Updates

• Added info on Jimmy Ford, thanks to Volker Houghton. • Extended and corrected the post on Happy Harold Thaxton (long overdue), thanks to everyone who sent in memories and information! • Added information to the Jim Murray post, provided by Mike Doyle, Dennis Rogers, and Marty Scarbrough. • Expanded the information on Charlie Dial found in the Little Shoe post.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Jerry Leiber RIP

Legendary songwriter Jerry Leiber passed away on August 22, 2011, at a hospital in Los Angeles. In the 1950s and 1950s, he penned more than 170 songs with Mike Stoller, for example Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" and "Hound Dog," "Yakety Yak" by the Coasters or "Kansas City," which was covered by numerous artists. Musicians like Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, and many more covered their songs.

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