Wednesday, August 26, 2009

RIP - Ellie

Today is kind of sad, first Ted Kennedy dies and now one of my all time favorite songwriters ever has passed away.

Ellie Greenwich died today at 68 - she was part of the Brill Building style of writing working with Jeff Barry and writing some of my all time favorite songs including "River Deep Mountain High", "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Leader Of The Pack" and "Out In The Streets." She also sang on the Blondie album Eat To The Beat - (Blondie did "Out In The Streets" on their very first demo and then redid it for their comeback album)

You can read about her great career on her website: http://www.elliegreenwich.com/ and you can hear her songs just about anywhere. And my pal Patrick mentioned a Bubbatunes tribute album may be in order and I think he may be right!

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