The girls were a very nice bunch of street urchins, I called them … At the beginning we did not get along – they were kind of crude and having to deal with them on a daily basis used to get me very uptight – with their gestures, and language, and chewing the gum, and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘jeff barry and ellie greenwich’
121) The Shangri-Las – “Leader of the Pack”
Posted in 09, 1964, tagged girl groups, jeff barry and ellie greenwich, the shangri-las on January 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
119) Manfred Mann – “Do Wah Diddy Diddy”
Posted in 04, 1964, tagged british invasion, jeff barry and ellie greenwich, manfred mann on December 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Manfred Mann was a Serious Jazz Combo. Manfred Mann, however, was also a working band trying to make a living in the music business. With the onset of the British Invasion, former blues, jazz and R&B purists were reaping the benefits of “selling out” with dignity. The Animals had managed to parlay their Geordie bluesmen [...]
110) The Dixie Cups – “Chapel of Love”
Posted in 07, 1964, tagged girl groups, jeff barry and ellie greenwich, leiber and stoller, the dixie cups on July 6, 2010 | 3 Comments »
“Chapel of Love” wasn’t supposed to be a hit for The Dixie Cups. Phil Spector had claimed the Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich composition for The Ronettes, who did record the original as album filler. Indeed, the song’s single-minded declaration of girlish devotion is of a piece with hits like “Be My Baby” and “Baby I Love [...]
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A rundown of every #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, starting from the top (1958) and progressing in order. Ratings on a highly subjective 1-10 scale. Comments perpetually open. Supposedly published weekly.More Fun In The New World
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