Jeff Barry was born on Joel Adelberg; April 3,1938 and is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer.
11 Facts About Jeff Barry
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Jeff Barry's parents divorced when he was seven, and his mother moved him and his sister to Plainfield, New Jersey, where they resided for several years before returning to New York.
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Jeff Barry left college in the late '50s to sign with RCA Records, courtesy of music publisher Arnold Shaw.
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Jeff Barry recorded several singles for RCA label, including the self-penned "It's Called Rock and Roll", backed with "Hip Couple", released in 1959.
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Some of Jeff Barry's demos ended up in the hands of Elvis Presley and other major artists of the day.
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In late 1966, Jeff Barry was asked to produce tracks for the Monkees, a music group put together specifically as the stars of an NBC sitcom, called The Monkees.
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Jeff Barry had recently founded his own label, Steed Records, and one of his most successful recording artists was Montreal native Andy Kim, who had hits with remakes of Jeff Barry's Ronettes tunes "Be My Baby" and "Baby, I Love You".
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In 1970, Jeff Barry wrote and produced singles and albums for Archies lead singer Ron Dante, Bobby Bloom, and Robin McNamara, among others.
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In recent years, Jeff Barry has been involved in several projects, among them the stage musical "The Girl Who Would Be King", written by the husband-and-wife team of Prudence Fraser and Robert Sternin, best known for their writing and production work on the CBS series The Nanny.
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In 2016, Jeff Barry composed songs for the musical theater show "Jambalaya the Musical" along with his production partner, Clarence Jey, a US Billboard and viral record producer.
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Jeff Barry was involved in part of the music in the Hallmark Channel movie titled "My Christmas Love".