List of songs written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich

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This is a list of songs written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich , either together as a songwriting partnership, with other writers, or individually.

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Chart hits and other notable songs written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich

YearSong [1] Original artist [1] U.S. Pop [2] U.S. R&B [3] UK Singles Chart [4] Other charting versions, and notes
1963"When the Boy's Happy (the Girl's Happy Too)" The Four Pennies 95--
"Da Doo Ron Ron" The Crystals 355Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector
1972: Ian Matthews, #96 US
1974: The Crystals, #15 UK (reissue)
1977: Shaun Cassidy, #1 US
"What a Guy" The Raindrops 4125-
"Give Us Your Blessing" Ray Peterson 70--1965: The Shangri-Las, "Give Us Your Blessings", #29 US
"Not Too Young to Get Married" Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans 63--Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector
"Wait ‘Til My Bobby Gets Home" Darlene Love 26--Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector
"The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget"The Raindrops95--
"Then He Kissed Me"The Crystals682Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector
1967: The Beach Boys, "Then I Kissed Her", #4 UK
1977: Kiss, "Then She Kissed Me", #51 UK
1981: Gary Glitter, "And Then She Kissed Me", #39 UK
"Be My Baby" The Ronettes 244Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector
1970: Andy Kim, #17 US
1971: Cissy Houston, #92 US, #31 R&B
1986: Eddie Money, "Take Me Home Tonight", #4 US (Credited to Mick Leeson, Peter Vale, Barry, Greenwich and Spector. Contains extract from "Be My Baby")
2005: Glitzzi Girlz, #95 UK
"A Fine Fine Boy"Darlene Love5329-Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector
"I Have a Boyfriend" The Chiffons 366-Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and The Tokens
"That Boy John"The Raindrops64--
"Hanky Panky"The Raindrops---1966: Tommy James & the Shondells, #1 US,#39 R&B, #38 UK
"Baby, I Love You"The Ronettes24611Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector
1969: Andy Kim, #9 US
1973: Dave Edmunds, #8 UK
1980: The Ramones, #8 UK
1996: TSD, #64 UK
"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"Darlene Love---Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector
1974: Darlene Love, #51 UK
2011: Michael Bublé, #47 UK
1964"Do-Wah-Diddy" The Exciters 7847-1964: Manfred Mann, "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", #1 US, #1 UK
1987: 2 Live Crew, #62 R&B
1996: The Blue Melons, "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", #70 UK
2001: DJ Ötzi, #9 UK
"Little Boy"The Crystals9232-Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector
"I Wonder"The Crystals--36Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector
"Chapel of Love" The Dixie Cups 1-22Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector
1973: Bette Midler, #40 US
"I Wanna Love Him So Bad" The Jelly Beans 97-
"All Grown Up"The Crystals9827-Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector
"The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget"The Raindrops95--
"People Say"The Dixie Cups127-
"Maybe I Know" Lesley Gore 14-201972: The Seashells, #32 UK
"Good Night Baby" The Butterflys 51--Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Steve Venet
"One More Tear"The Raindrops97--
"Baby Be Mine"The Jelly Beans51--Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Steve Venet
"Leader of the Pack" The Shangri-Las 1811Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Shadow Morton
1972: The Shangri-Las, #3 UK (reissue)
1976: The Shangri-Las, #7 UK (reissue)
1985: Twisted Sister, #53 US, #47 UK
"Don't Ever Leave Me" Connie Francis 42--
"You Should Have Seen the Way He Looked at Me"The Dixie Cups39--
"Leader of the Laundromat" The Detergents 19-- Parody of "Leader of the Pack" originally credited to Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss. A court later awarded a co-writing credit to Barry, Greenwich and Morton
"Little Bell"The Dixie Cups5121-
"Look of Love"Lesley Gore27--
1965"Out in the Streets"The Shangri-Las53--
"He Ain't No Angel" The Ad Libs 100--
"Hold On Baby" Sam Hawkins -10-
"I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing" The Drifters 51--
1966"River Deep - Mountain High" Ike & Tina Turner 88-3Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector
1969: Deep Purple, #53 US
1969: Ike & Tina Turner, #33 UK (reissue)
1970: The Supremes and the Four Tops, #14 US, #7 R&B, #11 UK
"I Can Hear Music"The Ronettes100--Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector
1969: The Beach Boys, #24 US, #10 UK
1967"I'll Never Need More Than This"Ike & Tina Turner114-64Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector

Other chart hits and notable songs written by Jeff Barry alone or with others

YearSong [1] Original artist [1] U.S. Pop [2] U.S. R&B [3] UK Singles Chart [4] Other charting versions, and notes [1]
1960"Teenage Sonata" Sam Cooke 5022-Written by Jeff Barry
"Tell Laura I Love Her" Ray Peterson 7--Written by Jeff Barry and Ben Raleigh
1960: Ricky Valance, #1 UK
1974: Johnny T. Angel, #94 US
"Tell Me What He Said" Ginny Arnell ---Written by Jeff Barry
1962: Helen Shapiro, #2 UK
1962"Chip Chip" Gene McDaniels 10--Written by Jeff Barry, Clifford Crawford and Artie Resnick
"I Left My Heart in the Balcony" Linda Scott 74--Written by Jeff Barry and Artie Resnick
1967"I Got to Go Back" The McCoys 69--Written by Jeff Barry and Bert Russell
"Am I Grooving You" Freddie Scott 7125-Written by Jeff Barry and Bert Russell
1968"How'd We Ever Get This Way?" Andy Kim 21--Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim
"Shoot 'Em Up Baby"Andy Kim31--Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim
"Bang-Shang-A-Lang" The Archies 22--Written by Jeff Barry
"Seventeen Ain't Young"The Archies---Written by Jeff Barry
"Rainbow Ride"Andy Kim49--Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim
"Feelin' So Good (S.K.O.O.B.Y.-D.O.O.)"The Archies53--Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim
1969"Did You See Her Eyes" The Illusion 32--Written by Jeff Barry
"Sugar, Sugar"The Archies1-1Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim
1970: Wilson Pickett, #25 US, #4 R&B
1971: Sakkarin, #12 UK
1987: The Archies, #91 UK (reissue)
1994: Duke Baysee, #30 UK
"So Good Together"Andy Kim36--Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim
"Jingle Jangle"The Archies10--Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim
1970"A Friend in the City"Andy Kim90--Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim
"Who's Your Baby"The Archies40--Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim
"Lay a Little Lovin' on Me" Robin McNamara 11--Written by Jeff Barry, Robin McNamara, and Jim Cretecos
"Oh My My" The Monkees 98--Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim
"Sunshine"The Archies57--Written by Jeff Barry and Bobby Bloom
"It's Your Life"Andy Kim85--Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim
"Montego Bay" Bobby Bloom 8-3Written by Jeff Barry and Bobby Bloom
1970: Freddie Notes & the Rudies, # 45 UK
1978: Sugar Cane, #54 UK
1986: Amazulu, #16 UK
1971"Heavy Makes You Happy"Bobby Bloom80-31Written by Jeff Barry and Bobby Bloom
1971: The Staple Singers: #27 US, #6 R&B
"I Wish I Were"Andy Kim62--Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim
"We're All Goin' Home"Bobby Bloom93--Written by Jeff Barry, Bobby Bloom and Neil Goldberg
"I Been Moved"Andy Kim97--Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim
1972"A Brand New Song" Cliff Richard --51Written by Jeff Barry and Paul Williams
1973"Sister James" Nino Tempo & the 5th Avenue Sax 53-78Written by Jeff Barry and Antonino Lotempio
1974"I Really Got It Bad for You" The Persuasions -56-Written by Jeff Barry and Bobby Bloom
"Out of Hand" Gary Stewart ---Written by Jeff Barry and Tom Jans
#4 Country
"Wake Up and Love Me" April Stevens 93--Written by Jeff Barry, April Stevens and Nino Tempo
"I Honestly Love You" Olivia Newton-John 1-22Written by Jeff Barry and Peter Allen
1977: Olivia Newton-John, #48 US (reissue)
1978: The Staples, #68 R&B
1983: Olivia Newton-John, #52 UK (reissue)
1998: Olivia Newton-John, #67 US (reissue)
1976"Saying Hello, Saying I Love You, Saying Goodbye" Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius ---Written by Jeff Barry, Dene Hofheinz and Brad Burg
#2 Country
1984"The Last Time I Made Love" Joyce Kennedy and Jeffrey Osborne 402-Written by Jeff Barry, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
1985"Lie to You for Your Love" The Bellamy Brothers ---Written by Jeff Barry and Frankie Miller
#2 Country
2002"Whoa Now" B Rich 98--Written by Brian Rich, Ron Hall, Jeff Barry and Janet DuBois
2004"Nasty Girl" Nitty 8799-Written by Jeff Barry, Andy Kim and Frank Ross

Other chart hits and notable songs written by Ellie Greenwich alone or with others

YearSong [5] Original artist [5] U.S. Pop [2] U.S. R&B [3] UK Singles Chart [4] Other charting versions, and notes [5]
1963"Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Heart?" Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans 38--Written by Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector and Tony Powers
1980: Showaddywaddy, #22 UK
"He's Got the Power" The Exciters 57--Written by Ellie Greenwich and Tony Powers
"One Boy Too Late" Mike Clifford 96--Written by Ellie Greenwich and Tony Powers
1968"Sunshine After the Rain"Ellie Greenwich---Written by Ellie Greenwich
1977: Elkie Brooks, #10 UK
1994: New Atlantic / U4EA, #26 UK
1995: Berri, #4 UK
1983"Keep It Confidential" Nona Hendryx 9122-Written by Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Kent and Ellen Foley

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Songs written by Jeff Barry, MusicVF.com. Retrieved 7 September 2014
  2. 1 2 3 Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955-2002 (1st ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN   0-89820-155-1.
  3. 1 2 3 Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-1995. Record Research.
  4. 1 2 3 Betts, Graham (2004). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004 (1st ed.). London: Collins. ISBN   0-00-717931-6.
  5. 1 2 3 Songs written by Ellie Greenwich, MusicVF.com. Retrieved 7 September 2014