Jerry Ross

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This might be of interest to a few of us -

https://www.spectropop.com/JerryRoss/index.htm

[Rudzy]

eh simonski,

you must have been reading my mind - this is just the thing i been searching for.

fooking legend jerry ross

[Guest TONY ROUNCE]

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fooking legend jerry ross

...and a really nice bloke, too, as it happens!

TONE

[Guest]

...and a really nice bloke, too, as it happens!

TONE

Indeedy Tone...we spent time with him in New Jersey..he was a mine of info. I think your name was mentioned in conjuction with Sequel.

He has a real handle on the realities of the record biz .

What a legacy.

[Rudzy]

...and a really nice bloke, too, as it happens!

TONE

eh Tony nice one..didnt Jerry ross have something to do with the Virgil Henry tracks on colossus

[Guest TONY ROUNCE]

eh Tony nice one..didnt Jerry ross have something to do with the Virgil Henry tracks on colossus

Colossus was his label, that and Heritage.

Probably his most famous achievement of all is that he discovered Kenny Gamble and Thom Bell - and released their first record, as 'Kenny & Tommy', on Heritage - but when he was a senior A & R man at Mercury in the mid 60s, it was also Jerry who suggested to Jerry Butler that he should work with the then-relatively new team of Gamble and Leon Huff - thereby laying the foundation stone for the fantastic 'Philly Sound' of the 70s.

TONE

[Guest]

eh Tony nice one..didnt Jerry ross have something to do with the Virgil Henry tracks on colossus

I just remembered something. I asked Jerry who Cookie Woodson was. He told me the story .

And now I can't remember !

I'll have a think.

[Rudzy]

Colossus was his label, that and Heritage.

Probably his most famous achievement of all is that he discovered Kenny Gamble and Thom Bell - and released their first record, as 'Kenny & Tommy', on Heritage - but when he was a senior A & R man at Mercury in the mid 60s, it was also Jerry who suggested to Jerry Butler that he should work with the then-relatively new team of Gamble and Leon Huff - thereby laying the foundation stone for the fantastic 'Philly Sound' of the 70s.

TONE

Yeah this guy is a legend - and deserves a lot more recognition for the arrangements,productions and pure magic injected into the recording.

[Rudzy]

I just remembered something. I asked Jerry who Cookie Woodson was. He told me the story .

And now I can't remember !

I'll have a think.

Simon,

she was also on colossus with a northern fave...whats it called?

[Guest]

'I'll Be True '

[Rudzy]

Gotcha - same as Virgil Henry.

What's gone on there, Jerry records the track and thinks this Shit is so hot (True) that we gotta get a female version in on this mutha QUICK

[Rudzy]

'I'll Be True '

Simon,

theres a nice record on colossus by the I.A.P.C.(The italian ash and pavement company) reworking of the Intruders hit "Check Yourself", any idea if Jerry Ross was the producer on this track.?

[Guest]

Simon,

theres a nice record on colossus by the I.A.P.C.(The italian ash and pavement company) reworking of the Intruders hit "Check Yourself", any idea if Jerry Ross was the producer on this track.?

Yup he did and it came out here in the UK as by The Duprees on Polydor. 'Italian Ashpalt & Pavement Co' was The Duprees who called themselves that as a joke it seems. I put it on the compilation 'Flying High - The Modern End Of Northern Soul Vol 2'' in 2003 which also has 'Don't Take Your Love' by The New Sound and Virgil Henry's 'You Ain't Sayin Nothin New'. Volume One has the Cookie Woodson track btw.

[Dazz]

Gotcha - same as Virgil Henry.

What's gone on there, Jerry records the track and thinks this Shit is so hot (True) that we gotta get a female version in on this mutha QUICK

He can't think it's that hot Rudzi as he puts 'I can't hear you' the b'side on both sides of the demo

[Rudzy]

He can't think it's that hot Rudzi as he puts 'I can't hear you' the b'side on both sides of the demo

Dazz,

Yeah - its interesting to see how these tunes evolve and where Jerry Ross would of got his ideas and inspiration to lay down such an awesome groove... at the time you would of had the likes of J.R. BAILEY - love won't wear off as the years go by,BOBBY WILSON Here is where the love is, and Deeper and Deeper, and All I Need i've got to name a few.

I guess it's like the Northern scene everybody feeds of everybodys else creating further creativity and inspiration

[Rudzy]

Yup he did and it came out here in the UK as by The Duprees on Polydor. 'Italian Ashpalt & Pavement Co' was The Duprees who called themselves that as a joke it seems. I put it on the compilation 'Flying High - The Modern End Of Northern Soul Vol 2'' in 2003 which also has 'Don't Take Your Love' by The New Sound and Virgil Henry's 'You Ain't Sayin Nothin New'. Volume One has the Cookie Woodson track btw.

Now then Don't Laugh,and mind your lumbago.

but on the picture cover of the Italian Asphalt and Pavement Company 45 the first guy looks just like Jerry Ross as the photo in your article.

Now was he a Moonlighting producer?

[Dayo]

Yup he did and it came out here in the UK as by The Duprees on Polydor. 'Italian Ashpalt & Pavement Co' was The Duprees who called themselves that as a joke it seems. I put it on the compilation 'Flying High - The Modern End Of Northern Soul Vol 2'' in 2003 which also has 'Don't Take Your Love' by The New Sound and Virgil Henry's 'You Ain't Sayin Nothin New'. Volume One has the Cookie Woodson track btw.

I'd forgotten all about that Duprees thing. Heard that version before the Intruders.

There were loads of copies around the Midlands around 1971.

[Rudzy]

A lot of Great songwriters collaborated with Jerry Ross - inparticularly a guy called MARK BARKAN, now the tunes this guy came up with were also filled with magic.

and i'm a big fan of the track "Pity the woman" on December records.

Does anybody have any info on the December label, i know of Tamiko Jones also on the label?