Jesse Barish

Jesse Barish is a musician composer, most notable for composing the songs "Count On Me" for Jefferson Starship and "Hearts", "Atlanta Lady (Something About Your Love)", and "Do It for Love" for Marty Balin, former lead vocalist of Jefferson Starship.

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• Hearts jesse barish composer s version
• hearts sung by original songwriter jesse barish
• Songs
• References

He played flute with the seminal experimental band The Orkustra in San Francisco in the mid-1960s and also played flute with John Phillips on Phillips' Wolf King of L.A. tour. In 1971, Barish was signed to Shelter Records by Denny Cordell and released the album Jesse, Wolff and Whings with guitarist Billy Wolff and drummer Kevin Kelley, who played with The Byrds and Rising Sons.

Landing in Marin County, California in the early seventies, Barish became friends with Marty Balin who recorded "Count On Me" with Jefferson Starship and in 1981 had a hit with the song "Hearts" on Balin's first solo release, Balin on EMI America Records. Balin got Barish signed to RCA Records in the late 1970s and produced the first album Jesse Barish and co-produced the second album Mercury Shoes with John Hug.

Since then Barish has been living in Venice Beach and has recorded several CDs produced by Jeff Pescetto and continues to write songs and stay active in the world of music.