Jeff Barry
Jeff Barry( born Joel Adelberg; April 3, 1938) is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer.
Among the most successful songs that he has co-written in his career are" Do Wah Diddy Diddy Da Doo Ron RonThen He Kissed MeBe My BabyChapel of Love", and" River Deep- Mountain High"( all written with his then- wife Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector);" Leader of the Pack"( written with Greenwich and Shadow Morton); and" Sugar, Sugar"( written with Andy Kim).
Alonso Mudarra
Alonso Mudarra( c. 1510 – April 1, 1580) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance, and also played the vihuela, a guitar- shaped string instrument.
He was an innovative composer of instrumental music as well as songs, and was the composer of the earliest surviving music for the guitar.
Julie-Anne Dineen
Julie- Anne Dineen was an Irish singer who was a breast cancer survivor and an ambassador for fund raising for the cause.
She released her charity single" Do You Believe" that reached# 1 in the Irish Singles Chart in March 2009 staying for 1 week at the top of the chart.
The proceeds went to the Symptomatic Breast Cancer unit at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Ireland, where Dineen had just finished treatment for breast cancer.
She completed a tour of Limerick schools where she performed her chart topping song, spreading a cancer aware message.
She followed her chart success with a Top 3 hit in Ireland, a cover of River Deep – Mountain High" released in October 2009.
Julie Anne Dineen died in November, 2011.
Kathy High
Kathryn High( born 1954) is an American interdisciplinary artist, curator, and scholar known for her work in BioArt, video art and performance art.
Phil Spector
Phillip Harvey Spector (born Harvey Phillip Spector, December 26, 1939) is an American record producer, musician, and songwriter who developed the Wall of Sound, a music production formula he described as a Wagnerian approach to rock and roll.
Spector was dubbed the "First Tycoon of Teen" by writer Tom Wolfe and is acknowledged as one of the most influential figures in pop music history.
After the 1970s, Spector mostly retired from public life.
In 2009, he was convicted of second-degree murder and has remained incarcerated since.
Born in the Bronx, Spector began his career in 1958 as co-founder, guitarist, and vocalist of the Teddy Bears, penning their US number-one single "To Know Him
Is to Love Him".
In 1960, he co-founded Philles Records, and at the age of 21, became the youngest ever US label owner to that point.
Over the next several years, he wrote, co-wrote, or produced records for acts such as the Ronettes and the Crystals, and later, John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles.
He often employed what would become known as "the Wrecking Crew" as his de facto house band while collaborating with arranger Jack Nitzsche, engineer Larry Levine, and various Brill Building songwriters.
Spector's other chart-topping singles include "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"
(co-written and produced for the Righteous Brothers, 1964), "The Long and Winding Road" (produced for the Beatles, 1970), and "My Sweet Lord" (produced for Harrison, 1970).
Spector is considered the first auteur among musical artists for the unprecedented freedom and control he had over every phase of the recording process.
Additionally, he helped engender the idea of the studio as an instrument, the integration of pop art aesthetics into music (art pop), and the art rock genre.
His honors include the 1973 Grammy Award for Album of the Year for co-producing Harrison's "Concert for Bangladesh" (1971), a 1989 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and a 1997 induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
In 2004, "Rolling Stone" magazine ranked Spector number 63 on their list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".
According to BMI, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" is the song that received the most US airplay in the 20th century.
By the mid-1970s, Spector had produced eighteen US Top 10 singles for various artists, but following work with Leonard Cohen, Dion DiMucci, and the Ramones, he remained largely inactive and affected by personal struggles.
In 2003, the actress Lana Clarkson was found dead from a bullet wound in Spector's home.
He maintained to authorities and the media that she had accidentally shot herself.
From 2007 to 2009, he was the subject of two trials, the second of which ended in a guilty verdict.
He is serving a prison sentence of 19 years to life and will be eligible for parole in 2025.
Do You Believe (Julie-Anne Dineen song)
" Do You Believe" is a charity single by Julie- Anne Dineen that was released in March 2009 reaching number 1 on the Irish Singles Chart staying top for 1 week.
The song was written by Philip Scanlon.
The proceeds of the single went to the Symptomatic Breast Cancer unit at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Ireland, where Dineen had just finished treatment for breast cancer.
She has just completed a tour of Limerick schools where she performed her chart topping song and spreading a cancer aware message.
She followed her chart success with a Top 3 hit in Ireland, a cover of" River Deep – Mountain High" released in October 2009.
Ellie Greenwich
Eleanor Louise Greenwich( October 23, 1940 – August 26, 2009) was an American pop music singer, songwriter, and record producer.
She wrote or co-wrote" Be My BabyChristmas( Baby Please Come Home) Da Doo Ron RonLeader of the PackDo Wah Diddy Diddy", and" River Deep – Mountain High", among others.
Chris Wilson (American musician)
Chris Wilson( born September 10, 1952 in Waltham, Massachusetts) is a guitarist, multi instrumentalist singer/ songwriter most known for his role as the singer of the best- remembered line- up San Francisco band the Flamin' Groovies, having replaced original singer Roy Loney in 1971.
With Wilson on lead vocals, the band released their influential 1976 albums" Shake Some ActionFlamin Groovies NowJumpin' In The Night" and" The Gold Star Tapes", where the Groovies recorded their thunderous rendition of Ike and Tina Turner's Phil Spector produced song" River Deep, Mountain High".
Chris returned to the U.S. to rejoin the Groovies in 2013 and the band toured extensively in Europe, America, Japan and Australia from 2013- 2017.
In 2014, Chris moved back to the U.S. to Gresham, Oregon, where he now resides.
The Flamin Groovies played their last show with Chris in Mexico City in May 2018.
Chris went into rehab in Washington state in December 2018, and has taken a hiatus from performing to study at Mount Hood Community College in Gresham.
He is engaged to Lori Christian, and they have plans to marry soon and move to the Oregon coast, and Chris continues to write songs and play in Oregon and the West coast.
His song" Shake Some Action", co-written with[[ Cyril Jordan]], appeared in the 1995 movie"[[ Clueless( film)| Clueless]] Shake Some Action" has been used recently in various TV shows in the States, and has been covered by hundreds of bands.
River Deep – Mountain High
"River Deep – Mountain High" is a 1966 single by Ike & Tina Turner released on Philles Records in 1966.
It is considered by producer Phil Spector to be his best work. "
Rolling Stone" ranked "River Deep – Mountain High" #33 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, "NME" ranked it #37 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
The single did not perform well upon its original release in the US, but it was successful in Europe.
Spector claimed to be pleased with the response from the critics and his peers, but he then withdrew from the music industry for two years, beginning his personal decline.
After a revival of the song from covers by Eric Burdon and the Animals and Deep Purple in 1968, the original version was reissued by A&M records in 1969.
White Houses (Eric Burdon and the Animals song)
White Houses is a song performed by Eric Burdon& the Animals in 1968.
It was the opening track from their psychedelic rock album" Every One Of UsWhite Houses" peaked# 67 on the US pop singles chart and# 46 on the Canadian RPM charts.
The B-side on the United States release was" Anything", from the" Winds of Change" album of the previous year, and which had been previously released as a single from that album.
On releases in Canada, Germany, Spain and Brazil, the B-side was" River Deep, Mountain High", later included on their album" Love IsRiver Deep, Mountain High" was also viewed as the A- side of the release, and was released as a separate single in 1969.
In 1995, Burdon re-recorded the song.
It is featured on" Absolutely the Best"( 1999).
In 2002, it was covered by Ed Kuepper as a part of a medley, which featured the song" Hey Gyp", another song performed by Eric Burdon.

Question: What is the place of birth of the composer of song River Deep – Mountain High?
Answer: Bronx