[Presley, Elvis. (1935-1977)] Leiber, Jerome "Jerry." (1933 - 2011) & Stoller, Mike. (b. 1933)
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Black and white photograph of Leiber & Stoller with Elvis Presley, taken in California in 1957. Signed in black sharpies by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. 8 x 10 inches, framed to 16.5 x 15 inches.American songwriting and record producing partners. Stoller was the composer and Leiber the lyricist. Their most famous songs include "Hound Dog", "Jailhouse Rock", "Kansas City", "Stand By Me" (with Ben. E. King), and "On Broadway" (with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil). Their initial successes were as the writers of such crossover hit songs as "Hound Dog" (for Elvis Presley) and "Kansas City" (for Wilbur Harrison and, later, The Beatles). 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 as in such classics as The Drifters' "There Goes My Baby". They influenced Phil Spector who worked with them on recordings of the Drifters and Ben E. King. Leiber and Stoller later 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 numerous hits for Elvis Presley. The pair were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. (8054)
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