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  • Paul Leka, a Songwriter of ‘Na Na Hey Hey,’ Dies at 68

    10/24/2011 6:37:53 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 25 replies
    NYTimes ^ | 10/24/11
    Paul Leka, a songwriter and producer who worked with many recording stars but who was best known for writing the chanting chorus of “Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye),” a No. 1 hit in 1969 that was reborn in the 1970s as a sports arena anthem, died on Oct. 12 in a hospice near his home in Sharon, Conn. He was 68. The cause was lung cancer, said his brother, George. Mr. Leka made his name in the Tin Pan Alley tradition, writing or arranging songs for other people. He wrote and produced “Green Tambourine,” a No. 1 hit...