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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.
"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 ...
In 2005, they created a similarly themed parody of the Coasters' song "Yakety Yak", this time with Iraq as the target, called "Yakety Yak (Bomb Iraq)". [19] Foreshadowing this, The Rush Limbaugh Show in 1990 featured a parody of "Barbara Ann" called "Bomb Iraq" following the start of the Gulf War. [20]
"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 ...
Later in the 1950s, particularly through their work with the Coasters, they created a string of ground-breaking hits—including "Young Blood" (1957), "Searchin'" (1957), and "Yakety Yak" (1958)—that used the humorous vernacular of teenagers sung in a style that was openly theatrical rather than personal. [4]
Yakety Yak Yak Yak: Yakety Yak always talks and never listens. Zip Goes Zebra : Zany Zebra is not afraid to be different, which really annoys Alligator, Dog, and Kangaroo. A poster and a plastic book case (which included a personalized decal set) was included with the subscription.
Smokey Joe's Cafe is a musical revue showcasing 39 pop standards, including rock and roll and rhythm and blues songs written by songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.The Original Broadway cast recording, Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller, won a Grammy Award in 1997.
Musically, the song follows a minor blues structure, built mostly around three chords (i7, iv7, V7) except for the bridge (IV, VI, III, V). The lyrical theme is one typical of early rock and roll: boy meets girl, then meets girl's father, who does not approve of boy; so the boy departs, but cannot stop thinking about the girl, declaring "You're the one, you're the one, you're the one."