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Leader of the Pack: RIP Ellie Greenwich

Music post by Annalee Schafranek on August 27, 2009 - 11:52am; tagged female musicians, female songwriters, girl groups, Ike & Tina Turner, Phil Spector, The Crystals, The Ronettes, The Shangri-Las.

 


Ellie Greenwich, October 23, 1940 – August 26, 2009

American singer, songwriter, and producer Ellie Greenwich died yesterday of a heart attack. Greenwich was best known for writing and co-writing such girl group classics as "Be My Baby" (The Ronettes), "Da Doo Ron Ron" (The Crystals), "Leader of the Pack" (The Shangri-Las), "River Deep, Mountain High" (Ike & Tina Turner), and many others. Greenwich and Jeff Barry, her former husband and writing partner, had 17 singles in the pop charts of 1964.

 

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