JACK ROSS, der unbekannte Trompeter

Toll Gerd,

hatte bisher nur Minimales:

ROSS, JACK, Instrumentalband,
1962 London 20501 ("Happy José (Ching Ching Ching)"),
Film "Die Post Geht Ab"

Gruß
Dietrich

Frage an Gerd: stimmt die Vita und das Geburtsdatum? Habe
da die Info, dass Jack Rosen aus Europa stammt und 4. Juli 1923
geboren wurde. Eine andere Info besagt, dass Jack Ross identisch
mit Jack Collier sei...

CINDERELLA ist übrigens eine gesprochene Comedy-Platte und war 1962 in den
USA für Jack der größere Hit.

At some point in the summer 1952 ... put together a pop session for a singer named Jack Ross. Ross, whose real name is Jack Rosen, was born on July 4, 1923, on a ship in New York Harbor as his parents were immigrating from Europe. He began singing with bands in high school and after graduating toured various small clubs in the Midwest. During World War II, Ross sang for several years with the USO. After the war, Ross worked for radio stations in Chicago. He was on the staff at WGN and had a show on the ABC network called "Black Night." Around the time of his Chance session, he was doing "The Jack Ross Show" for WIND. During this period, Ross also worked as a model in TV commercials and print ads in Chicago.

A vocal group called the Meadow Larks, who would also appear on a later Chance pop release, were brought in for the session. The Trace who appears as a composer of "Lonely Heart" is probably Al Trace, a veteran leader of "sweet" bands and studio orchestras in Chicago. Two sides, out of the four recorded, appeared on Chance 1125. Jack Ross still has the session tapes, including the two unissued sides.

In later years, Ross moved to Florida. He continued to sing at clubs and events until well into his 70s. He also made an acting appearance on an episode of "America's Most Wanted." Now retired, he misses his performing days. (Our thanks to Darril Wilburn, who provided us with a brief bio of Jack Ross in an email of May 19, 2006.)

*No Number Jack Ross Home Girl unissued Summer 1952

U-2166 [*No Number] Jack Ross and the Meadow Larks Close to You Chance 1125 Summer 1952 c. December 1952
U-2167 [*No Number] Jack Ross and the Meadow Larks Lonely Heart Chance 1125 Summer 1952 c. December 1952
*No Number Jack Ross There You Go unissued Summer 1952

Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob JACK (z.B. als Trompeter)
bei den beiden folgenden LPs des DICK LANE QUARTET
mit an Bord war, glaube es aber eher nicht, wenn man der
Hülle (unten, Scan) Glauben schenkt:
Argo 605 (8-1956) WITHOUT SAUCE
Argo 615 (1957) DICK LANE QUARTET

Die deutsche Bildhülle fehlte auch noch zu HAPPY JOSE..

Ich glaube, Gerd, dass die ansonsten gut recherchierten Seiten von Michael
Preuter und Dr. Robert Stallworth (Thema: Chance-Label) eine bessere
Quelle abgeben als WIKIPEDIA aus Smörrebrot-Landen. Die TV-SHows,
welche angesprochen werden, aber auch die Jack-Ross-Show sind ja sogar
oben durch die Porträtkarte belegt. Andererseits sieht das Gesicht von
Jack Ross durchaus auch skandinavisch aus und er kam ja aus der alten
in die neue Welt...suchen wir weiter...

soviel zu Collier and his Orchestra
..They were like parents to him (Sonny's mother had recently died) and he spent most of his time at their house, where they had a little recording studio. Sonny recorded Dorinda Morgan's song "Confidential", an R&B ballad sung with a controlled vibrato. The label read "Sonny Knight with Jack Collier Orchestra", but in reality the backing was supplied by the Ernie Freeman Combo, which included Plas Johnson on tenor sax, Irving Ashby on guitar and Freeman himself on piano. The song first came out on the small Vita label from Pasadena, but when the record started selling in large quantities, Vita transferred the master to Dot Records. "Confidential" peaked at # 17 pop and # 8 R&B in the autumn of 1956. However, Vita continued to press it after Dot had bought the master. Neither company reported van accurate count of the number of disks sold. "The case was settled out of court, eventually ... out of the whole thing, I got $ 2100."