It's funny. We were just listening to Mann's own single (I guess he was a one-hit wonder as a performer), "Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp Bomp Bomp)" in the car the other day. They wrote a lot of great songs.
I just looked it up. "Who Put the Bomp" was actually co-written by Mann and Gerry Goffin. Mann & Weil married in August 1961, the month "Who Put the Bomp" came out. He was 22 and she was not quite 21. Unlike Goffin & King and Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich - the other great married songwriting partners of the era - Mann & Weil are still married.
Patricia Abbott is the author of more than 125 stories that have appeared online, in print journals and in various anthologies. She is the author of two print novels CONCRETE ANGEL (2015) and SHOT IN DETROIT (2016)(Polis Books). CONCRETE ANGEL was nominated for an Anthony and Macavity Award in 2016. SHOT IN DETROIT was nominated for an Edgar Award and an Anthony Award in 2017. A collection of her stories I BRING SORROW AND OTHER STORIES OF TRANSGRESSION will appear in 2018.
She also authored two ebooks, MONKEY JUSTICE and HOME INVASION and co-edited DISCOUNT NOIR. She won a Derringer award for her story "My Hero." She lives outside Detroit.
Patricia (Patti) Abbott
SHOT IN DETROIT
Edgar Nominee 2017, Anthony nominee 2017
CONCRETE ANGEL
Polis Books, 2015-nominated for the Anthony and Macavity Awards
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It's funny. We were just listening to Mann's own single (I guess he was a one-hit wonder as a performer), "Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp Bomp Bomp)" in the car the other day. They wrote a lot of great songs.
Jeff M.
Oh, for some reason I love that one too. They all carry us back to a time when the world seemed like a better place--even if it wasn't.
This is one of those 'feel good' songs...
I just looked it up. "Who Put the Bomp" was actually co-written by Mann and Gerry Goffin. Mann & Weil married in August 1961, the month "Who Put the Bomp" came out. He was 22 and she was not quite 21. Unlike Goffin & King and Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich - the other great married songwriting partners of the era - Mann & Weil are still married.
Jeff M. (Master of Trivia)
I commented this morning but it still hasn't shown up. Spam again?
Jeff M.
At the airport and it only works intermittently.
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