50+ MusicMay 21
"Montego Bay" is a song co-written and performed by #BobbyBloom about the city in Jamaica of the same name. The song was a top ten hit for Bloom in the Fall of 1970 on both sides of the Atlantic. It reached No. 3 on the #UKSinglesChart, No. 5 on the Canadian #RPM100 Singles Chart, No. 7 on the Australian #GoSet Singles Chart and No. 8 on the US #BillboardHot100. The song was co-written and produced by #JeffBarry. In the master tape of the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6TUjV9piGA
TOPPOP: Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay

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50+ MusicMay 20
"I'm a Believer" is a song written by #NeilDiamond and recorded by the American #popRock band #theMonkees in 1966 with the lead vocals by #MickyDolenz. The single, produced by #JeffBarry, hit the number-one spot on the U.S. #Billboard #Hot100 chart for the week ending December 31, 1966, and remained there for seven weeks becoming the last number-one hit of 1966 and the biggest-selling single for all of 1967. Billboard ranked the record as the number-five song for 1967.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zCv_BLdVtE
Smash Mouth-Im a Believer

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50+ MusicMay 1
"I'm a Believer" is a song written by #NeilDiamond and recorded by the American #popRock band #theMonkees in 1966 with the lead vocals by #MickyDolenz. The single, produced by #JeffBarry, hit the number-one spot on the U.S. #Billboard #Hot100 chart for the week ending December 31, 1966, and remained there for seven weeks becoming the last number-one hit of 1966 and the biggest-selling single for all of 1967. Billboard ranked the record as the number-five song for 1967.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVnbLOdePeo
The Monkees - I'm A Believer (Lyrics)

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50+ MusicApr 16
"Be My Baby" is a song written by #JeffBarry, #EllieGreenwich, and #PhilSpector and recorded by the American #girlGroup #theRonettes. It was released in August 1963 as the Ronettes' debut on #PhillesRecords and became their biggest hit, reaching number 2 in the U.S. and Canada, and number 4 in the UK. Spector produced the song in his #WallOfSound style at #GoldStarStudios in Hollywood with the group of #sessionMusicians later known as #theWreckingCrew.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSPpbOGnFgk
The Ronettes - Be My Baby (Official Audio)

Official audio for ”Be My Baby” by The RonettesListen to The Ronettes: https://theronettes.lnk.to/listenYDWatch more videos by The Ronettes: https://theronet...

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50+ MusicApr 9
"Do Wah Diddy Diddy" is a song written by #JeffBarry and #EllieGreenwich and originally recorded in 1963, as "Do-Wah-Diddy", by the American vocal group #theExciters. #CashBox described the Exciters' version as "a sparkling rocker that bubbles over with coin-catching enthusiasm" and said that the "great lead job is backed by a fabulous instrumental arrangement." It was made internationally famous by the British band #ManfredMann and #covered by #FunFactory in 1995.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UingsUi0mI
Do Wah Diddy Diddy

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50+ MusicApr 3
"I Honestly Love You" is a song recorded by #OliviaNewtonJohn and released in 1974 on the album #LongLiveLove in the United Kingdom and #IfYouLoveMeLetMeKnow in the United States. The song became a worldwide #pop hit, her first number-one single in the United States and Canada. The single was first released in Australia as "I Love You, #IHonestlyLoveYou", as per its chorus. The song was written by #JeffBarry and Australian singer and composer #PeterAllen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3chpddh_-o
Olivia Newton-John - I Honestly Love You

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50+ MusicApr 3
On 3 April 1938: #JeffBarry [Joel Adelberg], American pop songwriter (with Ellie Greenwich -"Do Wah Diddy Diddy"; "Da Doo Ron Ron"; "Chapel Of Love"; "Leader Of The Pack'), born in Brooklyn, New York.
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50+ MusicMar 31
"Tell Laura I Love Her" is a #teenageTragedySong written by #JeffBarry and #BenRaleigh. It was a US #topTen #popularMusic #hit for singer #RayPeterson in 1960 on #RCAVictorRecords, reaching No. 7 on the #Billboard #Hot100 chart. Later that same year, it was recorded and released by #RickyValance in the United Kingdom, where it went to the No. 1 spot on the #UKSinglesChart. The song has been a hit in 14 countries, and has sold over seven million copies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTjQgkHzbTk
Ray Peterson - Tell Laura I Love Her (RCA 1960)

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50+ MusicMar 24
"Hanky Panky" is a song written by #JeffBarry and #EllieGreenwich for their group, #theRaindrops. A 1964 recording by #theShondells, later reissued in 1966 under the band's new, and more successful, incarnation of "#TommyJames and the Shondells" which is the best-known version, reaching #1 in the #UnitedStates in 1966.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCnXFePGGmU
Hanky Panky

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50+ MusicMar 18
"Be My Baby" is a song written by #JeffBarry, #EllieGreenwich, and #PhilSpector and recorded by the American #girlGroup #theRonettes. It was released in August 1963 as the Ronettes' debut on #PhillesRecords and became their biggest hit, reaching number 2 in the U.S. and Canada, and number 4 in the UK. Spector produced the song in his #WallOfSound style at #GoldStarStudios in Hollywood with the group of #sessionMusicians later known as #theWreckingCrew.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSPpbOGnFgk
The Ronettes - Be My Baby (Official Audio)

Official audio for ”Be My Baby” by The RonettesListen to The Ronettes: https://theronettes.lnk.to/listenYDWatch more videos by The Ronettes: https://theronet...

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