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{{short description|American music producer}}
'''Jeffrey Katz''' (b. May 20, 1943, Brooklyn, New York) is an American [[music producer]], one of the first exponents of [[bubblegum pop]]. ▼
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==Music career==
He is one half of a hitmaking duo with [[Jerry Kasenetz]], the two working together as the [[Super K
Kasenetz and Katz met at the [[University of Arizona]] in the early 1960s. Both came from observant Jewish families. One of their first projects in the music business was as concert promoters bringing the British band [[the Dave Clark Five]] to the University of Arizona. Leaving the University of Arizona before their senior year they moved back to New York and opened a small office on Broadway in Manhattan.
Kasenetz and Katz created the concept of bubblegum music. [[Neil Bogart]] of [[Buddah Records]] asked the duo to come up with a marketing name for their music. Between 1967 and 1969 some of their bubblegum music releases are "Beg, Borrow and Steal," "[[1, 2, 3, Red Light (song)|1, 2, 3, Red Light]]," "Goody, Goody Gumdrops," "[[Indian Giver (song)|Indian Giver]]", "Down at Lulu's," "Chewy, Chewy," "Mercy," "[[Simon Says (1910 Fruitgum Company song)|Simon Says]]," "Special Delivery," "[[Yummy Yummy Yummy]]" and "[[Gimme Gimme Good Lovin']]."
In 1966, their first production was with Christine Cooper on "S.O.S. Heart In Distress." The same year Kasenetz and Katz began working with an Ohio band, [[The Music Explosion]] who recorded "[[Little Bit O' Soul]]." Kasenetz got in his car and drove across the country promoting the song to radio stations. In July 1967, the song reached No. 2 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] chart, selling a million copies. This solidified Kasenetz and Katz as music industry players.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Stars of David : rock'n'roll's Jewish stories|last=Benarde|first=Scott R.|date=2003|publisher=Brandeis University Press, published by University Press of New England|isbn=1584653035|location=Lebanon, NH|pages=145–151|oclc=52271747}}</ref>
In 1977, Kasenetz and Katz achieved another top twenty hit "Black Betty" by the group [[Ram Jam]], featuring [[Bill Bartlett (musician)|Bill Bartlett]] of the [[Lemon Pipers]].
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