Jerry Leiber RIP: 5 of his greatest songs sung by Elvis & John Lennon (videos)
Mike Stoller & Elvis Presley & Jerry Leiber at MGM Studios in 1957 Jerry Leiber, the lyricist who with his partner Mike Stoller wrote some of the greatest rock’n’roll songs ever including ‘Hound Dog’, ‘Stand By Me’, and ‘On Broadway’ died yesterday (Monday) in Los Angeles. He was 78. Through their effervescent songs that both celebrated and defined the twin births of rhythm’n’blues and rock’n’roll, jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller not only documented the emerging 50s teen soundscape but created it too. In 1952 Leiber and Stoller wrote ‘Hound Dog’ for the earthy blues singer Big Mama Thornton. The song […]