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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). " 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 ...
"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. This was their third top-ten hit of that year following "Charlie Brown" and "Along Came Jones".
The vocals of the Coasters' lead singer Billy Guy are raw and insistent. Driving the song is a pounding piano rhythm of two bass notes alternating on every second beat. [2] The theme of the song is searching for love: "Well, I'm searching, Yeah I'm gonna find her". The refrain is simple variations of this phrase, "Gonna find her, yeah ah, gonna ...
Many of their songs are featured in the popular award-winning music revue Smokey Joe's Cafe. Their hits are also featured in major motion pictures such as Home Alone and recently in the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof. With Carl Gardner's death on June 12, 2011, Leon Hughes was the last surviving member of the original Coasters.
"Three Cool Cats" is a 1958 song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was originally recorded by the Coasters and released as the B-side of their hit single, "Charlie Brown". [1] "Three Cool Cats" was one of the fifteen songs recorded by the Beatles for their Decca Records audition on New Year's Day in 1962 in London. [1]
"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 mocking their inescapable presence, the song takes inspiration from the 1945 Gary Cooper film Along Came Jones, a comedy Western. In the film the "long, lean, lanky" Cooper lampoons his usual "slow-walkin', slow-talkin'" screen persona. The music for the film was composed by Arthur Lange, mentor to songwriter Mike Stoller. The idea for the ...
"One Kiss Led to Another" is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and performed by The Coasters. [1] The song reached #11 on the R&B chart and #73 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1956. [2] The song appeared on their 1957 album, The Coasters. [3] The song was produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. [4]