On Songwriting - Episode 7 - The Brill Building
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- Опубликовано: 16 мар 2013
- Hit songwriter Christopher Ward (Alannah Myles, Diana Ross, Hilary Duff, Backstreet Boys) talks with Ellie Greenwich, writer of 'Be My Baby', 'Da Doo Ron Ron', and 'River Deep Mountain High', about working at the legendary Brill Building in NY, and writing 'Leader of the Pack' for The Shangri-las.
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A fight in the ladies room at the Brill building! Brilliant! Timeless records and footage
love her background voice on Neil Diamond’s songs, such as Cherry Cherry . She was multi-talented.
Awesome video, I love all the 60’s Brill Building writing teams...so many great songs.
With all the great music she wrote or co-wrote,, I still hear her voice singing that wonderful background on Cherry Cherry by Neil Background....and some of his other songs. Love it!
My favorite Ellie song is BABY. Great chord changes....unique melody......simple words. A beautiful Boy/Girl love song. Every boy or girl has has called the one they love "BABY"❤️💋
Ellie in her prime! Love the accent..........
Ellie was such a babe here!
GREAT MUSIC AND A GREAT BUILDING ! ! ! !!...............RALPH BRILL, JR. ITHACA, N.Y.
They’re not a bunch of dime singers as you Americans say ! Although they didn’t have much success with “Leader Of The Pack” It was banned in England 🏴! I Knew the song when I was younger but I didn’t know who it was by. Some Thirty Years Later I heard it again on a local radio station in Birmingham England. So what did these girls look like? They were street tough and I suppose that’s what one had to be in those days. Their legacy will not be forgotten for a long time. Over here in England we had The likes of Dusty Springfield Sandie Shaw Cilla Black etc. anyway forward to 2019 I heard on RUclips that Mary Weiss had an LP out called “Dangerous Game” I went to a record shop in Newcastle England I took a gamble and it paid off big time! Whoever you are try and get hold of it! It might change your mind about calling the Shangri-Las “Dime Singers”! Kind regards Kevin Simpson From Wallsend in England.
One of the best! Love it
You didn’t mention that George “Shadow” Morton played a big part in the writing of Leader Of The Pack. Ellie gives him a lot of credit in another interview I’ve seen.
The brill building. Where it all started. Rog. Pacific sunset records.
god bless!
What is the Kroeger or Kroger book that is mentioned at the start of this interview?
Yea. Well what do expect with big city girls. Wrough them up a little and you have the best of friends 💛 after. It worked for me.
what the hack happened to episode 6
2:20 - 3:56
time less material..
She can't really answer the question b/c she didn't write the song. We all know who did. She & Jeff got credit for getting Shadow in the door. Nice of them, huh ?
The Shangrilas, a bunch of dime a dozen singers, gave the genius song writer Ellie Greenwich a hard time. She should have fired them.
I disagree. They were not dime of dozen singers. They may of had attitude and had to be taught, but, they had talent. You can hear it in their songs and see it in the performances.
I'll bet it was the Ganser twins who did that. They seemed to be NY tough and mouthy but not all that bad and Ellie probably over exagerates it here.
My wife reminds me of one of those Gender girls. Yah tough girl from the big city. But with a little love and care she turned into a real sweet 💓.