[2] The band's name derives from the Western Pennsylvania English term, "jagger," meaning any small, sharp-pointed object, typically thorns, spines, and prickles.
Shortly after dropping out of college, Iris found out that a band called Gary and the Jewel Tones of which Jimmie Ross was a member, needed a new guitarist.
Forming around 1964, they began playing night clubs and other venues for the next few years gathering a respectable following in the region.
While in the early stages of recording the album, Jimmie Ross saw a magazine advertisement featuring another band called "The Jaggers".
[8] The album’s classic R&B tune "Memoirs of a Traveler" written by Benny Faiella and Donnie Iris was sampled by Wiz Khalifa, The Game, Slum Village and seven other hip hop artists.
[9] The Jaggerz continued to release singles through Kama Sutra until 1973, when they moved to the RCA subsidiary Wooden Nickel Records.
In 1973, the Jaggerz performed on the Wolfman Jack novelty album Through The Ages that was released on Wooden Nickel Records.
Even though they were now only playing at nightclubs, Faiella believed that the lineup was the strongest it had been in twelve years and that they would return to the charts.
The lineup consisted of Iris, Avsec, Marty Lee Hoenes, Albritton McClain, and Kevin Valentine.
Cooper and Ross became a fixture in the Atlantic City casinos with a 36-week appearance at the Trump Plaza and extended engagements at Harrah's.
[4] Frank Czuri became the lead singer for the CBS recording act the Silencers who appeared on the first ever broadcast of MTV.
Drummer James Pugliano toured and recorded with Leon Russell, Roger Miller, J.J. Cale, Willie Nelson, and Mel Tillis.
The reunited band included the original members Pugliano, Faiella, and Maybray along with organist Fred Dulu, sax player Robbie Klein and vocalist Donnie Marsico.
Granati rejoined the band writing the orchestrations, performing on keyboards and vocals, and co-producing the album with Ross.
It features a mix of the most requested songs that they have performed over their career including "Dancin' in the Streets", "Some Kind of Wonderful", "The Love I Never Had" and a live version of the "Rapper" recorded at the A.J.
The melody of "Memoirs of the Traveler" from the Jaggerz' album We Went to Different Schools Together has been sampled by various hip hop artists.
In 2008, rap artist The Game released a track "Letter to the King", produced by Hi-Tek, from his album, LAX, that sampled the song.
Other hip hop musicians who have sampled the song on their releases include Rollin' Up by Curren$y and Wiz Khalifa (2009), 1, 2 by Slum Village (2005) Dilated Peoples in the 1990s and, more recently, Pede B (Denmark).
The current roster of the Jaggerz also includes vocalist and keyboardist Granati, guitarist McAbee, saxophonist Chris Patarini, and drummer Paul Martello.
Donna Groom, of the Skyliners, guest stars on a duet with Ross on the medley arrangement of It's Gonna Take a Miracle/ I'm On The Outside.
Five time Grammy winning producer/engineer Jay Dudt of Audile Images engineered the album for co-producers Granati and Ross.