Hound Dog: The Leiber and Stoller Autobiography - Softcover

Jerry Leiber; Mike Stoller; David Ritz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849385491 ISBN 13: 9781849385497

Publisher: Omnibus Press, 2010

Synopsis

Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller shaped the rock and roll era this is their story in their own words. In 1950 a couple of rhythm and blues-loving teenagers named Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller met for the first time. Leiber was looking for someone to help compose music for lyrics he'd written, and a friend recommended a piano player named Mike Stoller. They discovered their mutual affection for R&B, and, as Jerry and Mike put it in this fascinating autobiography, it was the beginning of an argument that has been going on for more than fifty years with no resolution in sight.

With the assistance of David Ritz, they describe what it was like when Elvis was a fresh new face and when two young guys with tons of talent and an insatiable love of good old American R&B could create the soundtrack for a generation and have a great time doing it.

About this title

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 the Author:

Jerry Leiber was born in Baltimore, Maryland on April 25, 1933, and Mike Stoller was born in Queens, New York, on March 13, 1933. They first met in Los Angeles in 1950, moved to New York in 1957 and returned to L.A. in 1989, where they both still reside. They were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.

About this edition

• Publisher: Omnibus Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1849385491
• ISBN 13: 9781849385497
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 322