Back in the U.S.A. Phil Chess and the song was released as Chess single 1729. Alan Dale issued the song in Australia on Colombia in 1959 as a single along with a version of Bo Didley's "Crackin' Up"(45-DO-4086). Ronstadt had heard the Berry original while being driven around Los Angeles by Eagles member Glenn Frey who had once been in her band, the track being on a home-made cassette Frey had playing in his tape deck. Ronstadt recalls that she'd been reminding Frey "how we used to sit around the Troubadour bar and go: 'Oh it's so horrible and I can't get a record
Leonard Frey ABC's Disney television movie "Bride of Boogedy". Frey died at the age 49 of an AIDS-related illness in New York on August 24, 1988. Leonard Frey Leonard Frey (September 4, 1938 – August 24, 1988) was an American actor. He is best remembered for his performance in the 1971 film "Fiddler on the Roof", which earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. Frey made his stage debut in an Off-Broadway production of "Little Mary Sunshine" and received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play nomination for "The National Health". Frey was born in Brooklyn,