I think Jeff Barry did the music for some of the Babysitter's Club.

What bon bon said. It's about old skool Baby-Sitters Club. I don't think it's especially funny.

(Was Dawn the one from California?)

I think Jeff Barry did the music for some of the Babysitter's Club.

You mean the TV show, right? I never saw it.

Who's Jeff Barry?

Who's Jeff Barry?

He's who put the bomp in bomp a-bomp a-bomp, who put the ram in the ram a-lama ding dong, who put the bop in the bop shoo bop shoo bop, who put the dip in the dip da dip da dip. He was the man and I'd like to shake his hand -- and I mean it from the bottom of my boogity boogity boogity shoe -- he made my baby fall in love with me. He also wrote a bunch of great songs with his wife Cynthia Weil, including "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin," "On Broadway," "Walking in the Rain" and "We Gotta Get Out of This Place".

ETA: Almost forgot "Da Doo Ron Ron". I met him on a Sunday and my heart stood still...

Sort of what Joe said.

Actually Barry Mann wrote Who Put The Bomp, and was married to Cynthia Weil.

Jeff was married to Ellie Greenwich and wrote "Be My Baby."

Neither one of these should be confused with the Goffin/King Brill Building husband and wife team.

Also, Jeff Barry was the main songwriter/producer of The Archies and also wrote The Jeffersons' theme song. ("I'm movin' on up / to the East Side / to that Deeee-luxe apartment in the sky /I'm movin' on up...")

Jeff was married to Ellie Greenwich and wrote "Be My Baby."

Oops. Sorry. And thanks for the connection. I did actually know that (cf. "Da Doo Ron Ron" above.) I guess I'm still a bit out of it from my "redder-eye flight" (a red eye that was delayed three hours) this weekend. Okay, Earworm take 2, a.k.a., the right one: I met him at the candy store. He turned around and smiled at me... You get the picture? Yes, we see.

W/o Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich & Shadow Morton David Johansen wouldn't have been David Johansen and David Smay in turn wouldn't be the Hec we know today.

W/o Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich & Shadow Morton David Johansen wouldn't have been David Johansen and David Smay in turn wouldn't be the Hec we know today.

This is all very true, and why my favorite bit of stage patter at the Dolls reunion show was David Jo saying, "It wouldn't be a Dolls show without a Shangs cover." (The part about "...and consequently David Smay as we know him would not exist" was inferred.)

Greatest girl group aside: "He's good-bad, not evil."

I think about this with regard to Spike fans fairly often.

Oooooh. Come in to check out the evening posts and find a Shangri-Las reference ("Give Him a Great Big Kiss," no?). Plus Brill Building.

My kind of scene.

I'lll add Neil Sedaka to the Brill Building discussion. I'm not sure if he meets the technical requirements, but anyone who could write "Oh, Carol" about Carole King is at least a fellow traveler. Plus, IMO he deserves props for completely reimagining "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" over a decade later and making it a hit all over again.

I'lll add Neil Sedaka to the Brill Building discussion. I'm not sure if he meets the technical requirements,

Yep. His songwriting partner was...hmmm, Howie Greenfield, I think. Burt Bacharach and Hal David are often lumped in with the Brill Building scene, and they weren't so much. And when I say "scene" I'm including the building on 1650 Broadway which was across from the actual Brill Building. I'm also a big fan of Leiber & Stoller and Doc Pomus - though they wrote more R&B and less girl group and teen idol pop.

Was Dawn the one from California?

Yes.

She was a vegetarian. And a hippie.