It featured the song “I’ll Be Okay in the Released their third album “Come Again” in 1975 on Wooden Nickel Records. Two additional tracks “What A Bummer” and “I Call My Baby Candy” reached the Billboard Hot 100 and the album went to 62 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. Pa, it was released in 1970 on Kama Sutra Records. Recorded at Jeree’s studio in New Brighton, Second album “We Went to Different Schools Together”. The album featured the regional hit song "Gotta Find My Way Back Home” written by the Steals Brothers (Mystro & Lyric) of Aliquippa who were song writers for Gamble and Huff.Ī number 2 national hit with “The Rapper", written by Donnie Ierace on their The Jaggerz released their first album, “Introducing the Jaggerz” in 1969 on Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff's label Gamble Records. In 1967 Philadelphia sound producers Gamble and Huff came to Pittsburgh the hear the Jaggerz perform at the Staircase lounge and signed them to a record contract. The Jaggerz sought a record contact working with their manager Joe Rock, who also managed the the Skyliners, and John Pergel. On Saturdays people lined up around the block to get into the Staircase Lounge in downtown Pittsburgh to see Jaggerz. Their regular Wednesday night gig was at Mancini's in the Rocks. In the Pittsburgh area they gigged at Mancini's, the Fountain, the Yellow Submarine, the Thunderbird Boatel and the Staircase Lounge. They played at the Beaver County venues Club Naturale, Morry's Speakeasy, and Villas. The Jaggerz became Pittsburgh's most popular band packing clubs throughout Western Pennsylvania. They returned to Genava in the summer of 1967 to play the season at the Cove. In 1966 they played the entire summer at the Sunken Bar at Geneva on the Lake, Ohio. The Jaggerz began their career playing 6 nights a week at Club Natural in Beaver, Falls. Guitarist Bill Maybray and organist Tom Davies joined a few months later. W hen Koorich and Sabol quit the band, Donnie and Benny recruited bassist Jimmie Ross and drummer Jim Puguliano into the Jaggerz. Rock he formed a band called the Trivelles that was latter renamed Donnie andĪround 1964, Donnie and The Donnelles merged with members of another band called Gary and The Jewel Tones to form the Jaggerz. Lessons when his voice changed around age 12.ĭonnie began singer again while in college at Slippery Rock State and Performed on local televisions shows and won the Paul Whitehead television talent Was born Dominic Ierace in 1943 in the small steel town of Elwood City,ĭiCola Ierace, who had been a big-band singer, made Donnie practice singing at In Pittsburgh Donnie is an icon: King Cool. and Canada and have toured with Hall & Oates, Bon Jovi, and many Donnie and the Cruisers headlined concerts around With the Cruisers, five of which made it to the Billboard top 200 list. With the Jaggerz, Wild Cherry, and his own band Donnie Iris and the Donnie has landed 10 singles in the Billboard Rapper”, “Ah Leah”, “Love is Like a Rock”, and “I Can’t Hear You”. Record winning song writer Donnie Iris is known nationally for his hit songs “The