1961 - Story Of The Ring / I Want Your Love (Rona 1004)
1961 - Please Let It Be You / Down Around The Corner (Rona 1003)
1962 - Don't Run Away From Love / Two Different Worlds (Rona 1005)
1962 - Never Before / Whenever You Kiss Me (Rona 1006)
Biography :
Steve Barri was born Steven Barry Lipkin in Brooklyn, New York, on
February 23, 1942. His family moved to California when he was just a
child. He began his career as a songwriter. He submitted his songs to
Screen Gems Music which was run by Lou Adler. Adler liked Barri's songs,
and helped him get his first recording of a Barri original. Steve
teamed with Bernie Reed. Warner wrote "The Nortones, Bernie Reed and
Steve Barry, The two 18-years-olds who comprise the group, play their
own guitar accompaniment as well as write their own material". In May
Their manager, Norty Beckman sends them to the studio were they record
four songs. The same month, Warner released "Suzie Jones" / "That's The
Way The Cookie Crumbles" as the Nortones.
Steve
Barri
The single wasn't a hit but it was a way into the business
for the newly minted music professional, and over the next few years
Barri tried several other avenues of expression, including cutting a few
records as a singer, all to no avail. In the early '60s he teamed up
with Carol Connors, an ex-member of the Teddy Bears (notable as an early
group featuring Phil Spector in its lineup, and for its recording of
his "To Know Him Is to Love Him") -- they didn't succeed as a duo, and
subsequently formed a trio, the Storytellers, with Connors' sister
Cheryl, and their debut single on Dimension, "When Two People (Are in
Love)," brought Barri back into the orbit of Lou Adler, who produced the
record. This successful entrepreneur then paired Barri with protege
(Phil) P.F. Sloan and together the new team began creating material for
many of Adler's acts. Jan And Dean, Johnny Rivers and Terry Black were
among those benefiting from Sloan/Barri songs, while the duo also
recorded in their own right under various pseudonyms, notably the
surfing act the Fantastic Baggys.
