Eleanor Barooshian
Eleanor Barooshian, also known as Eleanor Baruchian and as Chelsea Lee, was a member of the band the Cake.
Career
One of five sisters, Eleanor was born in Weehawken, New Jersey; her parents were killed in an accident when she was 13. In the 1960s, Barooshian started out in Manhattan, New York, performing at Steve Paul's The Scene. She performed the Sonny & Cher hit "I Got You Babe" with Tiny Tim. She sang the male part, while Tiny Tim sang the female. The duo appeared in You Are What You Eat, a 1968 documentary film produced by Peter Yarrow. Yarrow cast them after seeing them perform at The Scene.The Cake: 1966–1968
In 1966, Jeanette Jacobs and Barbara Morillo recruited Barooshian to form their girl group The Cake. Based in Manhattan, New York, The Cake started out as an a cappella vocal trio, performing at The Scene. In 1967, the trio were discovered by producers Charles Greene and Brian Stone at New York's Ondine Discotheque basement nightclub, located near the 59th Street bridge. The Cake signed with Decca and relocated to Los Angeles, California.Barooshian was a songwriter, and wrote the majority of the group's songs, such as "Sadie" and "Island of Plenty".
In 1968, Barooshian contributed backing vocals to "Why Are We Sleeping?", a track on The Soft Machine, the 1968 debut album by the British psychedelic rock band of the same name.