The Hey folks and welcome once again to Soda Jerker on songwriting. For this episode we're paying another long overdue visit to 1619 Broadway

aka the Brill Building and speaking to one of its most illustrious former occupants.

He's a songwriter and producer with a list of chart hits as long as your arm,

and inductee of both the songwriting and rock and roll halls of fame,

who is widely and justly credited as one of the architects of the Girl Group sound that dominated 60s US pop music.

With his principal collaborator, the late Ellie Greenwich, he managed to tap into the collective

Saikehi of young America with astonishing accuracy and consistency, producing a catalogue of songs that quite simply represent the gold standard of pop music.

We are immensely proud to welcome the Colossus that is Jeff Barry to the show.

Yeah, as long time listeners to the podcast might be aware,

the Brill Building era is a chapter of music history

that's of endless fascination to us,

and we've been lucky enough to talk to several of its major players

on previous episodes.

Yeah, I mean we've had people like Mike Stola of Libra and Stola, Barryman and Cynthia Weil,

Neil Siddaka, they've all shared their memories of that time with us on past shows. We can't wait to hear Jeff's

recollections as well as much more about his long and impressive career.

Mr Barry will be along in a few minutes, but first we'll make a valiant attempt to

summarize his story so far.

He was born Joel Adelberg in Brooklyn, New York City in 1938.

He became interested in performing and consequently songwriting

while at high school, forming a do-wop group with his classmates called the Tarry Tones.

After graduation and a year-long stint in the army, he studied design at New York City College

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