Jeff Barry

Jeff Barry
Jeff Barry
	Barry in 1969
Background information
Born	Joel Adelberg; April 3, 1938; New York City, U.S.
Genres	Rock and roll; pop music;
Occupations	Songwriter; singer; record producer;
Years active	1958–present
Labels	Red Bird; RCA; United Artists; Bell; A&M;

Jeff Barry (born Joel Adelberg; April 3, 1938) is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer. Among the most successful songs that he has co-written in his career are "Tell Laura I Love Her" (written with Ben Raleigh and a number 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart when it was recorded by Ricky Valance and number 7 in the US as sung by Ray Peterson), "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Then He Kissed Me", "Be My Baby", "Chapel of Love", and "River Deep - Mountain High" (all written with his then-wife Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector); "Leader of the Pack" (written with Greenwich and Shadow Morton); "Sugar, Sugar" (written with Andy Kim); "Without Us" (written with Tom Scott), and "I Honestly Love You" (written with Peter Allen).