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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.
In 1955 he released a single, "Yakety Yak" (not the same tune as "Yakety Yak" by The Coasters), on competitor Meteor Records. The record was released under the name Mac Sales and the Esquire Trio so as to avoid legal action by Phillips, to whom he was still contractually obliged. In 1956, Yelvington recorded again with Sun, releasing the ...
Yakkity Yak : A preteen yak student in Onion Falls High School and the school's mascot who wishes to be a comedian. Yakkity works as the school mascot since his grandfather also served as mascot when the football team won the state championship in 1925. The football team, instead of the mascot, got all the glory (despite not winning a match in ...
b/w "Yakety Yak" 24 27 — 28 13 "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" A b/w "The Minority" (from Even Stevens) 76 81 — 59 34 Have a Little Talk with Myself "—" denotes released that failed to chart or were not released
Curtis Ousley (born Curtis Montgomery; February 7, 1934 – August 13, 1971), [1] known professionally as King Curtis, was an American saxophonist who played rhythm and blues, jazz, and rock and roll.
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
Among the more far out songs of this genre were the two released in 1956 by Nervous Norvus, "Transfusion" and "Ape Call". 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.
"Yakety Yak" (recorded in New York), featuring King Curtis on tenor saxophone, included the famous lineup of Gardner, Guy, Jones, and Gunter, and became the act's only national number one single, topping both the pop and R&B charts. [4] The next single, "Charlie Brown", reached number two on both charts. [4]