Ellie Greenwich, the Queen of "Chick Music" ...

[severalpieces]

...passed away this week....
This is a rebroadcast of an interview she did in 1986.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... &ft=1&f=13

you really need to listen to at least the opening of this to hear all that she helped write for all of history !! She wasn't the exclusive writer, but she really made her mark !
I mean, come on, this woman co-wrote "The Leader fo the Pack" !!
Priceless !!!

Here's what she was a part of creating....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqgtsai2aKY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KkMSkmx7sM
or this..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPOFNyvN2Y0&NR=1

or this ...
the Dixie Cups in full glory! "Going to the Chapel", and hey now!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jMNSwF_2Lw

RIP, Ellie Greenwich ! You made a BIG differnce in my life!
xox,
Bev!

[RedRiverPatrol]

You couldn't buy 45's in the 60's without having "just a few" Barry/Greenwich penned tunes in the collection.

Another of the amazing Brill Building alumnae passes on. R.I.P.

[MsUp]

I heard about this giant's passing. What a legacy....

RIP Ellie Greenwich

[TonyNYC]

And Then He Kissed Me/Baby I Love You/Be My Baby/Christmas Baby(Baby Please Come Home)/Da Doo Ron Ron/Do Wah Diddy/Hanky Panky/I Can Hear Music/I Wish I Never Saw The Sun Shine/Leader Of The Pack/River Deep Mountain High/The Train From Kansas City/Today I Met The Boy I'm Gonna Marry/Wait Till MY Bobby Gets Home

Boys liked her songs too, Especially Phil Spector

[MsUp]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellie_Greenwich

Read about her life in music, and you'll know why this is a big loss.
She died in the same hospital as John Winston Ono Lennon (that must be a direct pipeline to 'rock & roll heaven).