Hound Dog: The Leiber & Stoller Autobiography - Softcover

Leiber, Jerry; Stoller, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1416559396 ISBN 13: 9781416559399

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2010

Synopsis

IN 1950 a couple of rhythm and blues-loving teenagers named Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller met for the first time. They discovered their mutual affection for R&B and, as Jerry and Mike put it in this fascinating autobiography, began an argument that has been going on for over fifty years with no resolution in sight.

Leiber and Stoller were still in their teens when they started working with some of the pioneers of rock and roll, writing such hits as "Hound Dog," which eventually became a #1 record for Elvis Presley. Jerry and Mike became the King's favorite songwriters, giving him "Jailhouse Rock" and other #1 songs. Their string of hits with the Coasters, including "Yakety Yak," "Poison Ivy," and "Charlie Brown," is a part of rock 'n' roll history. They founded their own music label and introduced novel instrumentation into their hits for the Drifters and Ben E. King, including "On Broadway" and "Stand by Me." They worked with everyone from Phil Spector to Burt Bacharach and Peggy Lee. Their smash musical Smokey Joe's Café became the longest-running musical revue in Broadway history.

Lively, colorful, and irreverent, Hound Dog describes how two youngsters with an insatiable love of good old American R&B created the soundtrack for a generation.

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Paperback. Pub Date: 2010 Jun Pages: 336 in Publisher: Simon & Schuster In 1950 a couple of rhythm and blues-loving teenagers named is Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller met for the first time. They discovered their mutual affection for R & B and. as Jerry and Mike put it in this fascinating autobiography. began an argument that has been going on for over fifty years with no resolution in sight. Leiber and Stoller were still in their teens when they started working with some of the pioneers of rock and roll. writing such hits as Hound Dog. which eventually became a # 1 record for Elvis Presley. Jerry and Mike became the King's favorite songwriters. giving him Jaiihouse Rock and other # 1 songs. Their string of hits with the Coasters. including Yakety Yak. Poison Ivy. and Charlie own. is a part of rock 'n' roll history. They founded their own music label and introduced novel instr...

Review:

I Knew all about Leiber and Stoller... I loved what they did. --Ray Charles

They showed me what musical creativity is all about. --Smokey Robinson

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1416559396
• ISBN 13: 9781416559399
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336