Jon Hayton and Leon Isackson

JON HAYTON, born in 1942, became the lead guitarist for Dig Richards & The R’Jays in 1958. He stayed with the R’Jays when the band went out on its own in 1963 and then transformed into the Rajahs in 1964. LEON ISACKSON, born in 1942, became the R’Jays’ drummer in 1959 and also stuck with the Rajahs through the sixties when they became Johnny O’Keefe’s band. Jon and Leon’s paths crossed again, backing artists like The Delltones and Winifred Atwell, during the seventies. Jon retired from the music industry, while Leon still writes and plays music for a living.

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