Len Barry
Len Barry ( born June 12, 1942 as Leonard Borisoff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American pop singer.
Life
As a child of the sport enthusiastic Barry wanted to be a professional baseball player. However, during his time as a soldier, he started in various army bands to sing and was so successful that he continued this even after this time.
He founded with some friends 1960 years as lead singer of the band The Dovells in appearance and sang, inter alia, on the hit single Bristol Stomp (1961, U.S. Billboard Charts fourth place ). Another hit came with You Can not Sit Down 1963.
After his departure from the the Dovells in 1965, he tried a solo career. His first single lip sync was not a particular success. But in September 1965, he came with the 1-2-3 recording at number two on the Billboard charts in the charts the song reached 38th place He then reached two more successes with the songs Like a baby, as well as with Somewhere.
After the end of the 60s focused on songwriting and producing, was no more to hear from the 1980s from him, and he worked as a waiter in various bars. In the 1990s, then Barry has performed at a number of oldie events.