Claus Ogerman 45 rpm
Single Records - Motown Records:
Jerry Ross Symposium,
"Duck You Sucker" / "It Happened On A Sunday Morning",
Motown Records #M 1209F (1972).[45 rpm single]
This single included in the album "The Jerry Ross
Symposium, Volume II".
Arranged/conducted by Claus Ogerman.
Produced by Jerry Ross.
Jerry Ross: "I don't know how the rumor got
started, but all
the parts and dates connect! If true...and I think
it is...it is
flattering and humorous to me. Claus and I had
just completed an
album with the principal lead of one of Daytime TV's
most popular soaps
on CBS, "LOVE OF LIFE". His name is Gene Bua and
he was as gifted
a singer as he was a Soap idol. Full
orchestra...great standard
songs...some new...and of course the magnificent charts
of Claus.
Claus and I followed that collaborative experience
together with the
planning and recording of The Jerry Ross
Symposium. It was a
tribute...with full orchestra and chorus of some of the
treasures and
hits of that era. We had already booked the
session studio dates
and the orchestra for the following day when Claus got a
phone call
from one of Sinatra's people. (Claus had
previously written some
fantastic charts for many Franks classic songs.)
Frank wanted
Claus ASAP to work on his latest project. Claus
responds with "I
can't break away now...I'm busy working with JERRY
ROSS."
P.S.: I understand that Frank never called him
again!"
--Taken from "The Hitmaking Artistry of Jerry Ross - You
Gave Us
Something To Love" by Jason H. Thornton, words by Jerry
Ross. It
appeared in There's That Beat #8, a soul music fanzine.