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'''Jeffry Katz''' (b.born May 20, 1943, Brooklyn, New York) is an American [[music producer]], one of the first exponents of [[bubblegum pop]].

He is one half of a hitmaking duo with [[Jerry Kasenetz]], the two working together as the [[Super K Productions]] company.<ref name="Pingu">Clarke, Donald (ed.) (1998) ''The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music'', Penguin Books, {{ISBN|0-14-051370-1}}, p. 182</ref> He and Kasenetz have manufactured and produced [[Shadows of Knight]], [[Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus]], [[The Music Explosion]], [[1910 Fruitgum Company]], [[Crazy Elephant]] and [[The Ohio Express]].<ref name="stone">Romanowski, Patricia; George-Warren, Holly & Pareles, John (2001) ''The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll (third edition)'', Simon & Schuster Ltd, {{ISBN|978-0-7432-0120-9}}, p. 700</ref><ref name="Hall">Hall, Claude (1967) "[https://books.google.com/books?id=fCgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA10&dq=%22jeff+katz%22+producer&hlpg=en&ei=lMcFTv6VL4jLtAb3pMmUDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22jeff%20katz%22%20producer&f=falsePA10 Long Sessions Required for 'Seriious' Pop]", ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', September 2, 1967, p. 1, 10, retrieved 2011-06-25</ref>

Kasenetz and Katz met at the [[University of Arizona]] in the early sixties1960s. Both came from observant Jewish families. TheirOne firstof jointtheir first ventureprojects in the music business was as concert promoters bringing the British band [[the Dave ClarkeClark 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. Jerry

Kasenetz and Jeff 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 toand 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']]." Kasenetz and Katz's first successful records were not considered bubblegum.

In 1966, their first production was with Christine Cooper on "S.O.S. Heart In Distress." InThe 1966same year Kasenetz and Katz has also 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 charts''[[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|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52271747|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|year=2003|isbn=1584653035|location=Lebanon, NH|pages=145-151145–151|oclc=52271747}}</ref>

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