Jeff Barry was born Joel Adelberg on April 3, 1938, in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from Erasmus Hall High School, Jeff did a stint in the Army and then returned to New York where he attended City College His main aspiration, as he soon came to acknowledge, was to become a singer: Once he realized that he spent more time performing than studying, Jeff cut his college career short. In 1958 Jeff found himself signed to RCA Records courtesy of music publisher Arnold Shaw.

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