MARSHALL LEIB
Marshall Leib (January 26, 1939 – March 15, 2002) was one of the original members of The Teddy Bears. Leib and his high school friend, producer Phil Spector, formed the trio. Leib performed background harmony vocals and they made a black-and-white film of the song “To Know Him Is to Love Him”, which became the number one song in the U.S. The Teddy Bears’ song has since been covered by many artists such as Dolly Parton and Amy Winehouse, to name a few. (More from Wikipedia)
The following year (1958), Phil Spector assembled the Teddy Bears (the only vocal group that included Spector as a member); Sandy Nelson was a last-minute addition, with other bandmembers including Marshall Leib and lead singer Annette Kleinbard. Phil Spector wrote a song for the group called “To Know Him Is to Love Him”, based upon an inscription on his father’s tombstone, and the song became a Number One hit in December 1958. As Wikipedia put it: “At 19 years old, Spector had written, arranged, played, sung, and produced the best-selling record in the country.”
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