American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer
For the baseball player, see Jeff Barry (baseball).
"J. Barry" redirects here. For other uses, see Barry (name).
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Jeff Barry
Birth name
Joel Adelberg
Born
(1938-04-03) April 3, 1938 (age 86) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genres
Rock and roll, pop music
Occupation(s)
Songwriter
singer
record producer
Years active
1958–present
Labels
RCA, United Artists, Bell, A&M
Musical artist
Jeff Barry (born Joel Adelberg; April 3, 1938) is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer. Among the most successful songs that he has co-written in his career are "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Then He Kissed Me", "Be My Baby", "Chapel of Love", and "River Deep - Mountain High" (all written with his then-wife Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector); "Leader of the Pack" (written with Greenwich and Shadow Morton); "Sugar, Sugar" (written with Andy Kim); "Without Us" (written with Tom Scott), and "I Honestly Love You" (written with Peter Allen).
JeffBarry (born Joel Adelberg; April 3, 1938) is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer. Among the most successful songs that he...
by JeffBarry and Ellie Greenwich, either together as a songwriting partnership, with other writers, or individually. Songs written by JeffBarry, MusicVF...
JeffBarry met formally as adults was at a Thanksgiving dinner hosted by her maternal uncle, who was married to Barry's cousin. Greenwich and Barry recognized...
makeup and costumes. Their sole album, released in 1970, was produced by JeffBarry, and generated a minor Billboard hit single, "Lady Love." Bostwick replaced...
released. "I Can Hear Music", written by Phil Spector/JeffBarry/Ellie Greenwich and produced by Barry, was issued in October 1966, barely making it into...
The sound engineer was Fred Weinberg, who was JeffBarry's and Andy Kim's favorite and also recorded Barry's other hits "Be My Baby", "Baby, I Love You"...
"Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)" is a song written by JeffBarry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector. It first became a popular top five hit single...
"Chapel of Love" is a song written by JeffBarry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector, and made famous by The Dixie Cups in 1964, spending three weeks at...
"Tell Laura I Love Her" is a teenage tragedy song written by JeffBarry and Ben Raleigh. It was a US top ten popular music hit for singer Ray Peterson...
overdub on "Da Doo Ron Ron" was the exception to the rule. Songwriter JeffBarry, who worked extensively with Spector, described the Wall of Sound as "by...
theme song "Without Us" (credited in season one as "Us") was composed by JeffBarry and Tom Scott in 1982. During the first ten episodes of the first season...
hit song for Bobby Bloom in 1971. The song was written by JeffBarry and Bloom, while Barry produced it. It was also a hit for The Staple Singers. Other...
"Do Wah Diddy Diddy" is a song written by JeffBarry and Ellie Greenwich and originally recorded in 1963, as "Do-Wah-Diddy", by the American vocal group...
upbeat 1970 hit, "Montego Bay", which was co-written with and produced by JeffBarry. It may be that his success with "Montego Bay" has overshadowed other...
the arranger and conductor; Leonard Linton was the photographer; and JeffBarry and Ellie Greenwich, continuing to work together although they had divorced...
was released as a single on Philles Records in August 1963. Written by JeffBarry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector, the song was the Ronettes' biggest...
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