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List of songs written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c d e Songs written by Jeff Barry, MusicVF.com. Retrieved 7 September 2014
  2. ^ a b c Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955-2002 (1st ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-155-1.
  3. ^ a b c Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-1995. Record Research.
  4. ^ a b c Betts, Graham (2004). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004 (1st ed.). London: Collins. ISBN 0-00-717931-6.
  5. ^ a b c Songs written by Ellie Greenwich, MusicVF.com. Retrieved 7 September 2014