Fact #15215
When:
Short story:
Top songwriting and production team Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller overhear Ellie Greenwich singing in the next room at The Brill Building, New York City, USA, and offer her a job as a staff writer with Red Bird Records.
Full article:
Mike Stoller : We were really supervisors, working with these young producers and writers. We would discuss things with them, be bouncing boards for them.
Ellie Greenwich : Girls was happening on the charts, so girls kept coming into the office. When teen idols were happening, every office was filled with aspiring Frankie Avalons. If the group sounded good and looked good, we'd take a shot. We didn't think in terms of 'girl groups'. We never put a label on it.
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Ellie Greenwich : Girls was happening on the charts, so girls kept coming into the office. When teen idols were happening, every office was filled with aspiring Frankie Avalons. If the group sounded good and looked good, we'd take a shot. We didn't think in terms of 'girl groups'. We never put a label on it.
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