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Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller met as teenagers in Los Angeles in 1950, found that they were both fans of [[Blues]] and Rhythm & Blues, and started writing songs together. Jerry wrote the lyrics and Mike wrote the music. Their first hit came in '52, an R&B song called "Hard Times" recorded by Charles Brown. They stayed in the R&B genre for a few more years, writing songs that would later become huge hits, including "Kansas City" and "Hound Dog".
In the mid-'50s, Atlantic Records hired them as both songwriters and [[Record Producer
After [[Elvis Presley]] made "Hound Dog" famous, they started writing for him, including "Loving You", "Jailhouse Rock", and "King Creole". Along with Elvis, they helped popularize black music in America, with R&B hits that crossed over into the mainstream.
In the early '60s, they left Atlantic for United Artists, and then to their own label, Red Bird. At Red Bird, they had success with [[Girl Group
They won a [[Grammy Award]] in 1969 for "Is That All There Is?", and were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. A Broadway [[Jukebox Musical]] featuring their work, ''Smokey Joe's Cafe'', came out in 1995 and won them another Grammy.
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* "Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots": Edith Piaf (as "L’Homme à la Moto")
* "Charlie Brown": The Coasters
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* "Yakety Yak": The Coasters
* "Young Blood": The Coasters (co-written with Doc Pomus)
* "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care": [[
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* [[Ascended Extra]]: [[Phil Spector]], who started out as an assistant.
* [[Break Up Song]]: Leiber's characters fell out of love at least as often as they [[Silly Love Songs|fell in love]].
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