Sharon Sheeley is often referred to in pop music history as Eddie Cochran"s girl friend, and that"s it. In fact she has been a highly successful songwriter who currently has 194 active songs on the BMI register. She was indeed for a time Eddie Cochran"s girl friend but then she also dated Ricky Nelson (for whom she wrote the hit "Poor Little Fool"), and was part of a whole scene of people in pop/rock"n"roll music, around California during the late 50"s- early 60"s. This was her most prolific writing period and she particularly connected with co writer Jackie De Shannon, becoming the first female writing team to have significant success in the emerging pop world. Hits sprang forth such as Somethin" Else (Eddie Cochran, later Sex Pistols), Dum Dum (Brenda Lee), Breakaway (Irma Thomas, Billie Davis, later Tracey Ullman); He"s The Great Imposter (the Fleetwoods).