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RIP: Brill Bdg Songwriter Ellie Greenwich

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:15 pm
by 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 ... "

Re: RIP: Brill Bdg Songwriter Ellie Greenwich

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:10 pm
by winston
I found out about her passing yesterday...................she was a great writer and a very good singer. RIP Ellie.

Re: RIP: Brill Bdg Songwriter Ellie Greenwich

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:55 pm
by shamustwin
Man she wrote some epics! RIP.

Re: RIP: Brill Bdg Songwriter Ellie Greenwich

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:41 pm
by ram
A great talent - some really cool tunes from that period...