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"Searchin '" is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller specifically for the Coasters. [1] Atco Records released it as a single in March 1957, which topped the R&B Chart for twelve weeks. It also reached number three on the Billboard singles chart.
The following year, the Coasters crossed over to the pop chart in a big way with the double-sided "Young Blood"/"Searchin'". [4] " Searchin'" was the group's first U.S. Top 10 hit, [ 4 ] and topped the R&B chart for 13 weeks, becoming the biggest R&B single of 1957 (all were recorded in Los Angeles).
The title of the song was inspired not by the name of a woman, but by the name of a street in East Nashville, Tennessee. [1] The song's chorus bears a resemblance to the song " Searchin " written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and recorded famously by the Coasters .
"Along Came Jones" is a comedic song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and originally recorded by the Coasters, [1] in 1959 peaking at number 9 in the Billboard Hot 100 but recorded by many other groups and individuals in the years that followed.
"Poison Ivy" is a popular song by American songwriting duo Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was originally recorded by the Coasters in 1959. [1] It went to No.1 on the R&B chart, No.7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, [2] and No.15 in the UK.
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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."
Before Guy joined The Coasters in 1955, [2] he was part of a comedy singing duo called "Bip and Bop". One single, "Ding Dong Ding", b/w "Du-Wada-Du", was released on Aladdin Records in 1955. [ 3 ] He made a number of solo records during the 1960s and 1970s.