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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 liner notes for The Basement Tapes give the following personnel credits for all songs on the album: Bob Dylan – acoustic guitar, piano, vocals; Robbie Robertson – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drums, vocals; Richard Manuel – piano, drums, harmonica, vocals; Rick Danko – electric bass, mandolin, vocals; Garth Hudson – organ, clavinet, accordion, tenor saxophone, piano; Levon ...
The covers of the cassette albums would feature a certain car from that era. A Chevy Bel-Air was on the cover of Volume VI album which featured the classics, "Blue Moon" by The Marcels, Runaround Sue by Dion, Yakety Yak by The Coasters and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" by The Killer. [1] [2] The cover of Volume IV featured a Ford Mustang.
"Yakety Yak" by the Coasters had the year's longest unbroken run at number one on the Best Sellers chart, spending six consecutive weeks in the top spot. The Silhouettes had the longest uninterrupted run atop the Jockeys chart, spending six weeks in the peak position with " Get a Job "; "Yakety Yak" also spent six weeks at number one on that ...
From the 1950s until the mid-1960s, he worked as a session musician, recording under his own name and with others such as The Coasters, with whom he recorded "Yakety Yak" and "Charlie Brown", among others. Buddy Holly hired him for session work, during which they recorded "Reminiscing." Holly wrote this song, but gave Curtis the songwriting ...
"Yakety Yak" The Coasters: 7 August 4 1 "My True Love" Jack Scott: 3 August 18 6 "Willie and the Hand Jive" The Johnny Otis Show: 9 August 4 2 "Fever" Peggy Lee: 8 August 25 3 August 11 "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" Domenico Modugno: 1 August 18 10 "Just a Dream" Jimmy Clanton: 4 August 25 8 August 18 "Little Star" The Elegants: 1 August 25 ...
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.
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.