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Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were only 17 years old when they met.A They were a couple of white Jewish kids who wanted to write songs for black artists.

Hound Dog: The Leiber and Stoller Autobiography By Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller with David Ritz Simon & Schuster 322 pp., $25 If you've never been compelled to sing along to "every night when you're sleepin' poison ivy comes creepin' arowowound" or "yakety-yak - " don't talk back!" or curled your lip, Elvis-style, to snarl, "you ain't nuthin' but ...

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New and notable Though they may no longer be quite the household names they once were, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller had a major impact on rock 'n' roll.

"Hound Dog: The Leiber and Stoller Autobiography," by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller with David Ritz; "How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll," by Elijah Wald; The history of 20th-century popular music in America has often been a story of race.

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If Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller had not become two of the most influential songwriters in pop music, they could have earned a decent living as a stand-up comedy duo.

MICA Ertegun found herself temporarily cashless at the party at Elaine's for the publication of "Hound Dog: The Leiber & Stoller Autobiography," and had to borrow $60 from Elaine Kaufman to buy two copies of the book by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller , composers of such hits as "Jailhouse Rock" and "On Broadway." The widow of Atlantic Records ...

Your City, Your News. NYC's 24-hour newschannel on the web. Time Warner Cable. The power of you 64 F Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller are the genius songwriters who popularized the blues and crossed it over into pop consciousness.

Stoller, whose mom had dated Geroge Gershwin, discovered jazz growing up in New York City.

Overhead lights had to be repaired "big-top" fashion by a technician working from a catwalk 20 feet above the audience.

BRISTOL, Tenn. - Theatre Bristol will seal its 43rd season with a song. Check that.

The show runs through June 21, and is the first production of the theater's 43rd season of presenting "theater under the stars." Quilters: The Musical takes the stage July 2 to 26, followed by Copacabana from Aug.

The harmonies, rich and fun as buttered rum, blend and bop from the quartet's fellas with old-school warmth and good-humored charm.

New Stage Theatre is closing its 2008-09 season with a musical revue of classic rock hits.

Laughing Matters , a musical about three generations of Jewish women under one roof - with an original score by Smokey Joe's Cafe songwriter Mike Stoller and words by "Beaches" novelist Iris Rainer Dart - will get its world premiere at Pasadena Playhouse this fall.

If you're a fan of music from the 1950s and '60s, then you'll love the Manatee Players' latest musical offering of "Smokey Joe's Cafe." The show is filled with an assortment of musical favorites written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

Published: Saturday, April 11, 2009 at 3:19 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, April 11, 2009 at 3:19 p.m. The musical revue 'Smokey Joe's Cafe' is a snapshot of musical history and a tribute to hitmakers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, wrapped in an energetic, sometimes moving package.

If you don't tap a toe or clap your hands at some point during "Smokey Joe's Cafe," you must be in a coma.

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