Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

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Leiber and Stoller wrote some of the biggest hits in rock & roll history!

You know their music, even if you don't know it's their music.

Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote songs that you've been hearing your whole life.

Leiber & Stoller in a nutshell... 

Jerome "Jerry" Leiber (born April 25, 1933) and Mike Stoller (born March 13, 1933) are among the most influential American songwriters and music producers in post-World War II popular music.

Their first successes were as the writers of such crossover hit songs as "Hound Dog" and "Kansas City." Later in the 1950s, particularly through their work with The Coasters, they created a string of ground-breaking hits that are some of the most entertaining in rock and roll, by using the humorous vernacular of the teenagers sung in a style that was openly theatrical rather than personal, songs that include "Young Blood," "Searchin'," and "Yakety Yak." They were the first to surround black music with elaborate production values, enhancing its emotional power with The Drifters in "There Goes My Baby" and influencing Phil Spector who worked with them on recordings of The Drifters and Ben E. King. Leiber and Stoller went into the record business and, focusing on the "girl group" sound, released some of the greatest classics of the Brill Building period.

They wrote hits including "Love Me," "Loving You," "Don't," and "Jailhouse Rock," among others for Elvis Presley.

They were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985 and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.

They currently live in Los Angeles.

Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

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The Coasters & Del Shannon - Searchin' (1965)

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Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs Of Leiber And Stoller (1995 Original Broadway Cast)

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Hound Dog: The Leiber & Stoller Autobiography

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The Leiber & Stoller Story, Vol. 1: Hard Times - The Los Angeles Years 1951-56

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The Leiber & Stoller Story Vol. 2 -On the Horizon 1956-1962

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Leiber & Stoller Music Publishing 6-CD box set - INCLUDES RARE ELVIS PRESLEY CD!

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Leiber and Stoller: Writing the story of R&B - BlueNotes - post ...
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    greggers greggers Sep 30, 2008 @ 6:26 pm
    Nice!! I'm lensrolling from my "Bossa Nova Baby" lens (don't worry, more L&S elvis songs later, I'm going alphabetically!) Great to see a lens on this great songwriting team!

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