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"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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River Deep Mountain High

Originally posted on March 7, 2020

One of the greatest studio recordings in music history was recorded on this day 60 years ago.

“I love you baby like a flower loves the spring
And I love you baby just like Tina loves to sing”

#tinaturner #philspector #EllieGreenwich #jeffbarry #thewreckingcrew #theanimals #deeppurple #thesupremes #thefourtops #annielennox #neildiamond

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River Deep, Mountain High – Celebrating the anniversary of the recording of one of the finest vocal performances on record. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #TinaTurner #PhilSpector #EllieGreenwich #JeffBarry #TheWreckingCrew #TheAnimals #DeepPurple #TheSupremes #TheFourTops #AnnieLennox #NeilDiamond

Today’s feature song owes its origin to the great songwriting tandem of Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, and the production prowess of the mercurial Phil Spector. For more on this artistic combinati…

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50+ Music Feb 24

"Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)" is a song written by #JeffBarry, #EllieGreenwich and #PhilSpector. It first became a popular top five hit #single for the American girl group #theCrystals in 1963. American #teenIdol #ShaunCassidy recorded the song in 1977 and his version hit number one on the #Billboard Hot 100 chart. There have also been many other cover versions of this song, including one by the songwriters Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich themselves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0dikX80Ed8

The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron (HQ)

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50+ Music Feb 2

"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+ Music Jan 6

"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=1b61qJ6vktA

Tell Laura I Love Her

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50+ Music Dec 10

"Baby, I Love You" is a song originally recorded by #theRonettes in 1963 and released on their debut album #PresentingTheFabulousRonettes (1964). The song was written by #JeffBarry, #EllieGreenwich, and #PhilSpector, and #produced by Spector. Released in November 1963, the single reached number 24 on both the US #Billboard #Hot100 and #Cashbox Top 100 charts, and peaked at number 11 on the #UKSinglesChart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7O4UglqMC4

Andy Kim/Baby I Love You #song #classic #music #concert #family #fun #show #newjersey #shorts #fyp

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50+ Music Dec 2

"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=5tpxXDILZHs

The Monkees - I'm a Believer HD

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50+ Music Nov 11

"Be My Baby" is a #single by the American #girlGroup #theRonettes, released in August 1963 on #PhillesRecords. Written by #JeffBarry, #EllieGreenwich, and #PhilSpector, the song was the Ronettes' biggest hit, reaching number 2 in the U.S. and Canada, and number 4 in the UK. It is often ranked as among the best songs of the 1960s, and has been regarded by various publications as one of the greatest songs of all time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-dr1PZZMds

The Ronettes - Be My Baby (Music Video)

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50+ Music Oct 24

The Monkees - I'm A Believer (Official Vinyl Video)

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Ted Tocks Covers Oct 22

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Do Wah Diddy Diddy

Originally posted on April 3, 2019

Celebrating Manfred Mann at 85.

“Now we're together nearly every single day, singin'
'Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do'
A-we're so happy, and that's how we're gonna stay, singin'
'Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do’”

#jeffbarry #EllieGreenwich #theexciters #manfredmann #stripes

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Do Wah Diddy Diddy- I Told her all the Things I’d Been Dreamin’ of. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #JeffBarry #EllieGreenwich #TheExciters #ManfredMann #Stripes

Who hasn’t sung along with ‘Do Wah Diddy Diddy? It is a fun song that tells the story of the evolution of a happy couple’s relationship, told from the perspective of an elated lover. I purposely le…

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