Remembering Ellie Greenwich
"Chapel of Love" by The Dixie Cups... "Be My Baby" by The Ronettes... "Da Doo Ron Ron" by The Crystals... "Hanky Panky" by Tommy James & The Shondells...You might not remember the name ELLIE GREENWICH, but you've probably heard the songs she co-wrote with her then-husband, Jeff Barry.
Greenwich died today age 68.
"Leader of the Pack" by The Shangri-Las was one of her songs -- she co-wrote that one with Barry and George "Shadow" Morton.
According to her biography on the Songwriters Hall of Fame Web site -- she and Barry were inducted in 1991 -- Greenwich gave up a brief high school English teaching career to begin writing songs, initially in the offices of songwriting legends Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
Barry and Greenwich also recorded some singles under the name, The Raindrops.
The couples' later hits included Ike and Tina Turner's "River Deep - Mountain High."
Music fans will miss her contributions to pop.
posted by erik hogstrom at 1:04 PM
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I will confess to not knowing her name, but I certainly appreciate her contribution to pop music. It's hard to measure I suppose, but the number of hits those composers cranked out in a brief period is amazing.
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