Even if her name doesn't ring a bell, you've almost certainly heard her music.
With her husband, lyricist Jeff Barry (as well as with producers Phil Spector and George "Shadow" Morton), Greenwich co-wrote an amazing number of hits. Here are but a few:
"Chapel Of Love" - The Dixie Cups
"Be My Baby" - The Ronettes
"Then He Kissed Me" - The Crystals
"Da Doo Ron Ron" - The Crystals
"River Deep - Mountain High" - Ike & Tina Turner
"Leader Of The Pack" - The Shangri-Las
"I Can Hear Music" - The Beach Boys
"Hanky Panky" - Tommy James and The Shondells
"Do Wah Diddy Diddy" - Manfred Mann
Ellie Greenwich died on August 27th of a heart attack at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital in midtown Manhattan.
Although not very well known, this is my favorite version of "I Can Hear Music" by Larry Lurex, which is actually Freddie Mercury, Brian May and Roger Taylor recording under a pseudonym. The three, after recruiting bassist John Deacon, were soon to release their first album, Queen.
Click here to listen to the song.
- Ellie Greenwich, `Chapel of Love' co-writer, dies [AP]
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