Ellie Greenwich - NINE OUT OF TEN (Unreleased demo 1963)

[@147Brighton]

How can anything as fine as this be so obscure? I'll never understand it.

She has a very soulful pleasing timbre

[@KCStuffedAnimal]

Uncanny, how Jeff Barry wrote these Reggae-sounding songs in the early Sixties! Other examples are "Candle In The Wind" (Tony Mitchell) and "Blow Out The Sun" (Della Reese). Later on, his compositions "Sugar, Sugar" and "Montego Bay" became very popular in the Caribbean.

[@mikegerrish3459]

A friend of mine found the Screen-Gems acetate for "Can't Hide The Hurtin'" in the Portobello Road Market in London, several years ago. He was always doing things like that!!

[@louislamonte334]

It's a mystery why this wasn't released as a solo single for Ellie. The actual single was released with a obscure singer listed as "Michael-Ann" on a small record label called Kip records. Does anybody know who she actually was?

[@SallyGirl15]

I actually graduated High School with her. Levittown Memorial HS, 1957, Levittown NY

[@louislamonte334]

@@SallyGirl15 No kidding! What was she like in High School? Thank you for sharing!

[@SallyGirl15]

She was actually very, very nice and extremely talented. She wrote many songs. Google her, you'll be amazed. She passed away in 2009.

[@louislamonte334]

@@SallyGirl15 I love Ellie Greenwich! Thank you again for sharing! I'm a big fan! Have a great day today!

[@SallyGirl15]

@@louislamonte334 You're very welcome. You have a great day too 😊

[@fargeeks]

I like this song

[@alain59200]

thank Anthony

[@kurtwakeling934]

Wow, this is a new tune on me, fantastic 👍😁

[@docnflossie7351]

Thanx

[@recordguy4321]

wow! and thanks for the link to the released version

[@clareons]

God bless you Billy and Natalie is a Goddess lol xxx

[@paulridley-thomas1371]

It could have been a Raindrops single

[@rslitman]

That's how she discovered Neil Diamond. He hired her to record demos of songs he wrote when he was still a struggling songwriter. She thought he should be recording and releasing his own songs, so she convinced Jeff Barry that they should produce him.