RIP: Brill Bdg Songwriter Ellie Greenwich

[firstbassman]

Writer of "Leader of the Pack," "Chapel of Love," "Be My Baby" and tons more.
One of the all-time greats.



http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... =112331204



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 03991.html






There is a line in "Chapel of Love" that goes "Gee, I really love you ..."
When the song came out (a million years ago) my sister had a crush on a boy named Steve. And if you listen to the song, you can hear how my sister sang along: "Steve, I really love you ... "

[winston]

I found out about her passing yesterday...................she was a great writer and a very good singer. RIP Ellie.

[shamustwin]

Man she wrote some epics! RIP.

[ram]

A great talent - some really cool tunes from that period...