Mann-Weil wrote: "On Broadway"-The Drifters "Who Put The Bomp"(Mann wrote this with Gerry Goffin and sung this hit) "Uptown" and "He's Sure The Boy I Love"-The Crystals "My Dad"-Paul Petersen "Blame It On The Bossa Nova"-Eydie Gorme "Only In America"-Jay and The Americans "Bless You"-Tony Orlando "Saturday Night At The Movies"-The Drifters "I'm Gonna Be Strong" and "Looking Through The Eyes Of Love"-Gene Pitney "Walking In The Rain"-The Ronettes
Mann with others: "She Say(Oom Dooby Dom)"-The Diamonds "Footsteps"-Steve Lawrence "I Love How You Love Me"-Paris Sisters "Patches"-Dicky Lee
From the catalog of Greenwich-Barry: "Tell Laura I Love Her"-Ray Peterson "Do Doo Ron Ron" and "Then He Kissed Me"-The Crystals "Wait Till My Bobby Gets Home" "Today I Met The Boy I'm Gonna Marry"
And with Phil Spector "Christmas(Baby, Please Come Home)"-Darlene Love "Be My Baby" and "Baby I Love You"-The Ronettes "What A Guy" and "The Kind Of Boy You Can't Forget"-The Raindrops "Do Wah Diddy"-originally by The Exciters, remade by Manfred Mann "I Wanna Love Him So Bad"-The Jelly Beans "Chapel Of Love" and "Iko Iko"-The Dixie Cups
Some of the tunes of Pomus-Shuman: "I'm A Tiger" "Turn Me Loose" and "Hound Dog Man"-Fabian "A Teenager In Love"-Dion and The Belmonts "Hushabye"-The Mystics "Go Jimmy Go"-Jimmy Clanton "Save The Last Dance For Me" "This Magic Moment" and "Sweets For My Sweet"-The Drifters "Viva Las Vegas" "Surrender" "Little Sister" and "Marie's The Name (of His Latest Flame)"-Elvis Presley "Suspicion"-Terry Stafford and "Can't Get To Losing You"-Andy Williams
Pomus with Jerry Leiber-Mike Stoller: "Youngblood"-The Coasters
Lieber-Stoller wrote or co-wrote: "Stand By Me" "Spanish Harlem" (with Phil Spector) and "I Who Have Nothing"-Ben E. King "Is That All There Is?"-Peggy Lee "Bossa Nova Baby"-Elvis Presley "On Broadway"-The Drifters. The duo also discovered Neil Diamond, as a songwriter. Diamond sang later.
Bacharach-David created: The songs of Dionne Warwick, "Baby It's You"-The Shirelles "Any Day Now"-Chuck Jackson "Magic Moments"-Perry Como "Make It Easy On Yourself"-Several singers have had a hit on this. "Only Love Can Break A Heart" "Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa" and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"-Gene Pitney "There's Always Something There To Remind Me"-Several singers had a hit on this song too. "Wives And Lovers"-Jack Jones.
There'll be more to come later!
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