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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.
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.
1978: Theo Vaness, #14 US Disco Action (as part of medley, "Back to Music") 2007: Jordin Sparks, #80 US pop 2011: Haley Reinhart "Only in America" Jay and the Americans: 25 - - Written by Leiber, Stoller, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil: 1967 "D. W. Washburn" The Coasters - - - 1968: The Monkees, #19 US pop, #17 UK 1968 "Do Your Own Thing" Brook ...
"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]
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.
"Charlie Brown" is a popular Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller song that was a top-ten hit for the Coasters [2] in the spring of 1959 (released in January, coupled with "Three Cool Cats", Atco 6132). [3] It went to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, while " Venus " by Frankie Avalon was at No. 1. [ 4 ]
In 2006, saxophone player Sanne Maestrom in André Rieu's orchestra played a rendition of the song as part of Rieu's New York Memories performance at Radio City Music Hall. [15] Dolly Parton mimed performing "Yakety Sax" on a soprano saxophone during an appearance at the Mann Music Center in Philadelphia on June 15, 2016. [16]
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