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Jeff Barry Musical Resume

The Music of Jeff Barry

 J E F F   B A R R Y
 
AWARD-WINNING ARRANGER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST, STUDIO MUSICIAN, RECORD AND FILM PRODUCER
and VOCALIST
 
A Career Biography compiled and researched by Don "Stuffed Animal" Charles

Here are just a few of Jeff's recordings, spanning the years 1961 to 1973. The player can be activated by clicking on the title of any track; the tracks will play in order beginning with the track selected. The player can be stopped at any time by clicking on the || (pause) button, and re-started by clicking the > (play) button. The |< and >| buttons can be used to toggle through the tracks.  Clicking directly on a song's title will play the song. Enjoy!

Million-Selling Songs Written by Jeff Barry, A Songwriters Hall of Fame Member
 
Baby, I Love You
Top Ten Pop song

Be My Baby
Top Ten Pop/R & B song, BMI Award winner, over 2 million performances

Chapel Of Love
#1Pop song, BMI Award winner

Chip Chip
Top Ten Pop song

Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)
#1Pop song, Top Ten R & B song, BMI Award winner,
over 1 million performances

Doo Wah Diddy Diddy
#1 Pop song, BMI Award winner, over 2 million performances

Hanky Panky
#1 Pop song, BMI Award winner, over 1 million performances

(Sha La Boom Boom) Heavy Makes You Happy
Top Ten R & B song

Hold On, Baby
Top Ten R & B song

I Honestly Love You
#1 Pop song, Top Ten Country song, NARAS Award winner,
.BMI Award winner, over 4 million performances

I Wanna Love Him So Bad
Top Ten Pop song, BMI Award winner

Jingle Jangle
Top Ten Pop song, BMI Award winner

The Last Time I Made Love
Top Ten R & B song

Leader Of The Pack
#1 Pop song, BMI Award winner, over 1 million performances

Lie To You For Your Love
Top Ten Country song, BMI Award winner

Maybe I Know
BMI Award winner

Montego Bay
Top Ten Pop song

Out Of Hand
Top Ten Country song, BMI Award winner

People Say
BMI Award winner

River-Deep, Mountain-High
Top Ten R & B song, Top Ten British Pop song, BMI Award
winner

Sayin' Hello, Sayin' I Love You, Sayin' Good-Bye
Top Ten Country song, BMI Award winner

Sugar, Sugar
#1 Pop song, Top Ten R & B song, RIAA Award winner,
BMI Award winner, over 2 million performances

Tell Laura I Love Her
Top Ten Pop song, BMI Award winner

Tell Me What He Said
Top Ten British Pop song

Then He Kissed Me/Then I Kissed Her
Top Ten Pop/R & B song, BMI Award winner,
over 1 million performances

 
 
Million-Selling Records Produced by Jeff Barry
 
The Monkees "I'm A Believer" (Gold Record, #36 All-Time Top #1 Hit)
The Archies "Sugar, Sugar" (Gold Record)
The Shangri-Las "Leader Of The Pack"
The Dixie Cups "Chapel Of Love"
The Monkees "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" (Gold Record)
The Shangri-Las "Remember" (Walkin' In The Sand)
Neil Diamond "Cherry, Cherry"
Bobby Bloom "Montego Bay"
Andy Kim "Baby, I Love You" (Gold Record)
The Jellybeans "I Wanna Love Him So Bad"
Neil Diamond "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon"
The Archies "Jingle Jangle" (Gold Record)
The Dixie Cups "Iko Iko"
 
 
Famous Television Theme Songs Written by Jeff Barry
 
Everything's Archie ("The Archie Show") CBS Network
Globetrottin' ("Harlem Globetrotters") CBS Network
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert NBC Network
Movin' On Up ("The Jeffersons") CBS Network
One Day At A Time CBS Network
Without Us ("Family Ties") NBC Network
 
 
Television Series featuring Jeff Barry Songs
 
"Murphy Brown"
"Will And Grace"
"Home Improvement"
"Ally McBeal"
"Miami Vice"
"Full House"
"Kate And Allie"
"St. Elsewhere"
"Benny Hill"
"Happy Days"
"Laverne And Shirley"
"As The World Turns"
"Cheers"
"China Beach"
"Roseanne"
"The Wonder Years"
"The Late Show With David Letterman"
"The Rosie O'Donnell Show"
 
Musicals featuring Jeff Barry Songs
 
How Do I Love You?
The Freaking Out Of Stephanie Blake
The Dirtiest Show In Town
Leader Of The Pack
Beehive
Knight Life
The Boy From Oz
 
Jeff Barry's Motion-Picture Work
 
Hello, Down There: vocals, songs, production
Whete It's At: vocals, theme song
The Idolmaker: film score, songs, production
Baby Sister: songs ( "When It Gets Too Hot," "Love Can")
All The Right Moves: production assistance
Spiker: film score, songs, production
Breakin' 2/Electric Boogaloo: song ("Oye Mamacita")
Your Mother Wears Combat Boots: film score
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure: song ("Boys And Girls Are Doin' It")
Jack Frost: executive producer

Movies and Documentaries featuring Jeff Barry Songs or Productions
 
Da Doo Ron Ron
Cactus Flower
Gremlins
Now and Then
Goodfellas
Dirtry Dancing
Baby Boom
The Ice Storm
Sixteen Candles
Baby, It's You
My Girl
Stripes
Full Metal Jacket
What's Love Got To Do With It?
How To Knit An American Quilt
Bridges of Madison County
Adventures In Babysitting
The Flamingo Kid
Mean Streets
Betsy's Wedding
Four Weddings And A Funeral
Forrest Gump
Natural Born Killers
LA Story
Father Of The Bride
Stonewall
Beefcake
Girl Groups: The Story Of A Sound
Chapel Of Love
Hitmakers!

AudioRecordings by Jeff Barry
 
SINGLES
 
It's Called Rock And Roll/Hip Couple
It Won't Hurt/Never, Never
Lenore/Why Does The Feeling Go Away?
The Face From Outer Space/Lonely Lips
All You Need Is A Quarter/Teen Quartet
That's What Girls Are For/Breakaway*
Big Bully Blues/Nine Feet Tall**
Shake, Shake, Sherry/The Memory Lingers On***
Never Take It Away/Unemployment Insurance***
Please, Mr. Scientist/Where You Used To Be***
Can You Waddle?/Can You Waddle (instumental)****
(We Got Love) Money Can't Buy/Welcome Home
Caravan Of Lonely Men/In My Tenement*****
Short Skirts/You Know I Do******
I'll Still Love You/Our Love Can Still Be Saved
Where It's At/Much Too Young
Mister Music Man/You Bring It All Together*******
Sweet Savior/Love Has Never Let Me Down
Walkin' In The Sun/Whatcha Wanna Do?
 
*as Timothy Hay **as Stevie Temple, Jr  ***as The Redwoods  ****as The Spartans  *****as The Lovers  ******as Billy Mitchell  *******as The Mission

CD/VHS/DVD Recordings by Jeff Barry
 
CHAPEL OF LOVE featuring JEFF BARRY and FRIENDS 
 
Popular Artists Produced by Jeff Barry
 
THE AD-LIBS
THE ARCHIES featuring RON DANTE
LISA HARTMAN BLACK
BOBBY BLOOM
THE BUTTERFLYS
PAUL DAVIS
NEIL DIAMOND
THE DIXIE CUPS
THE DRIFTERS
THE EXCITERS
CONNIE FRANCIS
PETER GALLAGHER
ROSEY GRIER
THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS
SAM HAWKINS
THE ILLUSION
TOMMY JAMES
JAY and THE AMERICANS
THE JELLYBEANS
ANDY KIM
KING HARVEST
THE KLOWNS featuring BARRY BOSTWICK
STEVE LAWRENCE and EYDIE GORMÉ
DARLENE LOVE
JOHNNY MATHIS and DENEICE WILLIAMS
THE McCOYS featuring RICK DERRINGER
ROBIN McNAMARA
BILL MEDLEY
THE MONKEES featuring MICKEY DOLENZ and DAVY JONES
THE PERSUASIONS
THE RAINDROPS featuring ELLIE GREENWICH
TONY RANDALL
THE RONETTES featuring RONNIE SPECTOR
SHA-NA-NA
THE SHANGRI-LAS
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
NINO TEMPO and APRIL STEVENS
JOHN TRAVOLTA
VITAMIN C
 
 
Jeff Barry's Background Singers
 
The Broadway Cast of "HAIR", THE BEACH BOYS, CINDY BULLINS, JAMIE CARR, VALERIE CARTER, PETER CETERA, POLLY CUTTER, SALLY DWORSKY, FRED FREEMAN, MIKEY HARRIS, BILLY HINSCHE, DENE HOFHEINZ, JOEY LEVINE, MICHAEL McDONALD, LESLIE and MERLE MILLER, HARRY NEHLS, MARC PISCITELLI, TIM SCHMITT, VALERIE SIMPSON, RAY STEVENS, THE SWEET INSPIRATIONS, JERRY TAWNEY, JEANNIE THOMAS, NICK UHRIG,
THE WATERS FAMILY 
and others
 
 
Jeff Barry's New York Studio Band
 
Sax: ART KAPLAN
Bass: JOEY MACHO and CHUCK RAINEY
Drums: GARY CHESTER and BUDDY SALTZMAN
Keyboads: ARTIE BUTLER and RON FRANGIPANE
Guitars: AL GORGONI, TRADE MARTIN and HUGH McCRACKEN
Engineers:  BROOKS ARTHUR, TOM DOWD, RAY HALL, MIKE MORAN, ART POLHEMUS, PHIL RAMONE, JOE VENNERI and FRED "PACO" WEINBERG
Studios: A & R RECORDING, ATLANTIC STUDIOS,
BELL SOUND, CENTURY SOUND, THE HIT FACTORY and RCA STUDIOS
 
 
Jeff Barry's Hollywood Studio Band
 
Sax: NINO TEMPO
Bass: BILL PERRY and LYLE RITZ
Drums: MIKE BAIRD and ED GREENE
Keyboards: TOM HENSLEY and CLARENCE MacDONALD
Guitars: BEN BENAY, ART MUNSON and THOM ROTELLA
Engineers: KEVIN KERN, NORM KINNEY, EARLE MANKEY, TAAVI MOTE, MARC PISCITELLI, RITCHIE POLODOR, ARMIN STEINER and TOMMY VICARI
Studios: A & M STUDIOS, AMERICAN STUDIOS,
BROTHER STUDIOS, CHEROKEE STUDIOS, LARRABEE SOUND, microPLANT STUDIOS, ONE STEP UP STUDIOS, RCA STUDIOS, REDONDO PACIFIC STUDIOS and SOUND LABS
 
 
Jeff Barry's Concert Band
 
Bass: RANDY TICO
Drums: DONZELL DAVIS
Keyboards: GEORGE FRIEDENTHAL
Guitar: ROBERT HUBER
Harmonica: LESLIE LEMBO
Vocal Group: JANA ANDERSON, MINDY STEIN and MELANIE TAYLOR
 
with additional musical accompaniment by
NED ALBRIGHT, VINNIE BELL, HAL BLAINE, BOBBY BLOOM, DAVID BORUFF, BRAD BURG, JIMMY CALVERT, AL CASEY, TOMMY CERONE, JERRY COLE, JACK CONRAD, VINCE DaROSA, STEVEN DEUTSCH, GEORGE DEVINS, SAL DiTROIA, ALAN ESTES, DAVID FOSTER, STAN FREE, GRANT GEISSMAN, DOUG GETSCHAL, NEIL GOLDBERG, BOBBY HUFF, JIM HUGHART, SID JEKOWSKY, FRANK KAPP, CAROLE KAYE, RICK LITTLEFIELD, HERB LOVELLE, CHARLES LLOYD, CHARLES MACEY, LOUIE MAURO, FRANK OWENS, RAY POHLMAN, LEE RITENOUR, AL ROGERS, EARL PALMER, TIM PIERCE, BERNARD PURDIE, DON RANDI, DICK ROMAFF, MIKE RUBINI, RUSS SAUNDERS, STEVE SOLES, IRVING SPICE, DAVID SPINOZZA,MARK SPIRO, AL STAHAELY, RAY STEVENS, DON THOMAS,JIM TYRELL, JULIUS WECHTER, BRIAN WHITCOMB
and many more
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Additional Research by Mark Chadbourne, JD Doyle, Gordon Pogoda, Joe Somsky and Neal Umphred
Billboard (USA) Chart Information Courtesy Joel Whitburn/Record Research, Inc
New Musical Express (UK) Chart Information Courtesy Guinness Publications, Ltd

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