Thursday, August 27, 2009

R.I.P. Ellie Greenwich

Ellie Greenwich, co-writer of such girl group classics as Leader of the Pack, Chapel of Love and Da Doo Ron Ron, died of a heart attack at age 68.

Here's some cool video of the fabulous Ronettes singing "Be My Baby"
. Feel the yearning.

8 comments:

SkylersDad said...

So long Ellie, such a loss.

Johnny Yen said...

She was amazing. Looking her up, I discovered that she also wrote yet another of my favorite songs: "Hanky Panky." Tommy James and the Shondells had a hit with it. Here's the story about it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanky_Panky_(song)

Anonymous said...

Bubs - a kinda Behind-the-Story story: a 1000-years ago at LA's Fairfax High I was a half-year ahead of Phil Spector who, as y'all know, recently went away forever. Even then,Grade 11, Phil was cutting "To-Know-Know-Know-Him-Is-To-Love-Love-Love-Him" with a girl-group called "The Teddy-Bears."

Ellie was a Teddy-Bear as was a girl Phil later married and literally drove crazy and a third girl - all from Fairfax High. I'm told by a good friend who played piano on all the Wall-of-Sound stuff that Phil was his perfectionist psycho self that day - eventually being the 4th Teddy-Bear on the final "take."

Erik Donald France said...

Love those songs. RIP, for sure.

Dale said...

Those were great songs, sad to hear about Ellie.

Distributorcap said...

she was amazing...... and you had to be to work with Phil Spector

dguzman said...

Be My Baby-- best. song. ever.

Paul D Brazill said...

Yep. a major talent.