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Jeff Barry is an American songwriter, record producer, and music publisher. He is best known for his work with the Brill Building songwriting team of Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector. He has written or co-written many hit songs, including "Be My Baby" (The Ronettes), "Chapel of Love" (The Dixie Cups), "Da Doo Ron Ron" (The Crystals), "Leader of the Pack" (The Shangri-Las), and "River Deep – Mountain High" (Ike & Tina Turner). Barry was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in the Bronx. He attended the High School of Music and Art in Manhattan. After graduating, he worked as a song plugger for music publisher Don Kirshner. He then began writing songs with Greenwich and Spector, and in 1962, he co-wrote his first hit, "Chapel of Love" with Greenwich. Barry went on to write or co-write many more hits, including "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" (Manfred Mann), "Sugar, Sugar" (The Archies), and "I'm Gonna Love You Too" (The Hullaballoos). He also wrote the theme song for the television show The Partridge Family. In the 1970s, Barry moved into producing and publishing. He produced albums for artists such as The Partridge Family, The Archies, and The Monkees. He also founded his own music publishing company, Jeff Barry Music. Barry has been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He continues to write and produce music today.

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Occupation music_department,soundtrack,composer
Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 3 April 1938
Birthday 3 April
Birthplace Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Nationality United States

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Jeff Barry Height, Weight & Measurements

At 85 years old, Jeff Barry height is 6' 4" (1.93 m) .

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Height 6' 4" (1.93 m)
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Who Is Jeff Barry's Wife?

His wife is Nancy Elissa Ganan (20 October 1984 - present) ( 2 children), Elizabeth Gaunt (12 May 1979 - 8 September 1983) ( divorced), Jennifer O'Neill (3 June 1978 - 26 June 1979) ( divorced), Nancy Calcagno (23 January 1967 - 23 May 1978) ( divorced) ( 2 children), Ellie Greenwich (1962 - 1965) ( divorced)

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Wife Nancy Elissa Ganan (20 October 1984 - present) ( 2 children), Elizabeth Gaunt (12 May 1979 - 8 September 1983) ( divorced), Jennifer O'Neill (3 June 1978 - 26 June 1979) ( divorced), Nancy Calcagno (23 January 1967 - 23 May 1978) ( divorced) ( 2 children), Ellie Greenwich (1962 - 1965) ( divorced)
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Jeff Barry Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Jeff Barry worth at the age of 85 years old? Jeff Barry’s income source is mostly from being a successful Music Department. He is from United States. We have estimated Jeff Barry's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2023 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Timeline

1991

In 1991 Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich were inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame.

1974

"I Honestly Love You," composed with Peter Allen, became a #1 hit for Olivia Newton-John in 1974; and in 1984 Jeffrey Osborne and Joyce Kennedy hit the Top 40 with another Barry composition, "The Last Time I Made Love," written with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.

1971

In 1971 Jeff moved to Los Angeles, and during the remainder of the '70s and into the '80s he composed for TV shows and movies, including the theme songs for One Day at a Time (1975), The Jeffersons (1975) and Family Ties (1982) and the score for The Idolmaker (1980), and continued to enjoy success as a writer of pop songs.

1970

Most of The Archies' 11 singles and five studio albums were produced by Jeff, and in 1970 he was at the production helm for Ron Dante's first solo album, "Ron Dante Brings You Up", for which he and Andy collaborated on the title track, "Let Me Bring You Up.

" Also in 1970, he wrote and produced for Robin McNamara ("Lay a Little Lovin' On Me") and Bobby Bloom ("Montego Bay").

1969

The Barry/Kim team literally struck gold in 1969 with a tune that would go on to become RIAA Record of the Year and earn The Archies their first gold record - "Sugar, Sugar. " The group's followup single, "Jingle Jangle," another Barry-Kim composition, garnered a second gold record.

1968

In 1968 Kirshner was appointed to do the music for a new Saturday-morning cartoon series, The Archie Show (1968), and one of the first people he brought to the project was Jeff. He in turn brought in session singer Ron Dante to handle lead vocal honors for the fictional The Archies musical group. In addition to acting as The Archies' producer, Jeff was also its primary songwriter, penning somewhere between 70 and 100 tunes for the group during the course of the next three years (it's hard to pin down the exact number because not all of the tracks were released on vinyl. ) In addition to writing the show's theme song and a few dozen full-length tunes, he also composed mini-songs to accompany each Dance of the Week, a staple of the show's first season. Jeff also lent vocals to several Archies recordings, including backgrounds on tracks such as "You Little Angel, You" and "Jingle Jangle" (using his "bass man" voice) and spoken-word parts on "A Summer Prayer for Peace" (Jeff was the numbers guy in the narrative). During the same time period, Jeff wrote for and produced an up-and-coming singer, Canadian-born-and-bred Andy Kim. Recording for Jeff's own label, Steed Records, Andy had hits with remakes of Jeff's Ronettes tunes "Baby I Love You" and "Be My Baby. " Jeff and Andy jointly composed many songs Andy recorded and released on albums and singles, including "How'd We Ever Get This Way," "Rainbow Ride," and "So Good Together. " Since Jeff and Andy were, indeed, So Good Together as songwriting partners, it was only natural that they join forces to pen tunes for The Archies.

1966

In 1966 Barry was recruited by music supervisor Don Kirshner to produce sessions for The Monkees. Jeff brought several Neil Diamond tunes for the group to record, among them a gem that would go on to become one of the biggest-selling singles of all time--produced by Jeff, The Monkees' "I'm a Believer," sailed to the top of the charts and hasn't been absent from the airwaves since then.

1965

By 1965, despite their enormous success as songwriting partners, harmony was absent from Jeff and Ellie's marriage. Within a year the couple divorced, and shortly after the Spector-produced "River Deep, Mountain High" was recorded by Tina Turner and released to a less than favorable reception, Jeff and Ellie's professional alliance was history as well, but not before they'd discovered a brilliant new young singer/songwriter named Neil Diamond and co-produced his first recordings for songwriter Bert Berns and Bert Berns'' label, Bang Records.

1964

In 1964 Jeff and Ellie, with Leiber and Stoller, started a new label, Red Bird Records, and began cranking out hits for The Dixie Cups ("Chapel of Love") and The Shangri-Las ("Leader Of The Pack").

1962

In October of 1962 Jeff married Ellie Greenwich, a pretty blonde whom he'd met at a family gathering a couple of years before (her uncle was married to his cousin). Ellie was herself a tunesmith and had been working with the songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Ellie introduced Jeff to her newest songwriting partner, Phil Spector. During the next two years the songwriting team of Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich was virtually unstoppable--along with Spector, they defined the Girl Group sound, turning out hit after hit for The Ronettes ("Be My Baby," "Baby, I Love You"), The Crystals ("Da Doo Ron Ron," "Then He Kissed Me") and others.

1960

In 1960 he landed on the R&B charts with the lovely ballad "Teenage Sonata," as recorded by Sam Cooke. Later that year Jeff realized his first pop hit with another Barry/Raleigh collaboration, "Tell Laura I Love Her. " Given his love of cowboys and horses, his original lyric had the hero, Tommy, dying after being gored by a Brahma bull during a rodeo; the publisher, however, felt that not many people would be able to identify with that scenario, so Jeff changed it to a stock-car race and a crash. Brilliantly executed by RCA label mate Ray Peterson, "Tell Laura" sailed up the charts into the Top Ten in the U. S. and not too long afterwards was covered by British singer Ricky Valance, who took it all the way to #1 in the United Kingdom.

1958

In 1958, through a family friend, Jeff was introduced to someone in the music business, publisher Arnold Shaw. Jeff had written several original tunes, which he performed when he auditioned for Shaw. Although impressed with Jeff's singing voice, Shaw was even more impressed with his talent as a songwriter. Jeff was signed to RCA Records and in short order recorded and released the self-penned "It's Called Rock and Roll," backed with "Hip Couple. " Other singles followed, like "Teen Quartet," "It Won't Hurt," and "Lonely Lips," written with Ben Raleigh, one of his finest early efforts as a vocalist. In between, Jeff's talents as a composer were beginning to overshadow his singing aspirations.

1938

Jeff Barry was born in Brooklyn, New York, on April 3, 1938. As a child, he developed two interests which never left him: cowboys and music. After graduating from Erasmus Hall High School and doing a stint in the army, where he often sang with military bands, he enrolled in City College of New York to study engineering;, but his desire to sing professionally was overshadowing any other vocational leanings he may have had.