List of songs written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich
This is a list of songs written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, either together as a songwriting partnership, with other writers, or individually.
Chart hits and other notable songs written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich
[edit]| Year | Song[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 | 3 | 5 | 5 | Written 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 | 41 | 25 | - | ||
| "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 Raindrops | 95 | - | - | ||
| "Then He Kissed Me" | The Crystals | 6 | 8 | 2 | Written 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 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Written 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 Love | 53 | 29 | - | Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector | |
| "I Have a Boyfriend" | The Chiffons | 36 | 6 | - | Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and The Tokens | |
| "That Boy John" | The Raindrops | 64 | - | - | ||
| "Hanky Panky" | The Raindrops | - | - | - | 1966: Tommy James & the Shondells, #1 US,#39 R&B, #38 UK | |
| "Baby, I Love You" | The Ronettes | 24 | 6 | 11 | Written 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 | 78 | 47 | - | 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 Crystals | 92 | 32 | - | Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector | |
| "I Wonder" | The Crystals | - | - | 36 | Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector | |
| "Chapel of Love" | The Dixie Cups | 1 | - | 22 | Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector 1973: Bette Midler, #40 US | |
| "I Wanna Love Him So Bad" | The Jelly Beans | 9 | 7 | - | ||
| "All Grown Up" | The Crystals | 98 | 27 | - | Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector | |
| "The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget" | The Raindrops | 95 | - | - | ||
| "People Say" | The Dixie Cups | 12 | 7 | - | ||
| "Maybe I Know" | Lesley Gore | 14 | - | 20 | 1972: The Seashells, #32 UK | |
| "Good Night Baby" | The Butterflys | 51 | - | - | Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Steve Venet | |
| "One More Tear" | The Raindrops | 97 | - | - | ||
| "Baby Be Mine" | The Jelly Beans | 51 | - | - | Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Steve Venet | |
| "Leader of the Pack" | The Shangri-Las | 1 | 8 | 11 | Written 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 Cups | 39 | - | - | ||
| "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 Cups | 51 | 21 | - | ||
| "Look of Love" | Lesley Gore | 27 | - | - | ||
| 1965 | "Out in the Streets" | The Shangri-Las | 53 | - | - | |
| "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 | - | 3 | Written 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 Ronettes | 100 | - | - | 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 Turner | 114 | - | 64 | Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector |
Other chart hits and notable songs written by Jeff Barry alone or with others
[edit]| Year | Song[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 | 50 | 22 | - | 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 | 71 | 25 | - | 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 Kim | 31 | - | - | 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 Kim | 49 | - | - | Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim | |
| "Feelin' So Good (S.K.O.O.B.Y.-D.O.O.)" | The Archies | 53 | - | - | Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim | |
| 1969 | "Did You See Her Eyes" | The Illusion | 32 | - | - | Written by Jeff Barry |
| "Sugar, Sugar" | The Archies | 1 | - | 1 | Written 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 Kim | 36 | - | - | Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim | |
| "Jingle Jangle" | The Archies | 10 | - | - | Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim | |
| 1970 | "A Friend in the City" | Andy Kim | 90 | - | - | Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim |
| "Who's Your Baby" | The Archies | 40 | - | - | 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 Archies | 57 | - | - | Written by Jeff Barry and Bobby Bloom | |
| "It's Your Life" | Andy Kim | 85 | - | - | Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim | |
| "Montego Bay" | Bobby Bloom | 8 | - | 3 | Written 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 Bloom | 80 | - | 31 | Written by Jeff Barry and Bobby Bloom 1971: The Staple Singers: #27 US, #6 R&B |
| "I Wish I Were" | Andy Kim | 62 | - | - | Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim | |
| "We're All Goin' Home" | Bobby Bloom | 93 | - | - | Written by Jeff Barry, Bobby Bloom and Neil Goldberg | |
| "I Been Moved" | Andy Kim | 97 | - | - | Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim | |
| 1972 | "A Brand New Song" | Cliff Richard | - | - | 51 | Written by Jeff Barry and Paul Williams |
| 1973 | "Sister James" | Nino Tempo & the 5th Avenue Sax | 53 | - | 78 | Written 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 | - | 22 | Written 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 | 40 | 2 | - | 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 | 87 | 99 | - | Written by Jeff Barry, Andy Kim and Frank Ross |
Other chart hits and notable songs written by Ellie Greenwich alone or with others
[edit]| Year | Song[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 | 91 | 22 | - | Written by Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Kent and Ellen Foley |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Songs written by Jeff Barry, MusicVF.com. Retrieved 7 September 2014
- ^ a b c Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955-2002 (1st ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-155-1.
- ^ a b c Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-1995. Record Research.
- ^ a b c Betts, Graham (2004). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004 (1st ed.). London: Collins. ISBN 0-00-717931-6.
- ^ a b c Songs written by Ellie Greenwich, MusicVF.com. Retrieved 7 September 2014