Jeff Barry

(1938-)

American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer

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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 "Tell Laura I Love Her" (written with Ben Raleigh and a number 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart when it was recorded by Ricky Valance and number 7 in the US as sung by Ray Peterson), "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).

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Born	Joel Adelberg 3 April 1938 (age 87) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Zodiac	Aries
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Ellie Greenwich 1940-2009 · American pop music singer, songwriter, and record producer · m. 1962; div. 1965 info edit

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Nancy Calcagno - · · m. 1967; div. 1978 info edit

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Jennifer O'Neill 1948- · American actress and model · m. 1978; div. 1979 info edit

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Elizabeth Gaunt - · · m. 1979; div. 1983 info edit

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Nancy Elissa Ganan - · · m. 1984 info edit

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