Ellie Greenwich passed away today, August 26, 2009 at the age of 68. This song written by Mark Barkan and Ben Raleigh, and this is a 78 rpm acetate demo from about 1963 that Ellie sang on (as she often did sing on demos for a lot of writers).. The tune was later recorded by the LeVons for the Columbia record label but in my opinion this demo version is much better. I got to speak to Ellie a couple of months back about this demo recording and she was delighted to have a copy of it (the copy I sent her was much cleaner than the audio found in this video, which is deliberately low quality so that it doesn't get bootlegged -- I was hoping Ellie was going to do something with it and her other early demo recordings someday but now that isn't likely going to happen). RIP Ellie, we will all miss you and we thank you for all of the wonderful music you've helped make a part of our lives. God bless you.
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