Three songs stand particularly tall in the songbook of the Philadelphia-born Ragovoy, who began his career as a music maker of renown in the early 1950s. “Time Is On My Side,” written under ...

The cast recording also marks the World Premiere of “I’m Gonna Rock My Way to Heaven,” a song legendary writer and producer Jerry Ragovoy wrote for Joplin just prior to her death in 1970.

Some reflected her soul leanings, such as the Bert Berns/Jerry Ragovoy favourite “Piece Of My Heart” and Ashford & Simpson’s “I Can’t Give Back The Love I Feel For You,” first recorded ...

"Pata Pata" is credited to Makeba and Jerry Ragovoy. Her most popular recording of "Pata Pata" was recorded and released in the United States in 1967. The song is considered by many to be Makeba's ...