Time Was On His Side: The Street-Smart Soul Of Jerry Ragovoy

Time Was On His Side: The Street-Smart Soul Of Jerry Ragovoy

Jerry Ragovoy, who was born on September 4, 1930, may never have achieved household name status. But his writing credits speak for him, as do the thousands of versions of his songs by everyone from the Rolling Stones and the Small Faces to B.B. King and Dusty Springfield. 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,” …