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The lyrics describe the listing of household chores to a kid, presumably a teenager, the teenager's response ("yakety yak") and the parents' retort ("don't talk back") — an experience very familiar to a middle-class teenager of the day. Leiber has said the Coasters portrayed "a white kid’s view of a black person’s conception of white ...
In 1971, the Coasters had a minor chart entry with "Love Potion No. 9", a song that Leiber and Stoller had written for the Coasters, but instead gave to the Clovers in 1959. In Britain, a 1994 Volkswagen TV advertisement used the group's "Sorry But I'm Gonna Have to Pass", which led to a minor chart placement in that country.
“Yakety Yak” by The Coasters (1958) The catchy 1958 hit “Yakety Yak” was performed by The Coasters, an African American vocal group. In the song, a kid is scolded for not doing his chores ...
Carl Edward Gardner (April 29, 1928 – June 12, 2011) was an American singer, best known as the foremost member and founder of The Coasters.Known for the 1958 song "Yakety Yak", which spent a week as number one on the Hot 100 pop list, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
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"/"Searchin'". [17] They released "Yakety Yak", which was a mainstream hit, as was the follow-up, "Charlie Brown".
The Coasters had novelty songs such as "Charlie Brown" [10] and "Yakety Yak". "Yakety Yak" became a #1 single on July 21, 1958, and is the only novelty song (#346) included in the Songs of the Century. "Lucky Ladybug" by Billy and Lillie was popular in December 1958.
The Coasters [2] 9 14 - 1969: Ray Stevens, #27 US pop "Poison Ivy" The Coasters [2] 7 1 15 1964: The Paramounts, #35 UK 1980: The Lambrettas, #7 UK 1990: Young & Restless, #76 R&B "I'm a Hog for You" The Coasters 38 - - "Love Potion No. 9" The Clovers: 23 23 - 1964: The Searchers, #3 US pop 1971: The Coasters, #76 US pop 1980: Rinder & Lewis ...
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