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Jeff Barry

Jeff Barry (born Joel Adelberg, April 3, 1938, Brooklyn, New York) is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer. Among the most successful songs that he has co-written in his career are "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Then He Kissed Me", "Be My Baby", "Chapel 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).

Early career

Barry was born in Brooklyn to a Jewish family. His 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.

After graduating from Erasmus Hall High School, Barry served in the Army, then returned to New York where he attended City College. Although he leaned toward a degree in engineering, his main aspiration was to become a singer. He left college in the late '50s to sign with RCA Records, courtesy of music publisher Arnold Shaw. Around this time, he adopted a new name more in tune with show business, borrowing "Jeff" from actor Jeff Chandler and "Barry" from family friends.

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Jeff Barry (baseball)

Jeffrey Finis Barry (born September 22, 1968, in Medford, Oregon) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He is an alumnus of the San Diego State University.

Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 4th round of the 1990 Major League Baseball Draft, Barry made his Major League Baseball debut with the New York Mets on June 9, 1995, and appear in his final game on October 3, 1999. In 2000, Barry played in Japan for the Chiba Lotte Marines.