Come on Home-The Raindrops.wmv

IS THIS IS THE GROUP IN THE PHOTO???...Laura Greenwich, Ellie Greenwich, and Jeff Barry...Jeff Barry (b. Jeffrey Adelberg, April 3, 1939, Brooklyn, New York) and Ellie Greenwich (b. Oct. 23, 1940, Brooklyn) were from two families related by marriage, and first met at a family gathering in 1944 when they were age five and four, respectively.

Berry's family moved to Newark, New Jersey where he listened to Country and Western; writing his first song "I Gotta Gun, I Gotta Pony, I Gotta Sweetheart Too" at the age of seven. Greenwich's family moved to Levittown, Long Island where she began writing songs in junior high school even as she studied music, and led a girl trio called the Jivettes while still in high school --Greenwich's instrument at the time was the accordion.

Barry graduated from Erasmus Hall High School in 1955, put in some army service, and afterward attended City College in Manhattan. In 1959 Adeberg recorded his first record "Hip Couple" for RCA Records under his self-created professional name Jeff Barry. Meanwhile, Ellie Greenwich, a student at Holstra University, released her very first commercial recording in 1958 (under the name Ellie Gaye), entitled "Cha-Cha-Charming," on RCA. Neither of their records sold well.

Barry entered the music business in a more successful manner in 1959 as a songwriter working for E.B. Marks Publishers.

Barry and Greenwich met once again at a Thanksgiving dinner in 1959 at Greenwich's aunt's house. Barry was married at the time. Barry's first chart hit was "Teenage Sonata" by Sam Cooke. The big success came along the next year Top Ten pop hit "Tell Laura I Love Her," one of the most haunting and notorious of the teenage "death songs" that became popular in the early '60s. Ray Peterson scored a huge hit with it that year. As his marriage began to crumble, Barry began including Greenwich in his activities, paying her $15 a session to record some demos of his songs. By the end of the 1960, Barry was divorced, and he and Greenwich began dating, writing, and recording demos together at the Brill Building, where Barry's publisher employer was based. A few more of Barry's records were released, as were Greenwich records credited to Ellie Gee and Kellie Douglas. None of them sold.

Greenwich graduated Hofstra and auditioned for a staff writing position with Lieber and Stoller. They hired her for Trio Records for $100 a week. In collaboration with writers like Ben Raleigh and Tony Powers, Greenwich got a half dozen of her songs recorded. Meanwhile, Barry recorded as a singer with several groups, including the Redwoods for Epic Records and the Spartans for Web Records.

Their marital partnership began on October 28, 1962, but their songwriting partnership had to wait, as each was signed to a different publishing company. They finally linked up in business a year later, and spent much of that time collaborating with Phil Spector on such songs as "Da Doo Ron Ron," "Then He Kissed Me," "Be My Baby," and "Baby I Love You."

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[dvo1919]

I don't think this is the Greenwich-Barry Raindrops. It's a different doo wop group.

[myraredoowop]

@dvo1919 .I think you are correct,thanks

[008mrmusic]

This group started in 1959 they are the original Raindrops and they recorded on Imperial records later two of the guys became the Jumpin' Tones which was started by Pat Zito