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  Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jerry Leiber (born April 25, 1933) and Mike Stoller (born March 13, 1933) are among the most important songwriters and music producers in post-World War II popular music.
Leiber came from Baltimore, Stoller from Long Island, but they met in Los Angeles, where both attended Los Angeles City College.
After school, Stoller played drums and Leiber worked in a record store and, when they met, they found they shared a love of blues and rhythm and blues.
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 Leiber & Stoller Page
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller formed one of the best and most prolific songwriting teams of the 50's and 60's in addition to their work as record producers.
Jerry Leiber was born in Baltimore in 1933 and Mike Stoller was born less than three weeks later in Belle Harbor, New York.
Leiber and Stoller moved to New York City and set up an office in what was known as the Brill Building, which was actually a group of buildings along Broadway that served as the epicenter of the pop music business in the 50's and 60's.
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 THERE - The Virtual Destination   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
But a major source of Leiber and Stoller's success and power was their ability to bridge both racial barriers and musical genres.
By this time, Leiber and Stoller had already relocated to New York to be closer to the virtual teen pop factory centered in and around the Brill Building.
Leiber and Stoller have relaxed from their hectic pace of making records in the late '50's and early '60's, reappearing briefly by producing "Stuck In the Middle With You (Stealers Wheel,1972)".
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 Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Their first hit composition was "Hard Times," recorded by Charles Brown, which was a rhythm and blues hit in 1952.
Their songs from this period include "Smokey Joe's Cafe," "Riot in Cell Block #9," "Charlie Brown," "Stand By Me," "Save the Last Dance for Me," and "On Broadway," among numerous other hits (for the Coasters alone they wrote 24 songs which appeared in the national charts).
Their best known song from this period is "Is That All There Is?," recorded by Peggy Lee in 1969.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Mike_Stoller   (417 words)

  
 commercialappeal.com - Memphis, TN: Music
Leiber and Stoller, both 70, have been writing songs to gether for 53 years, and in the process, they have influenced the history of music as much as anybody.
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were like the rap artists of the early '50s, pushing buttons, inviting scorn and testing the limits, as rock roared into being from its roots as blues and rhythm and blues.
Leiber explained that he had just been released from the hospital and was unable to travel.
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 Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Produced by Leiber and Stoller, the booming percussion and soaring strings, as well as the sad melody, was reminiscent of their work with the Drifters, though in a much Whiter mold.
When Leiber and Stoller took the Drifters' recording to Atlantic for their nod of approval, the reaction wasn't exactly what they were expecting.
Jerry Wexler: "I thought it absurd for a fl man to be singing about this country being this 'land of opportunity' at that time in our history." "You have to remember, this was 1963," Stoller points out.
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 The 5th Avenue Theatre - Leiber & Stoller
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller are two of the founding fathers of Rock 'n' Roll.
Eventually, Leiber and Stoller relocated to New York to be closer to the virtual teen pop factory centered in and around the Brill Building.
Leiber and Stoller relaxed from their hectic pace of making records in the late '50s and early '60s, reappearing briefly to produce Stuck In the Middle With You for Stealers Wheel in 1972.
www.5thavenuetheatre.org /sjc_leiber&stoller.shtml   (625 words)

  
 LEIBER and STOLLER : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Songwriters and producers Jerry Leiber (b 25 April '33, Baltimore) and Mike Stoller (b 13 May '33, Belle Harbor, NY).
They had started out with profound admiration for writers like Gershwin and Cole Porter, but thought all the standards had been written; having written scores of pop hits, they now applied their theatrical sense and a wider musical vocabulary to other genres.
These and others were recorded by William Bolcom and Joan Morris on Other Songs By Leiber And Stoller '78 on Nonesuch; their later work hasn't made as much money, but the songs remain to be discovered.
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 Leiber and Stoller   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
We had been invited to attend a Press Conference with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, (for which we are indebted to Ken Lower of Hermana).
About two or three days later a manila envelope arrived with a cover note and two signatory pages, this was a blank page with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in type at the bottom left hand side, and to the right a line where we had to sign, and nothing else.
Jerry and I are the nominal plaintiffs against this particular case.
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 Jerry Leiber: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Born in Baltimore, when Leiber was five his widowed mother opened a grocery store near the fl ghetto.
Leiber was the most outgoing of the two and his hipster jive and frenetic energy motivated the naturally withdrawn Stoller to begin writing songs together.
From the tongue-in-cheek humor of "Down Home Girl" to the poetic beauty of "Spanish Harlem," Leiber's lyrics set out to capture the essence of the fl experience in America, and, in many ways, he accomplished that goal, creating a lyrical body of work rivaled by very few.
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 Hit Broadway Revue 'Smokey Joe's Cafe' Opens In Hancher Sept. 18-20
Although Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller are members of both the Songwriters' Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, most of the public does not know their names.
Among the artists whose careers were established on Leiber and Stoller songs were Elvis Presley, the Coasters and the Drifters.
Leiber and Stoller, who met as teenagers just after World War II, were part of a generation of white youth who defied the racial segregation of American music, embracing blues and other forms of African-American music.
www.uiowa.edu /~ournews/1998/august/0828smokey.html   (793 words)

  
 JERRY LEIBER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
This is ostensibly a BTBWY piece on Jerry but the two of them are inseparable, plus they almost share their date of birth, so here they are, together as usual.....
Leiber and Stoller were among the first to use strings on R&B records and through such tunes as "Spanish Harlem" they were among the first to introduce Latin rhythms into rock 'n' roll.
Leiber and Stoller were a leading force in the late 50s/1960s songwriting Mecca centred on the Brill.
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 AbsoluteFacts.nl - Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
Jerry Leiber (1933, Baltimore) en Mike Stoller (1933, New York) schreven samen songs vanaf hun zeventiende.
Jerry Leiber was meer geïnteresseerd in blues en werkte enige tijd in een platenwinkel, terwijl Mike Stoller als jazzpianist actief was.
Leiber & Stoller sloten een contract met het label Atlantic.
www.absofacts.com /popmuziek/data/leiberstoller.shtml   (355 words)

  
 More about Smokey Joe's Cafe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Famed rock DJ Cousin Brucie says, "Leiber and Stoller are the Rodgers and Hammerstein of rock-n-roll." Everyone from The Drifters and The Coasters to The Osmonds and The California Raisins has recorded their songs.
Both Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were born in 1933 —; Leiber in Baltimore and Stoller in New York.
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were inducted into The Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985, The Record Producers’ Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
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 Remembering the rock 'n' roll song factory of Leiber and Stoller   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Leiber and Stoller were among the first to use strings on RandB records and through such tunes as "Spanish Harlem" they were among the first to introduce Latin rhythms to rock 'n' roll.
Leiber and Stoller are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Record Producers Hall of Fame.
Leiber and Stoller started their own label called Spark and wrote a pair of minor hits: "Riot in Cell Block Number Nine" for the Robins and "Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots" for The Cheers.
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 Songwriters Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Leiber and Stoller story began when both were born the same year, 1933.
Atlantic Records executives, Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler among them, were impressed, and in 1955 signed Leiber and Stoller to the first independent production deal, forever changing the course of production in the record industry.
Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Bill Haley and the Comets, Barbra Streisand, Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters, Johnny Mathis, Joe Williams, Count Basie, John Mellen-camp.
www.songwritershalloffame.org /exhibit_home_page.asp?exhibitId=17   (467 words)

  
 Leiber, Jerry; and Stoller, Mike --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Working primarily for Atlantic Records, Leiber and Stoller were perhaps the most successful writers and producers of the 1950s.
More results on "Leiber, Jerry; and Stoller, Mike" when you join.
Working primarily for, Leiber and Stoller were perhaps the most successful writers and producers of the 1950s.
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 CMT.com : Leiber & Stoller : Biography
Very simply, Leiber and Stoller are two of the most important songwriters of the early days of rock & roll.
In 1964, Leiber and Stoller started their own record label, Red Bird, devoted to girl groups.
Later, their songs were the basis of a successful Broadway musical entitled Smokey Joe's Cafe, which revived interest in their great body of work, and also brought the music of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller to a whole new audience.
www.cmt.com /artists/az/leiber_and_stoller/bio.jhtml   (547 words)

  
 Faces & Places - FILM & TELEVISION
The phenomenal rock n' roll, blues and cabaret song impresarios Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller collected the President's Award with ASMAC President John Clayton and ASCAP President and Chairman Marilyn Bergman officiating.
The legendary songwriting team of Leiber & Stoller virtually created Rock and Roll from 1950 on, when they began their partnership at the tender age of 17.
Leiber & Stoller were honored by The Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985 where they were presented with the coveted Johnny Mercer Award.
www.ascap.com /playback/2005/summer/faces_places/filmtv.html   (1052 words)

  
 Biography - OnTV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
It is the story of rock and roll's unlikeliest of founding fathers: two white Jewish guys-one from Queens, one from Baltimore-who moved to Los Angeles and steeped themselves in raw, raunchy 12-bar blues.
Leiber and Stoller were producers, arrangers, label executives, and publishing magnates.
The professional and the personal are fleshed out through interviews with Leiber and Stoller, Burt Bacharach, Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler, Carole King, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, and many others.
www.biography.com /tv/listings/leiberstoller.html   (546 words)

  
 'L' ENTRIES - Page 3 on the COMPOSERS - LYRICISTS DATABASE
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were the Kings of the Rock and Roll era.
Leiber, a `Blues' enthusiast, was working as an assistant in a record shop.
Leiber and Stoller gave this vocal group some of their wittiest and cleverest work, including:
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 VH1.com : Jerry Leiber : Biography
Jerry Leiber virtually defined the way popular music sounded in the early '60s.
At 16 Leiber began writing blues lyrics and, soon after, met pianist Mike Stoller.
After hitting with "Hound Dog" (recorded first by Mama Thornton, then by Elvis), the team signed with Atlantic Records and began writing for groups such as the Coasters and the Drifters.
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 PeggyLee.com - Bulletin Board
Sunday's (March 12, 2001) Minneapolis Star-Tribune contains an interview with songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
We got her to do 36 takes of 'Is That All There Is?' because she loved it so much," with its arrangement by Randy Newman.

: One of those was absolute perfection, Leiber said.

Her classic hit, "Is That All There Is?", was the first recording that brought me to her as a grade-school student in a small town in Ohio.
www.peggylee.com /pegleebb/read.php?f=3&i=16&t=16   (423 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Big Town - Big Town Songbook: Writing records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
MIKE STOLLER was born in New York, Jerry Leiber in Baltimore.
When the group split in half, one side reformed as the Coasters, who became Leiber's and Stoller's vehicle to lampoon everything from TV Westerns to racism and the middle-class obsession with material goods.
Some 40 of their songs were strung together, given a bright, smiling Broadway gloss and married with little skits that gave the show a feeling of live videos.
www.nydailynews.com /city_life/big_town/v-bigtown_archive/story/196034p-169337c.html   (712 words)

  
 Item #8898836FK - Smokey Joe's Cafe (The Songs Of Leiber And Stoller) - Concert Band
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller's songs are spotlighted here in Johnnie Vinson's superb medley for concert band.
Composer(s): "Smokey Joe's Cafe" was composed by Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber.
On Broadway - Composed by: Mann, Stoller, Leiber, and Cynthia Weil,Barry Mann
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 AOL Music: Jerry Leiber
Jerry Leiber (born April 25, 1933) and Mike Stoller (born March 13, 1933) are among the most important...
of the fair-skinned founding fathers must be Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
By their own account, Leiber and Stoller glided through the early '50s...
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 METALLICA et al. v NAPSTER INC - Legal Case Documents
JERRY LEIBER, individually and dba JERRY LEIBER MUSIC, (For Full Caption See Following Pages) ________________________________________________________________ Appeal from the U. District Court Northern District of California Civil Nos.
JERRY LEIBER, individually and doing business as JERRY LEIBER MUSIC, (For Continuation of Caption See Next Page) Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division Jointly Heard In Civil Nos.
JERRY LEIBER, individually and dba JERRY LEIBER MUSIC, (For Full Caption See Following Pages) _____________________________________________________________ Appeal from the U. District Court Northern District of California Civil Nos.
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 Jerry Leiber dba Jerry Leiber Music and Mike Stoller dba Mike Stoller Music v Russx Casting Company - Case No. 100713
Jerry Leiber dba Jerry Leiber Music and Mike Stoller dba Mike Stoller Music v Russx Casting Company - Case No. 100713
Jerry Leiber dba Jerry Leiber Music and Mike Stoller dba Mike Stoller Music v.
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Los Angeles, CA (“Complainant”) represented by
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 Pasco: Rockin' at Smokey Joe's
The energetic musical revue featuring the songs of pop tunesmiths Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller rolls into Hudson's Show Palace Dinner Theatre.
And it's all in Smokey Joe's Cafe, the Songs of Leiber and Stoller, the musical tribute to the pair's songs opening July 12 at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre in Hudson.
Leiber and Stoller's witty, sophisticated rock tunes were wildly popular when they came out and have stood the test of time.
www.sptimes.com /2002/07/05/news_pf/Pasco/Rockin__at_Smokey_Joe.shtml   (617 words)

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