Wes Farrell

Musician + Songwriter + Producer

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Born Dec 21, 1939

Died Feb 29, 1996

Wes Farrell was an American musician, songwriter and record producer, who was most active in the 1960s and 1970s. He was responsible for over 300 million record sales, including 70 million sales with The Partridge Family, during his career.

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Tina Sinatra
Married 1974
Pamela Hensley
Married

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La Guerra Delle 2 Star Ringo Contro Waters Il Giorno
Google News - Jul 03, 2011

... a little help from my friends” oa “Boy”, la cover di Luther Dixon e Wes Farrell pubblicata dai Fab Four nel loro primo album “Please please me” che segnò il debutto discografico del batterista(all'anagrafe Richard Starkey) nei panni di cantante
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Wes Farrell, 56, Pop Songwriter Who Created 60's And 70's Hits
NYTimes - Mar 02, 1996

Wes Farrell, a music executive and songwriter whose four-decade career included the hit pop song "Hang On Sloopy" and the music for the television series "The Partridge Family," died on Thursday at a resort on Fisher Island, Fla. He was 56 and lived in Coconut Grove, Fla.. The cause was cancer, said his wife, Jean Inman Farrell. Mr. Farrell was
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Rick Ferrell, Hall Of Famer, 89, Catching Half Of Brothers' Pair
NYTimes - Jul 29, 1995

Rick Ferrell, a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame since 1984 and the catching half of one of the game's more famous pitcher-catcher brother combinations, died on Thursday. He was 89. Ferrell, who lived in Troy, Mich., for the past 18 years, died of arrhythmia, according to a statement from the Woodward Hills Nursing Home in the Detroit suburb of
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About Long Island; For Johnny Maestro, The Music Never Stopped
NYTimes - Jul 17, 1994

THERE was a time when he was the present, not the past. When the words he sang were fresh to the ear, not etched into memory banks like Social Security numbers. There was a time when Johnny Maestro was a big-time rock-and-roll star. He rode in limousines, and girls screamed. Ed Sullivan mispronounced his name. (It's MY-stroh. Sullivan said
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1939 Birth Born in 1939.

TWENTIES

1960 21 Years Old One of his earliest successes, "Boys" (co-written with Luther Dixon), appeared on the B-side of The Shirelles' number-one 1960 hit "Will You Love Me Tomorrow", and in 1963 was covered by The Beatles for their debut album Please Please Me. … Read More

1964 25 Years Old Other Farrell pop hits include the Animals' UK debut single "Baby Let Me Take You Home" (co-written with Bert Russell, #21, 1964) and two big 1964 releases for Jay and the Americans: "Come a Little Bit Closer" (co-written with songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, US #3) and "Let's Lock the Door (And Throw Away the Key)" (with Roy Alfred, US #11 in early 1965).

1965 26 Years Old … In 1965 he married Joan Arthurs, and they had a daughter, named Dawn.

1967 28 Years Old Farrell also co-wrote "Come And Take A Ride In My Boat" (with Jerry Goldstein), slightly reworked in 1967 to provide Every Mother's Son with their signature hit "Come On Down To My Boat" (US #6).

THIRTIES

1970 31 Years Old Between 1970 and 1973 Farrell hit big with The Partridge Family, co-writing not only "C'mon On, Get Happy" (with Danny Janssen) – the theme to their television series – but nearly 30 songs for their seven studio albums.

1972 33 Years Old Farrell and Arthurs divorced in 1972.

1974 35 Years Old He was married to actress/singer Tina Sinatra (daughter of Frank) in 1974, and to actress Pamela Hensley in 1979; both marriages ended in divorce. … Read More

FIFTIES

1996 57 Years Old Farrell died of cancer aged 56 in 1996 in Coconut Grove, Florida.

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