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Their first hit composition was "Hard Times," recorded by Charles Brown, which was a rhythm and blues hit in 1952. In 1953 they wrote "Hound Dog" for Big Mama Thornton; it became a major hit for Elvis Presley in 1956, although in a bowdlerized version. Their later songs often had lyrics more appropriate for pop music, and their combination of rhythm and blues with pop lyrics revolutionized pop and rock and roll.

They formed Spark Records in 1953. The label was later bought by Atlantic Records, who hired Leiber and Stoller as independent producers. At Atlantic they re-vitalized the careers of the Drifters and continued to turn out hits for the Coasters. Their songs from this period include "Smokey Joe's Cafe," "Riot in Cell Block #9," "Charlie Brown," "Stand By Me," "Save the Last Dance for Me," and "On Broadway," among numerous other hits (for the Coasters alone they wrote 24 songs which appeared in the national charts).

In the 1960sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around they founded and briefly owned Red Bird RecordsRed Bird Records was a record label started by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. After closing Spark Records, Leiber and Stoller started another label in 1964. Although the label had over 20 US Top-100 hits, the label was closed in 1966 as they were more int, which issued the Shangri-LasThe Shangri-Las were an American pop music girl group of the 1960s. The group were formed at Andrew Jackson High School in Queens, New York as the Bon Bons in 1963. They consisted of two sets of sisters: Mary Weiss (lead singer) and Elizabeth "Liz/Betty"' "Leader of the Pack" and the Dixie CupsThe Dixie Cups were an American pop music girl group of the 1960s. Their most successful record was the international hit "Chapel of Love", produced by Shadow Morton for Red Bird Records. Although the group had later lesser hits, it disbanded in 1966.' "Chapel of Love." After selling Red Bird Leiber and Stoller worked as independent producers and continued to write songs. Their best known song from this period is "Is That All There Is?," recorded by Peggy LeePeggy Lee ( May 26, 1920 January 21, 2002) was an American popular music singer, perenially introduced as "Miss Peggy Lee. Lee was famous for her "soft and cool" singing style, which some say she developed in response to noisy nightclub audiences. Lee was in 1969.

They won Grammy awards for "Is That All There Is?" and for the cast album of Smokey Joe's Cafe, a 1995 Broadway musical based on their work.

Mezzo-soprano Joan Morris and her pianist-composer husband William BolcomWilliam Bolcom (born 1938) is an American composer of chamber, operatic, and symphonic music. Bolcom was born in Seattle, He entered the University of Washington at age 11, where he studied piano and composition. He later studied with Darius Milhaud and O have recorded an album of "other songs by Leiber and Stoller," featuring a number of their more unusual (and satiric) works (including "Let's Bring Back World War I," written specifically for them, and " Humphrey BogartHumphrey Bogart ( December 25, 1899 January 14, 1957) was an iconic American actor who retains legendary status decades after his death. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Bogart the Greatest Male Star of All Time. Bogart typically played smart, p," a tongue-in-cheek song about obsession with the actor).