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This is a list of songs written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, either together as a songwriting partnership, with other writers, or individually. By Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman [ edit ]
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Yakety Yak" is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and originally performed by the Coasters in 1958. Yakety Yak (or similar phrases) may also refer to: Yakety Yak, Take It Back, a 1991 music video using a recycling-themed version of the song; Yakkety Yak, the name of version 16.10 of the Ubuntu operating system
The song is a "playlet," a word Stoller used for the glimpses into teenage life that characterized the songs he and Lieber wrote and produced. [4] 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.
The movie begins with a Bloodstone cover of "As Time Goes By" over the opening titles.Bloodstone - Harry Williams, Charles Love, Charles McCormick, and Willis Draffen, Jr. - are about to go onstage for a concert at a theater while their opening act, a vocal group called the Sinceres, perform the Coasters' 1958 hit song "Yakety Yak."
Joe and Jill Biden. The Bidens began their official statement on Carter’s death, “Today, America and the world lost an extraordinary leader, statesman, and humanitarian.” “Over six decades ...
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.
Yakety Yak, Take it Back is a 1991 celebrity charity music video film aimed at encouraging recycling using a combination of live action rock stars, rappers, and animated Warner Bros. characters. [1] The film originally aired on MTV in a shortened music video form and was released in an extended version on home video.