Wes Farrell (December 21, 1939 – February 29, 1996) was an American musician, songwriter and record producer, who was most active in the 1960s and 1970s. Career Farrell was born in New York, United States. Farrell's catalogue includes close to 500 songs that he wrote, produced and/or published. One of his earliest successes, Boys (co-written with Luther Dixon), appeared on the B-side of the Shirelles' 1960 number-one hit Will You Love Me Tomorrow, and in 1963 was covered by the Beatles for their debut album Please Please Me. Farrell's biggest chart hit as a composer – the McCoys' 1965 US number one Hang On Sloopy (a reworking of "My Girl Sloopy", co-written with Bert Russell) – remains one of the most performed songs in the history of popular music, according to the RIAA.. In 1985, Hang On Sloopy became the official state rock song of the State of Ohio. Other Farrell pop hits include the Animals' UK debut single Baby Let Me Take You Home (co-written with Bert Russell; no. 21, 1964) and two 1964 releases for Jay and the Americans: Come a Little Bit Closer (co-written with songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart; US no. 3) and Let's Lock the Door (And Throw Away the Key) (with Roy Alfred; US no 11 in early 1965). Farrell also co-wrote "Come and Take a Ride in My Boat" (with Jerry Goldstein), slightly reworked in 1967 to provide Every Mother's Son with their signature hit Come on Down to My Boat (US no. 6). He also co-wrote (with Larry Kusik and Ritchie Adams) the song Happy Summer Days, a US no. 27 hit for Ronnie Dove in 1966. Farrell's Top 40 hit "Look What You've Done" — first recorded in 1966 by the Pozo Seco Singers — appears on Carla Olson's 2013 album Have Harmony, Will Travel as a duet with Rob Waller (of I See Hawks In L.A.). In 1966, Farrell wrote the theme song for Gammera the Invincible (aka Gamera), the American cut of the first Gamera film . Farrell first achieved success as a producer in the summer of 1968 with the Cowsills' US Top Ten hit Indian Lake, written by Tony Romeo. He produced three other tracks for the family act, including "Poor Baby" (US no. 44) and "The Path of Love", both also written by Romeo. Farrell was hired to produce the music for the recordings featured