After a long illness Shelley Haims passed away in hospital in California this morning. I learnt the news as I was just finishing the first CD of Pied Piper productions that we licensed from him and his business partner in Pied Piper Jack Ashford. Shelley had a long career in the music business, starting out in his native Ohio in the 1950s. A song he wrote with Perry Stevens 'We Go Together' was a hit for the Moonglows in 1956 and for Jan & Dean 4 years later. The forthcoming CD will feature a Detroit soul version of the song by the Cavaliers. Shelley co-wrote several Pied Piper songs under the alias Randy Scott. Prior to Pied Piper he worked at Golden World and on Super Sonic Productions for labels such as Sport, Sir-Rah and Boss.

I was able to convey through his daughter Lynn our admiration for his work only last week and they were both very happy that those songs meant so much to us.

Ady