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  1. Jerry Jan Ross (May 1, 1933 – October 4, 2017) was an American songwriter, A&R man, record producer, and record label owner. As a writer, his greatest success was with "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me," which he co-wrote with his protégé Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.

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  3. As a songwriter and record producer, Jerry Ross was involved with such enduring hits of the 1960s as “Im Gonna Make You Love Me” (Diana Ross and the Supremes and the Temptations, co-written with Kenny Gamble), “Venus” (by the Dutch band Shocking Blue), “Sunny” (Bobby Hebb), “Sunday Will Never Be the Same” (Spanky and Our Gang ...

  4. Jerry Ross wrote the musical scores for two of the most popular and enduring musicals in Broadway Theater, “The Pajama Game” and “Damn Yankees,” two shows which personify the innocence and exuberance of the Golden Age of Broadway.

  5. Jerry Ross (born Jerold Rosenberg; March 9, 1926 – November 11, 1955) was an American lyricist and composer whose works with Richard Adler for the musical theater include The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees, winners of Tony Awards in 1955 and 1956, respectively, in both the "Best Musical" and "Best Composer and Lyricist" categories.

  6. Legendary music man Jerry Ross dies at 84. (October 6, 2017) Legendary Philadelphia record producer, songwriter and label owner Jerry Ross has died at the age of 84. Born and raised in The City of Brotherly Love on May 4, 1933, Jerry served in the armed forces and studied at Temple University, where and when he entered radio broadcasting as an ...

  7. Oct 23, 2017 · In 1966, after several publishers passed on “Sunny,” Jerry Ross was the first person to show interest in Bobby Hebb as a songwriter. There was time left at the end of the recording session for Bobby Hebb’s debut album for Philips, and they recorded “Sunny.”

  8. Oct 6, 2017 · Jerry J. Ross, 84, a hit songwriter and record producer who was inducted into the Philadelphia Music Alliance Walk of Fame in 2013, died Wednesday, Oct. 4, of prostate cancer at the Holy Redeemer Hospital hospice unit in Meadowbrook.

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