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In 1955, the group disagreed over whether to remain on the West Coast or sign with Atlantic Records and move to the East Coast. This led to a split within the group. Music producers and songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller took former Robins members Nunn and Carl Gardner, recruited singers Leon Hughes and Billy Guy, and formed the Coasters ...
This is a category for bands that are part of the Long Island, New York music scene. Pages in category "Musical groups from Long Island" The following 118 pages are in this category, out of 118 total.
"Riot in Cell Block #9" is a R&B song composed by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in 1954. The song was first recorded by The Robins the same year. [1] That recording was one of the first R&B hits to use sound effects and employed a Muddy Waters stop-time riff as the instrumental backing.
In 1955, the Robins disagreed over whether to remain on the West Coast or sign with Atlantic Records and move to the East Coast. This led to a split within the group. Music producers and songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller took former Robins members Nunn and Carl Gardner, recruited singers Leon Hughes and Billy Guy, and formed the Coasters.
The Band, made up of four Canadians and an American, existed from 1960 to 1976 and were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Their first two albums, from 1968 and 1969, are ...
Robins formed the Bluegrass Band in 1972; it was disbanded one year later. The band started up again in 1989, this time with members Wayne Henderson (guitar), Ronnie Simpkins (bass), Wyatt Rice (guitar), Arnie Solomon (mandolin), Robins (banjo), Rickie Simpkins (violin, mandolin, vocals), and Larry Stephenson (mandolin, vocals).
Chapman would later become a member of one of the Coasters' many spin-off groups, The Coasters Mark II, [3] which included Bobby Nunn, Bobby Sheen, and Billy Richards, Jr. In 1977, along with Billy Guy and Jerome Evans , he sang on "Paid The Price" on Michelle Phillips ' album Victim Of Romance.
Live from Studio 8H, it's Jelly Roll!. The musician, 39, made his Saturday Night Live debut on Sept. 28, when he served as musical guest during the comedy series' milestone season 50 premiere ...