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In 2009, Simon & Schuster published Hound Dog: The Leiber and Stoller Autobiography, written by Leiber and Stoller with David Ritz. [21] As of 2007, their songs are managed by Sony/ATV Music Publishing. [22] With collaborator Artie Butler, Stoller wrote the music to the musical The People in the Picture, with book and lyrics by Iris Rainer Dart.
Written by Leiber, Stoller, and Billy Edd Wheeler #9 US country "On Broadway" The Drifters 9 7 - Written by Leiber, Stoller, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil 1978: George Benson, #7 US pop, #2 R&B "The Reverend Mr. Black" The Kingston Trio: 8 15 - Written by Leiber, Stoller, and Billy Edd Wheeler 1982: Johnny Cash, #71 US country "Rat Race" The ...
According to Leiber and Stoller, getting the humor to come through on the records often required more recording "takes" than for a typical musical number. [2] Their first single, "Down in Mexico", was an R&B hit in 1956. [4] The following year, the Coasters crossed over to the pop chart in a big way with the double-sided "Young Blood"/"Searchin ...
The song was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, [8] originally for rock and roll vocal group The Coasters. [10] The band recorded it in the same recording session as "Little Egypt", another song Elvis would later release. [11] [12] Neither songs did much for the band's popularity, [12] only reaching number 96 on the Billboard Hot 100. [10]
Red Bird Records was a record label founded by American pop music songwriters Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, and George Goldner in 1964. [1] Though often thought of as a "girl-group" label, female-led acts made up only 40% of the artist roster on Red Bird and its associated labels (including Blue Cat Records, Tiger and Daisy). However, female-led ...
Framed is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was originally recorded by The Robins in August 1954, in Los Angeles and released on Leiber and Stoller's label Spark Records in October of that year as the B side of Loop De Loop Mambo. Jerry Leiber talks about the song, saying, "Another rap took the form of a police drama.
Leiber and Stoller considered giving the song to Kurt Weill's widow Lotte Lenya or German kabarett singer Claire Waldoff (who, apparently unbeknownst to them, was deceased), but decided that Marlene Dietrich was the only such name that American record companies would consider well-known enough. However, after a meeting with Leiber and Stoller ...
"Loving You" is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and performed by Elvis Presley with backup vocals provided by The Jordanaires. It reached No. 15 on the U.S. country chart, #20 on the U.S. pop chart, and #24 on the UK Singles Chart in 1957. [1] It was featured on his 1957 album Loving You. [2]