Brill Building songwriter Beverly Ross dead at 87. Among her co-writing credits are "Lollipop" for the Chordettes, "Dim, Dim The Lights" for Bill Haley and His Comets, and "Judy's Turn to Cry", Lesley Gore's self-answer song to "It's My Party".
ETA also didn't know she was key to furthering Phil Spector's career when he was just starting out. Who then stole a riff she wrote for his own usage in "Spanish Harlem", and she withdrew from the music industry a few years later. Truly feels like you could be on your deathbed and still find new reasons he was a cunt!