am
| After The Love Has Gone | 6/20/1979 | Silver | United Kingdom | Songwriter |
Earth, Wind & Fire | I Am
| After The Love Has Gone | 7/19/1979 | Gold | United Kingdom | Songwriter |
Earth, Wind & Fire | I Am
| After The Love Has Gone | 11/16/1979 | Platinum | United Kingdom | Songwriter |
Earth, Wind & Fire | The Collection
| After The Love Has Gone | 5/01/1986 | Silver | United Kingdom | Songwriter |
Earth, Wind & Fire | The Collection
| After The Love Has Gone | 5/01/1986 | Gold | United Kingdom | Songwriter |
Five Star | Silk & Steel
| - | 8/15/1986 | Silver | United Kingdom | Drum programming
Bass programming Engineer |
Five Star | Silk & Steel
| - | 8/15/1986 | Gold | United Kingdom | Drum programming
Bass programming Engineer |
Five Star | Silk & Steel
| - | 1/06/1987 | 3 x Platinum | United Kingdom | Drum programming
Bass programming Engineer |
Five Star | Silk & Steel
| - | 6/30/1987 | 4 x Platinum | United Kingdom | Drum programming
Bass programming Engineer |
Jarreau, Al | Breakin'
Away | 1. Closer To Your Love 2. My Old Friend 3. We're In This
Love Together 4. Easy 5. Our Love 6. Breakin' Away 7. Roof Garden 8. (Round,
Round, Round) Blue Rondo A La Turk 9. Teach Me Tonight | ??? | Gold | The Netherlands | Songwriter Guitar
Producer Engineer Arranger Synthesizer |
The Manhattan Transfer | Mecca For
Moderns | 1. On The Boulevard 2. Boy From New York
City 3. (Wanted) Dead Or Alive 4. Spies In The Night 5. Smile
Again 6. "Until I Met You" (Corner Pocket) 7. (The Word Of)
Confirmation 8. Kafka 9. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley
Square | ??? | Gold | Japan | Guitar Synthesizer Producer Arranger
Songwriter Engineer |
The Manhattan Transfer | Mecca For Moderns | 1. On The Boulevard 2. Boy From New York City 3. (Wanted) Dead Or Alive
4. Spies In The Night 5. Smile Again 6. "Until I Met You" (Corner Pocket)
7. (The Word Of) Confirmation 8. Kafka 9. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley
Square | ??? | Gold | The Netherlands
| Guitar Synthesizer Producer Arranger Songwriter
Engineer |
Donny Osmond | Somewhere In Time: Classic Love
Songs | 5. After The Love Is Gone
| 12/13/ 2002
| Gold | United Kingdom
| Songwriter |
Donny Osmond | Somewhere In Time: Classic Love
Songs | 5. After The Love Is Gone
| 12/13/ 2002
| Platinum | United Kingdom
| Songwriter
Sayer, Leo | Thunder In My Heart | - | 10/10/1977 | Silver | United Kingdom
| Guitar |
Sayer, Leo | Thunder In My Heart | - | 10/19/1977 | Gold | United Kingdom
| Guitar |
Steely Dan | Aja | - | 11/11/1977 | Silver | United Kingdom
| Guitar |
Steely Dan | Reelin' in the Years - The Very Best of Steely
Dan | - | 10/15/1985 | Silver | United Kingdom
| Guitar |
Streisand, Barbra | Songbird | - | 3/20/1979 | Silver | United Kingdom
| Guitar |
Streisand, Barbra | Wet | - | 12/18/1979 | Silver | United Kingdom
| Guitar |
Streisand, Barbra | Wet | - | 12/31/1979 | Gold | United Kingdom
| Guitar |
Summer, Donna | Bad Girls | - | 7/1/1979 | Silver | United Kingdom
| Guitar |
Summer, Donna | Bad Girls | - | 7/31/1979 | Gold | United Kingdom
| Guitar |
Summer, Donna | Greatest Hits Volume 1 & 2 | - | 11/29/1979 | Silver | United Kingdom
| Guitar |
Summer, Donna | Greatest Hits Volume 1 & 2 | - | 11/29/1979 | Gold | United Kingdom
| Guitar |
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