Jerry Leiber
Personal Info
Birth Date:
April 15, 1933
Birth Location:
Baltimore, Maryland
Death Date:
August 22, 2011
Death Location:
Los Angeles, California
Cause of Death:
no location entered yet
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Notes
The 1958 rock & roll song "Yakety Yak" has words & music by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller.
It was first recorded by the R&B vocal group The Coasters, produced by Leiber & Stoller, and released as an April 1958 single by Acto Records (45 & 78rpm, catalog number 6116). The recording was later included in the 1959 album The Coasters' Greatest Hits.
The song has been interpolated into the following musicals:
- Yakety Yak (Leiber/Stoller, 1982)
- Smokey Joe's Cafe (Leiber/Stoller, 1995)
- Baby It's You! (Mutrix/Escott, 2009)
- Beautiful (King, et al, 2013) [incorporated into "1650 Broadway Medley"]
The 1959 R&B song "There Goes My Baby" has music & lyric by Ben E. King, Lover Patterson and George Treadwell per the copyright record. The BMI rights organization also credits Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
Treadwell was the manager of R&B vocal group The Drifters and Patterson was the broker who had assembled the group's 1959 lineup. In June 1958 Treadwell had fired the previous members of The Drifters and bought Patterson's management contracts with the existing group The Five Crowns, including King, who then began to perform under The Drifters' name.
The first recording of the song was in March 1959 by The Drifters with lead vocal by King, produced by Leiber & Stoller. It was released as an April 1959 single by Atlantic Records (45 & 78rpm, catalog number 2025). It was later included in the 1960 album The Drifters' Greatest Hits.
The song has been interpolated into the following musicals:
- Smokey Joe's Cafe (Leiber/Stoller, 1995)
- Beautiful (King, et al, 2013) [incorporated into "1650 Broadway Medley"]
The 1959 rock & roll song "Love Potion Number Nine" has words & music by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller.
It was first recorded in June 1959 by the R&B vocal group The Clovers, lead vocal by Billy Mitchell, produced by Leiber & Stoller, and released as a July 1959 single by United Artists Records (45rpm, catalog number UA 180). An alternate take with a lyric variant ("love potion no. 10") was first released on The Clovers' 1960 album Love Potion Number Nine.
The song has been interpolated into the following musicals:
- Smokey Joe's Cafe (Leiber/Stoller, 1995)
- Beautiful (King, et al, 2013) [incorporated into "1650 Broadway Medley"]
The 1959 rock & roll song "Poison Ivy" has words & music by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller.
It was first recorded in July 1959 by the R&B vocal group The Coasters, produced by Leiber & Stoller, and released as an August 1959 single by Acto Records (45rpm, catalog number 6146). The recording was later included in the 1959 album The Coasters' Greatest Hits.
The song has been interpolated into the following musicals:
- Smokey Joe's Cafe (Leiber/Stoller, 1995)
- Beautiful (King, et al, 2013) [incorporated into "1650 Broadway Medley"]
The 1962 pop song "On Broadway" has music & lyrics by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil. It is best known in a 1963 revised version with updated music and lyric by Mann, Weil, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller.
The first published recording was of the original version by the girl group The Crystals, produced by Phil Spector, on the Crystals' 1962 album Twist Uptown.
The 1963 revised version was created specifically for the R&B vocal group The Drifters. It was first recorded in January 1963, with lead vocal by Rudy Lewis, arranged by Garry Sherman, produced by Leiber & Stoller, and released as a March 1963 single by Atlantic Records (45rpm, catalog number 2182). The same recording was later included in The Drifters' 1964 album Our Biggest Hits.
The song has been interpolated into the following musicals:
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Personal Info
Birth Date:
April 15, 1933
Birth Location:
Baltimore, Maryland
Death Date:
August 22, 2011
Death Location:
Los Angeles, California
Cause of Death:
no location entered yet
Other Names
- No additional names listed.
Marriage & Family
Spouses/Partners
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Family
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