Leiber and Stoller were an American songwriting and record-production duo, consisting of lyricist Jerome Leiber and composer Michael Stoller. They wrote many R&B and pop hits, as well as numerous Broa
Mike Stoller (left) and Jerry Leiber (right) flanking Elvis Presley on the cover of Leiber and Stoller's joint autobiography, Hound Dog
Yakety Yak
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"Yakety Yak" is a song written, produced, and arranged by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller for the Coasters and released on Atco Records in 1958. It spent seven weeks as #1 on the R&B charts and a week a
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
…particularly through their work with the Coasters, they created a string of ground-breaking hits—including "Young Blood" (1957), "Searchin'" (1957), "Yakety Yak" (1958), "Poison Ivy" (1959), and "Charlie Brown" (1959) — that used the humorous vernacular of teenagers sung in a style that was openly theatrical…
A-side label of the U.S. vinyl single