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We attending aback at hits and cast abandon which were “A Jerry Ross Production,” including songs from Bill Accord and the Rhondels. We additionally analyze the Dutch Invasion and allotment ardent reflections from Jay Proctor of Jay and the Techniques.
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Jerry Ross photo on larboard address of Randy Alexander
Ammon Tharp autograph – “The Best of Bill Accord & the Rhondels” album
We were adulatory the 50th ceremony of the aback to aback 1967 Top 40 hits “Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie” and “Keep the Ball Rollin’” by Jay and the Techniques this ages aback we abstruse of the casual of almanac ambassador Jerry Ross, on October 4. Advance accompanist Jay Proctor aggregate his ‘60s reflections with Goldmine, “I bethink sitting in the recording booth, alert to a playback of one of the songs we had aloof accomplished and as I watched Jerry, acceptable to the music, I couldn’t acquire how such a ablaze producer could not accumulate the exhausted with the song. It consistently fabricated me laugh, but mostly I bethink the aboriginal time that I met him and how air-conditioned he was and how nice he was to me and the guys. I assumption he knew that we were abashed and he fabricated us feel at home with his kindness. Every time I was in his attendance he fabricated me feel like I belonged there alike admitting I was aloof a kid from the streets. He gave me aplomb at times aback I absolutely bare it. I admired Jerry. He will be missed.”
After confined in the armed forces, stationed in Alaska as allotment of Armed Armament Radio, Jerry Ross abutting Mercury annal in the A&R administration in 1965, alive with new aptitude for their capital characterization and its subsidiaries, Philips and Smash. His aboriginal above success came with Bobby Hebb in 1966.
Bobby Hebb
Flip side: Love Love Love
A side: A Annoyed Mind
Top 100 debut: October 8, 1966
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Bobby Hebb grew up in a agreeable ancestors in Nashville. Both of his parents were dark musicians, who accomplished him to comedy guitar. His brother Hal Hebb was a affiliate of the doo-wop accumulation Johnny Bragg and the Marigolds. A adverse weekend in November of 1963 ultimately led to Bobby Hebb’s better success. On Friday, President Kennedy was assassinated. On Saturday, Bobby Hebb’s brother Hal was mugged and suffered a blame afterlife alfresco of a club in Nashville. On Sunday, Bobby Hebb absorbed himself in music. He capital to address commodity positive, and eventually his agreement “Sunny” was written.
In 1966, afterwards several publishers passed on “Sunny,” Jerry Ross was the aboriginal actuality to appearance absorption in Bobby Hebb as a songwriter. There was time larboard at the end of the recording affair for Bobby Hebb’s admission anthology for Philips, and they recorded “Sunny.” This became the aboriginal distinct from the anthology and the appellation of the album, too. The distinct spent two weeks in the cardinal two position in the summer of 1966, and went gold as well.
The abutting distinct from the anthology was a awning of a 1955 Porter Wagoner country and western song alleged “A Annoyed Mind.” It was a aged adventure of abundance actuality beneath important than accepting a annoyed mind. The cast side, additionally from the album, was a active ball cardinal alleged “Love Love Love,” accounting by Jerry Ross and Joe Renzetti. Piano and duke catch gave the recording a affair complete agnate to Chris Montez’s “Call Me” almanac from beforehand in the year, and the changeable accomplishments singers added a candied faculty of soul. In the aboriginal ‘70s, aback England was alert with U.S. R&B acts of the ‘60s, they accepted this cast side, bringing it into the UK Top 40 in 1972.
In accession to the admission of Jay and the Techniques on the Smash accessory fifty years ago in 1967, Jerry Ross had amazing success with the ancestor Mercury characterization that year, alpha in January with a Top 10 distinct from Philadelphia’s James Barry Keefer, accepted as Keith. “98.6,” with baking vocals from the Tokens, became Keith’s accomplished charting single.
The summer of 1967 saw the admission of Spanky and Our Gang in the Top 40. Aback Terry Cashman and Gene Pistilli presented their agreement “Sunday Will Never Be the Same” to the Mamas and the Papas, it was rejected. Aback Jerry Ross heard this song he told the songwriters to stop arena it for others and he would booty it. Beautifully and effectively articulate by Elaine “Spanky” McFarlane, “Sunday Will Never Be the Same” became the advance Top 10 hit and accomplished charting distinct for Spanky and Our Gang.
Jerry Butler had been absent from the Top 40 aback 1964. Thanks to Jerry Ross and Larry Weiss’ agreement “Mr. Dream Merchant,” Jerry Butler alternate to the Top 40 on Thanksgiving anniversary of 1967 for the aboriginal in a cord of nine Top 40 hits to aftermost through the end of the decade.
In November of 1968, the Motown anthology “Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations” was released. It included “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me,” a song Jerry Ross had co-written a few years above-mentioned with Kenny Gamble, for a Dee Dee Warwick record. A television appropriate alleged “TCB” followed the abutting ages forth with a soundtrack, but radio stations began arena “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me” from the flat album, against any song from the “TCB” soundtrack, so “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me” became the aboriginal distinct from the accumulated groups. This actor affairs distinct accomplished cardinal two in aboriginal 1969.
Bill Accord & the Rhondels
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A side: What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am
Top 100 debut: August 16, 1969
Peak position: 23
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Less than two weeks afore accident Jerry Ross, we absent Ammon Tharp on September 22, the bagman and one of the two advance choir for Bill Accord and the Rhondels. Afterwards abrogation Mercury records, Jerry Ross formed Heritage records. 1969 was the big year for the label. Bill Accord and the Rhondels were the better act on the characterization with three Top 40 singles that year, all awning versions of R&B songs that Bill Accord and Ammon Tharp grew up alert to in the Virginia Bank area.
The distinct “May I,” initially looked admired “May 1st” on the charts, which was additionally Jerry Ross’ birthday, until the almanac began accepting airplay and admirers heard its lyrics. With Ammon Tharp singing aerial able addendum over his boom kit, he asked “May I acquire your kiss, on a night like this?” This was a awning of a mid-‘60s Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs R&B single. The adjustment was up-tempo and the distinct accomplished the Top 40. Three months afterwards with a agnate tempo, Bill Deal’s adjustment of “I’ve Been Hurt,” a above-mentioned southeast bounded hit for the Tams, additionally spent time in the Top 40. Ammon Tharp led best of the vocals, with a ability to bout the acrimony portrayed in the lyrics. Three months afterwards that distinct the accumulation was aback with addition Tams cover, “What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am.” Ammon Tharp’s asperous articulate commitment was account by Bill Deal’s smoothness, authoritative for a fun mix of articulate styles, and became their accomplished charting single.
The cast ancillary of “What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am” was “Are You Ready for This.” Jerry Ross co-wrote this song with Mark Barkan and Ritchie Adams, who had aloof provided the cast ancillary to the Archies’ “Sugar, Sugar” with “Melody Hill.” The accomplishments afar the assumption from the hit singles, with mainly keyboard, guitar and Ammon Tharp’s bang abetment Bill Deal’s vocals.
“Swingin’ Tight,” in backward 1969, and “Nothing Succeeds Like Success,” in aboriginal 1970, followed as the group’s final two charting singles on the Heritage label.
In 1969, Bill Accord & the Rhondels had three Top 40 hits in a row in the U.S., which were covers of R&B songs from beforehand in the decade. European audiences were acceptable cornball for this blazon of sound, so Jerry Ross headed to Europe backward that year to analysis on the advance of the Rhondels’ records. He apparent an abrupt aftereffect from that trip. In a February 21, 1970 commodity in Almanac World annual blue-blooded “Jerry Ross Discovers Gold in Netherlands,” his backward 1969 cruise was detailed. In a club in Zurich, Jerry Ross heard a new bounded hit “Ma Belle Amie” by the Dutch accumulation the Tee Set. In Hamburg, he was appropriately afflicted aback he heard the new distinct from the Dutch band, the Shocking Blue, alleged “Venus.” Quickly, Jerry Ross active three Dutch acts to addition new U.S. characterization he had created, with a administration accord with MGM, alleged Colossus. With astonishing odds, all three acts’ U.S. admission singles became hits in 1970. The George Baker Selection’s “Little Green Bag” went to cardinal 21, “Ma Belle Amie” went to cardinal five, and “Venus” went to cardinal one. This 1970 billow of hits from Holland has been nicknamed the Dutch Invasion.
The Shocking Blue
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History Rock - Bill | i m just a bill lyricsFlip side: Hot Sand
A side: Venus
Top 100 debut: December 13, 1969
Peak position: 1
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The aboriginal anthology on the new Colossus almanac characterization was the twelve song admission from the Shocking Blue. It independent a European hit that preceded “Venus” alleged “Send Me a Postcard.” It additionally featured their abutting two U.S. Top 100 singles “Mighty Joe” and “Long and Lonesome Road.” The anthology was solid with all songs accounting by their guitarist and sitarist Robby Van Leeuwen. What was missing from the anthology was the cast ancillary of “Venus,” a song alleged “Hot Sand.” This cast ancillary had added of a bedrock bend than “Venus” with acute verses like what Led Zeppelin brought to their cast ancillary “Living Loving Maid” during that division and what Alice Cooper would accomplish afterwards on with their cast ancillary “Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.” Robby Van Leeuwen was featured on advance guitar followed by sitar afterwards anniversary couplet. Mariska Veres’ vocals on the choruses brought a backbone that we would afterwards apprehend in Blondie.
The Shocking Blue had one final distinct on Colossus, not on the album, backward in the year, alleged “Never Marry a Railroad Man.” It had bound airplay and aloof absent the Top 100 at 102. Its cast ancillary was from the anthology alleged “Hear My Song,” although on the anthology it is listed as “California Here I Come,” the abutting bandage in the chorus.
Due to the success of Jerry Ross’ Dutch Invasion, U.S. audiences were acquisitive to acquire added bands from the Netherlands a few years later. The bandage Focus accomplished Top 10 cachet with “Hocus Pocus” in 1973 and Golden Earring accomplished the cardinal thirteen position the afterward year with “Radar Love.”
Bill Deal and Ammon Tharp’s 1992 accumulation “The Toast of Virginia Beach,” on Ripete records, a top bank music label, includes the Rhondels’ singles produced by Jerry Ross and ends with a alive assortment of their three better hits, as they performed throughout the ‘90s in the southeast region. The CD photo shows Ammon Tharp on the larboard and Bill Accord on the right. Their 1997 collection, “Once Upon a Time” included a Sam & Dave medley, which was accepted in alive shows, alleged “Hold On / Body Man.”
Last year, the British oldies characterization Ace appear “Some Kinda Magic,” with two dozen songs co-written by Jerry Ross including the aboriginal adaptation of “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me” by Dee Dee Warwick, “Love Love Love” by Bobby Hebb, a awning of “Mr. Dream Merchant” by Dusty Springfield and a adaptation of “Are You Ready for This” by Jay and the Techniques as the cast ancillary of their final charting distinct in 1969.
Jerry Ross was inducted in the Philadelphia Music Alliance Walk of Fame in 2013
Warren Kurtz is a Contributing Editor at Goldmine, accepted for “Fabulous Cast Sides” forth with interviews, CD, DVD and book reviews. “Warren’s Fabulous Cast Sides” can be heard best Saturday mornings, in the 9 a.m. hour, Eastern time, on WVCR radio as allotment of “Moments to Remember.”
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