songwriter Jerry Lieber dies at 78

[hornet61]

one of the greatest songwriters of all time died monday..along with collaborator Mike Stoller they wrote some of the biggest hits of all time starting with:

Kansas city - wilbert harrison and many others
Hound Dog - Willie mae thorton (mama hound dog)/Elvis

some others are....

 

[firepoint525]

Interesting that Leiber would die about a week after the anniversary of Elvis' death. :'(

 

[radioman148]

one of the greatest songwriters of all time died monday..along with collaborator Mike Stoller they wrote some of the biggest hits of all time starting with:

Kansas city - wilbert harrison and many others
Hound Dog - Willie mae thorton (mama hound dog)/Elvis

some others are....

And many of the great Coasters songs, Yakety Yak, & Charlie Brown among others.

 

[hornet61]

one of the greatest songwriters of all time died monday..along with collaborator Mike Stoller they wrote some of the biggest hits of all time starting with:

Kansas city - wilbert harrison and many others
Hound Dog - Willie mae thorton (mama hound dog)/Elvis

some others are....

And many of the great Coasters songs, Yakety Yak, & Charlie Brown among others.

yes as firepoint mentioned Elvis, connection was, Bossa Nova baby, Jailhouse, Loving you, King Creole , hound dog....,many songs by the Drifters..
also Nick Ashford died last night ...he wrote a few motown hits and recorded some with valerie Simpson...certainly a blue monday for music fans

 

[radioman148]

Nick Ashford was only 70. Indeed a sad day in the music world.

 

[firepoint525]

Bad Company did a great cover version of "Young Blood" back in the '70s. Even had that great reverb sound that you hear on so many '50s-era recordings. But it gets almost NO airplay now! :'(

 

[radioman148]

Bad Company did a great cover version of "Young Blood" back in the '70s. Even had that great reverb sound that you hear on so many '50s-era recordings. But it gets almost NO airplay now! :'(

I have an air check somewhere of Larry Lujack playing that on WCFL when it was popular.

 

[firepoint525]

Leiber and Stoller were for Elvis (and others!) what Lennon and McCartney would later become for the Beatles.

 

[hornet61]

they also started the red bird label and had a few charted hits before the bellied-up, or were obsorbed..shan-gri-las, dixie cups and jellyneans...and spawned Blue cat records from red- bird and recorded the ad-libs on blue cat.

 

[Al Timiter]

This is really sad to hear. The Leiber and Stoller songs were little "stories" in 2 and 1/2 minutes or less. Jerry had a rich history in the music business. And that's an understatement. He will be missed greatly. Thank you for the music, Jerry. RIP.

 

[hornet61]

Leiber and stoller were established hitmakers in LA...when Atlantic records..begged/bribed them to come to NY and set-up shop in the Brill building....can you imagine the already superstar writing teams in the Brill Building:

greenfield/sedaka
barcarach/david
mann/weil
giffin/king
greenwich and barry
bert berns
pomus/shuman
boyce and hart

and then add Leiber and Stoller..OMG,,, no wonder the Brill Building is considered scared ground...

 

[radioman148]

Wasn't Neil Diamond involved in the Briil Building for awhile?

 

[hornet61]

Wasn't Neil Diamond involved in the Briil Building for awhile?

very definitelyy so...thats the Berns/kirshner connection...bang records/col-gems records..before he went to Columbia.

 

[radioman148]

I thought so. Thanks for confirming.