Question: In what city was the group behind Jerry Kasenetz's 1977 hit formed?
Context: The Music Explosion was an American garage rock band from Mansfield, Ohio, discovered and signed by record producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz.  The quintet is best known for their number two hit, "Little Bit O' Soul", that received gold record status by the R.I.A.A..  Written by John Carter and Ken Lewis, who had previously written big hits for The Ivy League and Herman's Hermits, the song (Laurie Records No. 3380, subsequently reissued on Buddah Records) was the band's only top 40 hit.  This single paved the way for tours with contemporaries like The Left Banke and The Easybeats. Crazy Elephant was a short-lived American bubblegum pop band noted for their 1969 hit single, "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'".  Crazy Elephant was a studio concoction, created by Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz of Super K Productions, promoted in "Cash Box" magazine as allegedly being a group of Welsh coal miners.  Former Cadillacs member Robert Spencer was widely utilized on lead vocals, though future 10cc member Kevin Godley took lead vocals on "There Ain't No Umbopo", recorded at Strawberry Studios in Stockport, England, and released on the Bell label in May 1970.  A touring group was formed later for promotional purposes.  The bassist on "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" was Gary Gaynor, a local studio musician who also worked with Laura Nyro.  The song was covered by Detroit band Adrenalin featuring vocalist David Larson in 1979 and later by Helix. Ram Jam was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1977, predominantly known for their hit single "Black Betty" in 1977. The Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus was a bubblegum "supergroup" created by record producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz, consisting of various Super K Production groups. Super K Productions was a 1960s American recording production company under Buddah Records, headed by producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeffrey Katz, whose groups specialized in bubblegum pop.  Their biggest successes were The Ohio Express, The 1910 Fruitgum Company, Crazy Elephant and The Music Explosion.  Super K also had its own label of the same name in 1969, operated under Buddah Records, but it did not last as the bubblegum genre had already started to decline in popularity. Simon Says is the first album by the American bubblegum pop group the 1910 Fruitgum Company on the Buddah Records label.  Released in 1968, it included two songs that appeared on the "Billboard" Hot 100—the most from any of the group's albums—although it was not their highest-charting album.  It's been debated whether or not the members of the band actually played on the album since the Ohio Express, another band put together by Super K Productions (headed by Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz), actually consisted of two groups: one that produced the records and another that toured and promoted the name.  This is countered by original drummer Floyd Marcus, who has stated that all five men listed really were behind the instruments. Jerry Kasenetz (born May 5, 1943, Brooklyn, New York) is an American bubblegum pop producer who worked with Jeff Katz, the two working together as the Super K Productions company, to manufacture and produce bands such as Shadows of Knight, Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus, The Music Explosion, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Crazy Elephant, and The Ohio Express.  Kasenetz and Katz met at the University of Arizona in the early sixties.  Both came from observant Jewish families.  One of their first projects in the music business was as concert promoters bringing the British band the Dave Clarke Five to the University of Arizona.  Leaving the University of Arizona before their senior year they moved back to New York and opened a small office on Broadway in Manhattan.  Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz created the concept of bubblegum music.  Neil Bogart of Buddah Records asked the duo to come up with a marketing name for their music.  Between 1967 to 1969 some of their bubblegum music releases are "Beg, Borrow and Steal," "1,2,3, Red Light," "Goody, Goody Gumdrops," "Indian Giver," "Down at Lulu's," "Chewy,Chewy," "Mercy," "Simon Says," "Special Delivery," "Yummy Yummy Yummy" and "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin."  In 1966 their first production was with Christine Cooper "S.O.S. Heart In Distress."  In 1966 Kasenetz and Katz had also begun working with an Ohio band, The Music Explosion who recorded " Little Bit O' Soul."  Kasenetz got in his car and drove across the country promoting the song to radio stations.  In July 1967, the song reached No. 2 on the charts, selling a million copies.  This solidified Kasenetz and Katz as music industry players.  In Spring, 1975, Kasenetz and Katz formed their own label, Magna Glide, and recorded artists at K&K Studio City in Great Neck, N.Y.  In 1977 Kasenetz and Katz achieved another top twenty hit "Black Betty" by the group Ram Jam. "Indian Giver" is a song written by Bobby Bloom, Ritchie Cordell, and Bo Gentry.  It was first recorded by 1910 Fruitgum Company for their 1969 album, "Indian Giver".  The song went to #5 on The Billboard Hot 100 in 1969 and was on the charts for 13 weeks.  Its B-Side, "Pow Wow", was actually a song called "Bring Back Howdy Doody" deliberately pressed backwards as a way of deterring radio stations from playing the B-Side, which was later recorded by another Buddah bubblegum music group produced by Jerry Kasenetz and Jeffrey Katz called Flying Giraffe. Timothy Michael "Tim" Donnelly (born May 9, 1966) is an American politician who was a Republican member of the California State Assembly, representing the 59th and 33rd districts.  Before his election to the Assembly in November 2010, Donnelly was a small businessman.  He resides in Twin Peaks, California.  On January 22, 2013, Donnelly announced his intention to seek the Republican nomination for Governor of California in the 2014 election.  He placed third in the open primary, behind Jerry Brown and Neel Kashkari, who contested the election in November 2014. Priscilla Beukes is a Namibian politician.  A member of SWAPO, Beukes was elected to the National Assembly of Namibia in 2010.  She was subsequently appointed to the cabinet as Deputy Minister of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Energy Development behind Jerry Ekandjo.  Beukes was previously mayor of Mariental, Hardap Region.
Answer: New York City