Sharon Sheeley | Culture | The Guardian
The first song of the Los Angeles-born songwriter Sharon Sheeley, who has died of complications following a cerebral haemorrhage aged 62, was Poor Little Fool. It became a million-selling number one for Ricky Nelson in 1957 and the same year she co-wrote the hip-hitting Somethin' Else, which became a 1959 hit for Eddie Cochran.