Hit 60's songwriter Ellie Greenwich dies
source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1209480/Hit-Sixties-songwriter-Ellie-Green...
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Ellie Greenwich, the songwriter behind Sixties hits including 'Chapel of Love' and 'Da Doo Ron Ron,' has died of a heart attack at a New York hospital.
Other hits included:
The Crystals' 'Da Doo Ron Ron' and 'Then He Kissed Me'
The Ronettes' 'Be My Baby.' (my favorite)
The Dixie Cups' 'Chapel of Love'.
Ike and Tina Turner, 'River Deep, Mountain High',
Neil Diamond, including 'Cherry, Cherry' and 'Kentucky Woman.'
"Do Wah Diddy Diddy," taken to the #1 by Manfred Mann
"I Can Hear Music", recorded by The Ronettes and by The Beach Boys
She was also a session singer, recording so many demos that she became known as New York's Demo Queen.
Ellie was 68.
Other hits included:
The Crystals' 'Da Doo Ron Ron' and 'Then He Kissed Me'
The Ronettes' 'Be My Baby.' (my favorite)
The Dixie Cups' 'Chapel of Love'.
Ike and Tina Turner, 'River Deep, Mountain High',
Neil Diamond, including 'Cherry, Cherry' and 'Kentucky Woman.'
"Do Wah Diddy Diddy," taken to the #1 by Manfred Mann
"I Can Hear Music", recorded by The Ronettes and by The Beach Boys
She was also a session singer, recording so many demos that she became known as New York's Demo Queen.
Ellie was 68.
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