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Hound Dog - JERRY LEIBER & Mike Stoller

By JERRY LEIBER & Mike Stoller

Release Date: 2009-06-09

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

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The hitmakers behind Elvis Presleyā€™s ā€œHound Dogā€ and ā€œJailhouse Rockā€ recount their rise to songwriting stardom while authoring the classic American R&B sound of countless chart-topping singles.

In 1950 a couple of rhythm and bluesā€“loving teenagers named Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller met for the first time. They discovered their mutual affection for R&B and, as Jerry and Mike put it in this fascinating autobiography, began an argument that has been going on for over fifty years with no resolution in sight.

Leiber and Stoller were still in their teens when they started working with some of the pioneers of rock and roll, writing such hits as "Hound Dog," which eventually became a #1 record for Elvis Presley. Jerry and Mike became the Kingā€™s favorite songwriters, giving him "Jailhouse Rock" and other #1 songs. Their string of hits with the Coasters, including "Yakety Yak," "Poison Ivy," and "Charlie Brown," is a part of rock ā€™nā€™ roll history. They founded their own music label and introduced novel instrumentation into their hits for the Drifters and Ben E. King, including "On Broadway" and "Stand by Me." They worked with everyone from Phil Spector to Burt Bacharach and Peggy Lee. Their smash musical Smokey Joeā€™s CafĆ© became the longest-running musical revue in Broadway history.

Lively, colorful, and irreverent, Hound Dog describes how two youngsters with an insatiable love of good old American R&B created the soundtrack for a generation.

Hound Dog - JERRY LEIBER & Mike Stoller

By JERRY LEIBER & Mike Stoller

Release Date: 2009-06-09

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

4.5 (10 ratings)
Read Download
The hitmakers behind Elvis Presleyā€™s ā€œHound Dogā€ and ā€œJailhouse Rockā€ recount their rise to songwriting stardom while authoring the classic American R&B sound of countless chart-topping singles.

In 1950 a couple of rhythm and bluesā€“loving teenagers named Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller met for the first time. They discovered their mutual affection for R&B and, as Jerry and Mike put it in this fascinating autobiography, began an argument that has been going on for over fifty years with no resolution in sight.

Leiber and Stoller were still in their teens when they started working with some of the pioneers of rock and roll, writing such hits as "Hound Dog," which eventually became a #1 record for Elvis Presley. Jerry and Mike became the Kingā€™s favorite songwriters, giving him "Jailhouse Rock" and other #1 songs. Their string of hits with the Coasters, including "Yakety Yak," "Poison Ivy," and "Charlie Brown," is a part of rock ā€™nā€™ roll history. They founded their own music label and introduced novel instrumentation into their hits for the Drifters and Ben E. King, including "On Broadway" and "Stand by Me." They worked with everyone from Phil Spector to Burt Bacharach and Peggy Lee. Their smash musical Smokey Joeā€™s CafĆ© became the longest-running musical revue in Broadway history.

Lively, colorful, and irreverent, Hound Dog describes how two youngsters with an insatiable love of good old American R&B created the soundtrack for a generation.

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