Lori Burton (born Dolores Diana Squeglia, September 30, 1940 - May 20, 2021) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.
They found success writing songs recorded by Lulu ("Try to Understand", UK #25, 1965), Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles ("All or Nothing", US #68, 1965), The Young Rascals ("I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore", US #52, 1966), and The Royal Guardsmen ("Baby Let's Wait", US #35, 1968 on reissue).
[3] In 1967, Burton co-wrote and co-produced, with Sawyer, her only solo album, Breakout, described by Unterberger as "a mixture of soul and densely produced New York mid-'60s pop/rock".
[3] Burton focused on her family life for several years before starting to contribute occasional backing vocals at New York's Record Plant East Studios, owned by her husband Roy Cicala.
She also recorded songs, unissued at the time, on which Cicala and Lennon worked as co-producers;[2][7] two were released in 1998 in conjunction with the book Beatles Undercover by Kristofer Engelhardt.