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He is a songwriter and music
producer born in Long Island,
New York. He moved
to Los Angeles and studied at the Los Angeles City College and it is during this time he met his long-time
collaborator Jerry Leiber. The first recording of their work
was "Real Ugly Woman", released by Jimmy Witherspoon and their
first hit came in 1952 with Charles Brown singing "Hard
Times". They were the
extremely successful throughout the 1950s and 1960s and saw success with
hits such as "Searchin'", "Charlie Brown",
"On Broadway", "Poison Ivy" and "Yakety Yak".
The saw major success when Elvis Presley hit the charts in 1956 with
"Hound Dog" and he would go on to record many more of their
songs such as "Jailhouse Rock" and "Don't". Phil Spector studied/trained with
the two songwriters and often played guitar on their sessions. He and Jerry Leiber
founded Red Bird Records and their artists include the Dixie Cups, the
Shangri-Las who both released their hit songs "Chapel of Love"
and "Leader of the Pack" on that label. They sold the record company and
continued to write and their later hit records included the Grammy Award
winning "Is That All There Is?" for Peggie
Lee, "Stuck in the Middle With You" by Stealer's Wheel
and "Pearl's a Singer" for Elkie
Brooks. The 1995 Broadway
musical Smokey Joe's Cafe is based on their work and received
seven Tony award nominations and won a Grammy award. They have been named as an influence
to several successful songwriters such as Carole King and Lennon and
McCartney, are members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and have a star
on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Patsy Brewer Recordings
Hound Dog (Jerry Lieber/Mike
Stoller)
Pilot Master, 8061-37A
Sources:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Stoller
- http://www.geocities.com/spectropop/hleiberstoller.html
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