Leiber and Stoller were an American songwriting and record production duo, consisting of lyricist Jerome Leiber (; April 25, 1933 – August 22, 2011) and composer Michael Stoller (born March 13, 1933). As well as many R&B and

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hits, they wrote numerous standards for

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. Leiber and Stoller found success as the writers of such

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hit songs as " Hound Dog" (1952) and "

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" (1952). Later in the 1950s, particularly through their work with

the Coasters The Coasters are an American rhythm and blues/rock and roll vocal group who had a string of hits in the late 1950s. With hits including "Searchin'", "Young Blood (The Coasters song), Young Blood", "Charlie Brown (The Coasters song), Charlie Bro ...

, they created a string of ground-breaking hits—including " Young Blood" (1957), "

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" (1957), "

Yakety Yak "Yakety Yak" is a song written, produced, and arranged by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller for the Coasters and released on Atco Records in 1958, spending seven weeks as #1 on List of number-one rhythm and blues hits (United States), the R&B chart ...

" (1958), and "

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" (1959) — that used the humorous vernacular of teenagers sung in a style that was openly theatrical rather than personal. Leiber and Stoller wrote hits for

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, including " Love Me" (1956), " Jailhouse Rock" (1957), " Loving You", "

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", and "

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". They also collaborated with other writers on such songs as " On Broadway", written with

Barry Mann Barry Mann (born Barry Imberman; February 9, 1939) is an American songwriter and musician, and was part of a successful songwriting partnership with his wife, Cynthia Weil. He has written or co-written 53 hits in the UK and 98 in the US. Early ...

and

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; " Stand By Me", written with Ben E. King; "Young Blood", written with

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; and "

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", co-written by Leiber and

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. They were sometimes credited under the pseudonym Elmo Glick. In 1964, they launched

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with

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and, focusing on the "

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" sound, released some of the notable songs of the

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period. In all, Leiber and Stoller wrote or co-wrote over 70 chart hits. They were inducted into the

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in 1985 and the

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in 1987.

Biography

1950s

Both born to

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families, Leiber came from

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, and Stoller from

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, but they met in

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, in 1950, where Stoller was a

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while Leiber was a senior at Fairfax High. Stoller had graduated from Belmont High School. After school, Stoller played piano and Leiber worked in Norty's, a record store on Fairfax Avenue, and when they met, they found they shared a love of

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and

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. In 1950,

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recorded and performed their first commercial song, "Real Ugly Woman". Stoller's name at birth was Michael Stoller, but he later changed it legally to "Mike". Their first hit composition was "Hard Times", recorded by Charles Brown, which was a rhythm and blues hit in 1952. "Kansas City", first recorded in 1952 (as "K. C. Loving") by rhythm & blues singer

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, became a No. 1 pop hit in 1959 for

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. In 1952, the partners wrote " Hound Dog" for blues singer

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, which became a hit for her in 1953. The 1956 Elvis Presley rock and roll version, which was a takeoff of the adaptation that Presley picked up from Freddie Bell's lounge act in Las Vegas, was an even bigger hit. Presley's showstopping mock-burlesque version of "Hound Dog", playfully bumping and grinding on the '' Milton Berle Show'', created such public outcry and controversy that on ''

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'' they slowed down his act, with an amused Presley in a tuxedo and blue suede shoes singing his hit to a

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. Allen pronounced Presley "a good sport", and the Leiber-Stoller song would be forever linked to Presley. Lieber and Stoller would afterwards write some songs for Presley as well. Leiber and Stoller's later songs often had lyrics more appropriate for

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, and their combination of rhythm and blues with pop lyrics revolutionized pop, rock and roll, and punk rock. They formed

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in 1954 with their mentor,

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. Their songs from this period include "Smokey Joe's Cafe" and " Riot in Cell Block #9", both recorded by

the Robins The Robins were a successful and influential American R&B group of the late 1940s and 1950s, one of the earliest such vocal groups who established the basic pattern for the doo-wop sound. They were founded by Ty Terrell, and twin brothers Bil ...

. The label was later bought by

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, which hired Leiber and Stoller in an innovative deal that allowed them to produce for other labels. This, in effect, made them the first independent record producers. At Atlantic, they revitalized the careers of

the Drifters The Drifters are an American pop and R&B/soul vocal group. They were originally formed as a backing group for Clyde McPhatter, formerly the lead tenor of Billy Ward and his Dominoes in 1953. The second group of Drifters, formed in 1959 and ...

and wrote a number of hits for

, a spin-off of the Robins. Their songs from this period include "

", "

", " Stand By Me" (written with Ben E. King), and " On Broadway" (written with

and

). For the Coasters alone, they wrote 24 songs that appeared in the US charts. In 1955, Leiber and Stoller produced a recording of their song "

Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots "Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots" is a song by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Recorded by The Cheers, it went to #6 on the ''Billboard'' Best Selling singles chart in the fall of 1955, becoming Leiber and Stoller's first top ten pop ...

" with a white vocal group, the Cheers. Soon after, the song was recorded by

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in a French translation titled, "L'Homme à la Moto". The European royalties from another Cheers record, "Bazoom (I Need Your Lovin')", funded a 1956 trip to Europe for Stoller and his first wife, Meryl, on which they met Piaf. Their return to New York was aboard the ill-fated SS ''Andrea Doria'', which was rammed and sunk by the Swedish liner MS ''Stockholm''. The Stollers had to finish the journey to New York aboard another ship, the ''Cape Ann''. After their rescue, Leiber greeted Stoller at the dock with the news that " Hound Dog" had become a hit for Elvis Presley. Stoller's reply was, "Elvis who?" They would go on to write more hits for Presley, including the title songs for three of his movies—''Loving You'', ''Jailhouse Rock'', and ''King Creole''—as well as the rock and roll Christmas song, "Santa Claus Is Back in Town", for Presley's first Christmas album. On March 9, 1958, Leiber and Stoller appeared together on the TV panel quiz show ''

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'' as rock and roll composers of "Hounddog", "Jailhouse Rock" and "Don't". They were not household names and did not appear as celebrity mystery guests (a regular feature of the show) but as ordinary people with an unusual “line” of work. They even signed in under their own names, as the producers apparently were certain that the panel would not know who they were.

Post-1950s

In the beginning of the 1960s, they started Daisy Records and recorded Bob Moore and The Temps (with

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) on their label. In the early 1960s,

served an apprenticeship of sorts with Leiber and Stoller in

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, developing his

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's craft while observing and playing guitar on their sessions, including the guitar solo on the Drifters' " On Broadway". After leaving the employ of Atlantic Records—where they produced, and often wrote, many classic recordings by the Drifters with Ben E. King—Leiber and Stoller produced a series of records for

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, including hits by Jay and the Americans ("

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"),

the Exciters The Exciters were an American pop music group of the 1960s. They were originally a girl group, with one male member being added afterwards. At the height of their popularity the group consisted of lead singer Brenda Reid, Herb Rooney, Carolyn J ...

("Tell Him"), and

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(" Love Potion #9", also written by Leiber and Stoller). In the 1960s, Leiber and Stoller founded and briefly owned

, which issued

the Shangri-Las The Shangri-Las were an American girl group of the 1960s, consisting of Mary Weiss, her sister Elizabeth "Betty" Weiss and twin sisters Marguerite "Marge" Ganser and Mary Ann Ganser. Between 1964 and 1966 several hit pop songs of theirs docu ...

' "

Leader of the Pack "Leader of the Pack" is a song written by George "Shadow" Morton, Jeff Barry, and Ellie Greenwich. It was a number one pop hit in 1964 for the American girl group the Shangri-Las. The single is one of the group's best known songs as well as ...

" and

the Dixie Cups The Dixie Cups (formerly known as The Meltones) are an American pop music girl group established in the 1960s. They are best known for a string of hits including their singles " Chapel of Love", " People Say", and "Iko Iko". Career The trio co ...

' "

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". After selling Red Bird, they continued working as independent producers and songwriters. Their best-known song from this period is "

Is That All There Is? "Is That All There Is?" is a song written by the American songwriting team Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It became a hit for the American singer Peggy Lee in 1969. The song was originally performed by Georgia Brown in May 1967 for a televisi ...

" recorded by

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in 1969; it earned her a Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Grammy. Earlier in the decade, they had a hit with Lee with "

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" (1962). Their last major hit production was "

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" by

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, taken from the band's 1972 eponymous debut album, which the duo produced. In 1975, they recorded ''

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'', an album of art songs with Peggy Lee. A remixed and expanded version of the album was released in 2005 as ''Peggy Lee Sings Leiber and Stoller''. Also in 1975, they produced the

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album '' Procol's Ninth'', which included the UK Top 20 single "Pandora's Box" and a version of Leiber and Stoller's " I Keep Forgettin'". In the late 1970s,

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recruited Leiber and Stoller to write and produce an album for

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; '' Two Days Away'' (1977) proved a success in the UK and most of Europe. Their composition "

Pearl's a Singer "Pearl's a Singer" is a song by English singer Elkie Brooks, as taken from her 1977 album '' Two Days Away'' which was produced by the song's co-writers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The original version of "Pearl's a Singer" had been introduce ...

" (written with Ralph Dino & John Sembello) became a hit for Brooks, and remains her signature tune. In 1978, mezzo-soprano Joan Morris and her pianist-composer husband William Bolcom recorded an album, ''Other Songs by Leiber and Stoller'', featuring a number of the songwriters' more unusual (and satiric) works, including "Let's Bring Back World War I", written specifically for (and dedicated to) Bolcom and Morris; and "Humphrey Bogart", a tongue-in-cheek song about obsession with Humphrey Bogart, the actor. In 1979, Leiber and Stoller produced another album for Brooks: ''Live and Learn (Elkie Brooks album), Live and Learn''. In 1982, Steely Dan member Donald Fagen recorded their song "Ruby Baby" on his album ''The Nightfly''. That same year, former Doobie Brothers member Michael McDonald (singer), Michael McDonald released "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)", inspired by Leiber and Stoller's " I Keep Forgettin'" for which they were eventually given a 50% songwriting credit. In 1991, the charity music video and CD single "Yakety Yak, Take it Back", performed by a number of musicians ranging from Ozzy Osbourne to Pat Benatar, featured a drastically rearranged version of "

" with new lyrics - written by Leiber - promoting recycling.

2000s

In 2009, Simon & Schuster published ''Hound Dog: The Leiber and Stoller Autobiography'', written by Leiber and Stoller with David Ritz. As of 2007, their songs are managed by Sony/ATV Music Publishing. With collaborator Artie Butler, Stoller wrote the music to the musical theatre, musical ''The People in the Picture'', with book and lyrics by Iris Rainer Dart. Stoller and Butler's music received a 2011 Drama Desk Award nomination. On August 22, 2011, Leiber died in Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, aged 78, from cardio-pulmonary failure.William Grimes
Jerry Leiber, Prolific Writer of 1950s Hits, Dies at 78
''The New York Times'', August 22, 2011 He was survived by his sons Jed, Oliver, and Jake.Jonze, Tim
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''The Guardian'', August 23, 2011. Stoller wrote both music and lyrics to the song "Charlotte", recorded by Steve Tyrell and released in advance of the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Awards and honors

Leiber and Stoller won Grammy Award, Grammy awards for "

" in 1969, and for the cast album of ''Smokey Joe's Cafe (revue), Smokey Joe's Cafe'', a 1995

musical theatre, musical revue based on their work. ''Smokey Joe's Cafe'' was also nominated for seven Tony Awards, and became the longest-running musical revue in Broadway history. Other awards include: * 1985 – Induction into the

* 1987 – Induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame * 1988 –

's recording of " Hound Dog" placed in the Grammy Hall of Fame Award, Grammy Hall of Fame * 1991 – American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, ASCAP Founders' Award * 1994 – A List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame#L, star placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of 7083 Hollywood Blvd., and their handprints embedded into the Guitar Center#Hollywood's RockWalk, Hollywood Rockwalk * 1996 – National Academy of Songwriters Lifetime Achievement Award * 1997 – Distinguished Artist Award/Los Angeles Music Center * 1998 – Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music * 1999 – National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, NARAS (Grammy) Grammy Trustees Award, Trustees Award * 2000 – Johnny Mercer Award/National Academy of Popular Music * 2000 – Ivor Novello Ivor Novello Awards, International Songwriters Award * 2005 – American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers, ASMAC President's Award * 2005 – "Kansas City (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller song), Kansas City" named official song of Kansas City, Missouri * 2005 – World Soundtrack Academy, World Soundtrack Award/Flanders International Film Festival * 2017 –

's recording of " Jailhouse Rock" placed in the Grammy Hall of Fame Award, Grammy Hall of Fame * 2022 – Broadcast Music, Inc., BMI Icon Award

Legacy

In the 1950s the

of the black entertainment world, up to then restricted to black clubs, was increasing its audience-share in areas previously reserved for traditional pop, traditional pop music, and the phenomenon now known as "Crossover (music), crossover" became apparent. Leiber and Stoller affected the course of modern popular music in 1957, when they wrote and produced the crossover double-sided hit by the Coasters, " Young Blood"/"

". They released "

", which was a mainstream hit, as was the follow-up, "

". This was followed by "Along Came Jones (song), Along Came Jones", "Poison Ivy (1959 song), Poison Ivy", "Shoppin' for Clothes", and "Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)". They produced and co-wrote "There Goes My Baby (The Drifters song), There Goes My Baby", a hit for the Drifters in 1959, which introduced the use of String orchestra, strings for saxophone-like riffs, tympani for the Brazilian ''baion'' rhythm they incorporated, and lavish production values into the established black R&B sound, laying the groundwork for the soul music that would follow.

Discography

References

External links

Official Leiber and Stoller website

Interview with Mike Stoller
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NAMM Oral History Interview with Mike Stoller
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