Marshall Leib

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Marshall Leib
Birth nameMarshall Philip Leibovitz
Born(1939-01-26)January 26, 1939
Los Angeles, California, United States
DiedMarch 15, 2002(2002-03-15) (aged 63)
Northridge, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer

Marshall Leib (January 26, 1939 – March 15, 2002) was an

harmony vocals on the Teddy Bears hit "To Know Him Is to Love Him", which became the number one song in the United States in 1958. It had since been covered by numerous artists such as Dolly Parton and Amy Winehouse.[1]

Biography

Leib was involved with the movie "

Ode To Billie Joe" by Bobbie Gentry. He also worked with Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss, The We Five, Chris Montez and Ralph Williams/The Marauders during their early years at A&M Records.[citation needed
]

In 1966, Leib was hired by Randy Wood to produce the album "Songs of Protest and Anti-Protest" by "Chris Lucey" (who was in actuality Bobby Jameson) for Surrey Records.[2]

In 1967, Leib produced a twelve song L.P. for a group called The Brownstones that featured top session drummer Sandy Konikoff along with vocalist Aaron Brownstone, guitarist Dick Douglas and bassist Tom Hankins. He was attempting to create a "supergroup", but the vocalist was killed in a motorcycle accident and Konikoff went on to play with Taj Mahal and others. Collectors are looking for a copy of this Leib-produced missing LP, but it is believed that ABC Records destroyed all copies.[citation needed]

Leib later became involved with the L.A. Street Scene, a yearly festival held in the streets of downtown L.A. that was the precursor to the modern super festival.[citation needed]

Leib collected

heart attack.[3]
He is survived by two biological sons (Jason Leib and Lucas Leib) and one adopted son, Jason Lawrence.

References

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  2. ^ [1] Songs of Protest
  3. ^ Patrick, Mick (September 2002). "Marshall Leib Biography". Spectropop.

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