RIP Jerry Leiber, one of the top song writers of the 50s and 60s

Here are a few videos of the artists who recorded some of the top hits co-written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Leiber died Monday in a Los Angeles hospital. He was 78.

ORIGINAL HOUND DOG




ELVIS



STAND BY ME





JOHN LENNON: COVER STAND BY ME



Love Potion #9 - THE ORIGINAL VERSION




THE SEARCHERS COVER: LOVE POTION #9





KANSAS CITY: BEATLES COVER




Johnny Cash & June Carter - Jackson


Jackson was co-written with Billy Edd Wheeler.




The Drifters with Ben E. King - There Goes My Baby




Elvis Presley: Jailhouse Rock




Björk : Ruby baby (Drifters hit in 1955)




Elvis Presley - Treat Me Nice





links to other videos

Drifters: On Broadway

George Benson's Cover: On Broadway

The Coasters:Youngblood (1957)

Bad Company: Young Blood

The Coasters - Yakety Yak

The Coasters: Charlie Brown

Ben E King: Spanish Harlem

The Coasters: Searchin'

The Beatles: Searchin'




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