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Jerry Leiber obituary

4840 days ago

Guardian Music — Ingenious writer of witty and irreverent lyrics set to music by Mike StollerNo one sold black culture to white kids like Jerry Leiber, whose lyrics to such songs as Hound Dog, Love Potion No 9, Yakety Yak, Stand By Me, Spanish Harlem and Jailhouse R... more info

Songwriter Jerry Leiber dies at 78

4840 days ago

Guardian Music — Along with songwriting partner Mike Stoller, Leiber was responsible for some of rock'n'roll's most enduring hits, including Hound Dog, Jailhouse Rock and Stand By MeJerry Leiber, the lyricist behind hits such as Stand By Me and Hound Dog, has died at... more info

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Last Lap: Monday’s Odds And Ends In Music News

4840 days ago

VH1 Blog — Rest In Peace, Jerry Leiber Jerry Leiber, one half of the songwriting team Leiber and Stoller, passed away today of heart failure. He was 78. With Mike Stoller, he wrote six top ten hits for the Coasters, three top tens for the Drifters, three #1 and... more info

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Faye Treadwell obituary

4910 days ago

Guardian Music — Formidable manager of the popular R&B group the DriftersSince a New York R&B vocal group calling themselves the Drifters performed together for the first time in 1953, more than 60 singers have passed through their ranks. For many years, the task of ... more info

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Cliff Richard promises to lock up his living doll in a trunk

4913 days ago

Guardian Music — 2 July 1959: Number 7 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of pop musicCliff was the UK's first rock star but within a year of his first hit with Move It, he was joined by a new band, the Drifters (later the Shadows), to record a version... more info

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The Farewell Drifters - Echo Boom (album stream)

4914 days ago

Totally Fuzzy — The Farewell Drifters create harmonic roots music that draws influence from the traditions of folk, 60’s revolutionary pop, bluegrass, film scores, and their young Nashville peers. They have been wowing audiences everywhere from MerleFest to rock ... more info

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The Drifters - Music Manager Treadwell Dies

4922 days ago

ContactMusic — The Drifters' long time manager Fayrene 'Faye' Treadwell has died at the age of 84. The pioneering music mogul, who was one of the first female African-American managers in the industry, passed away on 22 May (11) at her home in Burbank, California a... more info

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Giardini di Mirò - The Academic Rise of Falling Drifters

4967 days ago

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BBC4's Top of the Pops revival: hits that could feature

4986 days ago

Guardian Music — Songs in the UK chart in 1976-77 that are likely to be included in BBC4's archive showsTop 40 hits of early April 1976 1 Brotherhood Of Man Save Your Kisses For Me2 Barry White You See The Trouble With Me3 John Miles Music4 Billy Ocean Love Really Hu... more info