Jerry Kasenetz

Jerrold H. Kasenetz (May 5, 1943 – December 6, 2025) was an American bubblegum pop producer who worked with Jeffry Katz, the two working together as the Super K Productions company, to manufacture and produce bands such as Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus, The Music Explosion, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Crazy Elephant, and The Ohio Express.

Early life Kasenetz was born on May 5, 1943, in Brooklyn, New York, one of five children born to William and Rose ( Cohen) Kasenetz, both of whom worked in real estate.

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, they recorded Ohio Express and 1910 Fruitgum Company, two acts commonly associated with Bubblegum pop music, and some of their hit songs including "Beg, Borrow and Steal", "1, 2, 3, Red Light", "Goody, Goody Gumdrops", "Indian Giver", "Down at Lulu's", "Chewy Chewy", "Mercy,", "Simon Says", "Special Delivery", "Yummy Yummy Yummy" and "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'". In 1968, they created Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus, a live album consisting of some of the bubblegum acts they were producing, as well as fictitious groups made up by the two such as St. Louis Invisible Marching Band.

In 1977, Kasenetz and Katz achieved another top twenty hit "Black Betty" by the group Ram Jam, featuring Bill Bartlett of the Lemon Pipers.

Kasenetz and Jeffry Katz worked with the group Speedway Boulevard which was made up of three touring members of the Group Ram Jam; guitarist Gregg Hoffman, bassist Dennis Feldman and drummer Glenn Dove, and two other members, keyboardist Jordan Rudess and vocalist Roy Herring Jr.. Kasenetz and Katz produced their single, "(Think I Better) Hold On" and the self-titled album, which were released in 1980.

Death He died after a fall in Tampa, Florida, on December 6, 2025, at the age of 82. He is survived by two of his younger siblings, his two sons, and two grandchildren.