[Drumbo]

Counting down Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songs of all time:
#18

Maybellene
~ Chuck Berry ~

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[Publius]

THE TOP 10 OF 13 NOVEMBER 1965

#3

Len Barry, a.k.a. Leonard Borishoff, had been the lead singer of the Dovells in the early Sixties (“Bristol Stomp”). He was later to become a record producer, a part of the Philly Sound of the Seventies. This was the first of the three hits he would have as Len Barry.

The song was written by Barry, John Madara and Dave White. John and Dave had written a number of hits on their own to include Lesley Gore’s famous “You Don’t Own Me”. Dave had been with Danny & the Juniors. This was a conjunction of talents from the doo-wop era,

Len Barry: “1-2-3"