Jeff Barry

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Jeff Barry
Barry in 1969
Background information
Birth name	Joel Adelberg
Born	(1938-04-03) April 3, 1938 (age 86) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genres	Rock and roll, pop music
Occupations	Songwriter singer record producer
Years active	1958–present
Labels	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 #1 hit in the UK Singles Chart when it was recorded by Ricky Valance in 1960), "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).