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Len Barry
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Len Barry (born Leonard Borisoff, 12 June 1942, West Philadelphia) was an American vocalist and musician. In 1958 he first appeared on record as the lead vocalist with The Boss-Tones, singing "Mope-Itty Mope". Barry also was a member of the singing group The Dovells from 1957 to 1963, before quitting to go solo. As a predominately blue-eyed soul singer, he recorded two hits in 1965 and 1966 for Decca Records: "1-2-3", and "Like A Baby", both of which made the Top Ten of the UK Singles Chart. <
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Leonard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- West Philadelphia
- Place of death
- Philadelphia
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- blue-eyed soul
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Cameo-Parkway Records
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- date of birth
- 1942-06-12
- birth name
- Leonard Borisoff
- name in native language
- Len Barry
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
- end of work period
- 2020-00-00
- date of death
- 2020-11-05
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- Len Barry
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