7
The Coasters The Coasters are an American rhythm and blues/rock and roll vocal group who had a string of hits in the late 1950s. Beginning with "Searchin'" and "Young Blood", their most memorable songs were written by the songwrit- ing and producing team of Leiber and Stoller. [1] Although the Coasters originated outside of mainstream doo-wop, their records were so frequently imitated that they be- came an important part of the doo-wop legacy through the 1960s. 1 History The Coasters were formed in October 1955 as a spin- off of the Robins,a Los Angeles-based rhythm and blues group that included Carl Gardner and Bobby Nunn. The original Coasters were Carl Gardner, Billy Guy, Bobby Nunn, Leon Hughes (who was replaced by Young Jessie on a couple of their early Los Angeles recordings), and guitarist Adolph Jacobs. Jacobs left the group in 1959. [2] The songwriting team Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller had started Spark Records, and in 1955 produced "Smokey Joe’s Cafe" for the Robins [1] (their 5th single with Leiber- Stoller). The record was popular enough for Atlantic Records to offer Leiber and Stoller an independent pro- duction contract to produce the Robins for the Atlantic la- bel. Only two of the Robins—Gardner and Nunn—were willing to make the move to Atlantic, recording their first songs in the same studio as the Robins had done (Master Recorders). In late 1957, the group moved to New York and replaced Nunn and Hughes with Cornell Gunter and Will “Dub” Jones. The new quartet was from then on sta- tioned in New York (although all had Los Angeles roots). The Coasters’ association with Leiber and Stoller was an immediate success. Together they created a string of good-humored “storytelling” hits that are some of the most entertaining from the original era of rock and roll. [1] According to Leiber and Stoller, getting the humor to come through on the records often required more record- ing “takes” than for a typical musical number. [1] Their first single, "Down in Mexico", was an R&B hit in 1956 and appears (in a re-recording from 1970— still with Gardner singing the lead) on the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof. The following year, the Coasters crossed over to the pop chart in a big way with the double-sided "Young Blood"/"Searchin'". “Searchin'" was the group’s first U.S. Top 10 hit, and topped the R&B chart for 13 weeks, becoming the biggest R&B single of 1957 (all were recorded in Los Angeles). "Yakety Yak" (recorded in New York), featuring King Curtis on tenor saxophone, included the famous lineup of Gardner, Guy, Jones, and Gunter, became the act’s only national #1 single, and also topped the R&B chart. The next single, "Charlie Brown", reached #2 on both charts. It was followed by "Along Came Jones", "Poison Ivy" (#1 for a month on the R&B chart), and "Little Egypt (Ying- Yang)". Changing popular tastes and a couple of line-up changes contributed to a lack of hits in the 1960s. During this time, Billy Guy was also working on solo projects, so New York singer Vernon Harrell was brought in to replace him for stage performances. Later members included Earl “Speedo” Carroll (lead of the Cadillacs), Ronnie Bright (the bass voice on Johnny Cymbal's "Mr. Bass Man"), Jimmy Norman, and guitarist Thomas “Curley” Palmer. The Coasters signed with Columbia Records' Date la- bel in 1966, reuniting with Leiber and Stoller (who had parted ways with Atlantic Records in 1963), but were never able to regain their former fame. In 1971, the Coasters had a minor chart entry with "Love Potion No. 9" a song that Leiber and Stoller had written for the Coast- ers but instead gave to the Clovers in 1959. In Britain, a 1994 Volkswagen TV advertisement used the group’s “Sorry But I'm Gonna Have To Pass” track, which led to a minor chart placement in that country. In 1987, the Coasters became the first group inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, crediting the members of the 1958-era configuration. The Coasters also joined the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999. Several groups used the name in the 1970s, touring throughout the country, though Carl Gardner, one of the original Coasters, held the legal rights to it. Gardner con- tinued to tour with the Coasters and made many attempts to stop bogus groups with no connection to the original group using the name. In late 2005, Carl’s son Carl Gard- ner, Jr. took over as lead with the group when his father retired. The Coasters’ lineup then consisted of Carl Gard- ner, Jr., J.W. Lance, Primo Candelara, and Eddie Whit- field. Carl, Jr. has since split with this group and has started his own group with Curley Palmer. [3] Leon Hughes is the only surviving member of the original Coasters. Some of the former members suffered tragic ends. Saxophonist and “fifth Coaster” King Curtis was stabbed to death by two junkies outside his apartment building in 1971. Cornelius Gunter was shot to death while sitting in a Las Vegas parking garage in 1990. Nate 1

The Coasters

  • Upload
    asim

  • View
    4

  • Download
    0

Embed Size (px)

DESCRIPTION

blues

Citation preview

Page 1: The Coasters

The Coasters

The Coasters are an American rhythm and blues/rockand roll vocal group who had a string of hits in the late1950s. Beginning with "Searchin'" and "Young Blood",theirmostmemorable songs were written by the songwrit-ing and producing team of Leiber and Stoller.[1] Althoughthe Coasters originated outside of mainstream doo-wop,their records were so frequently imitated that they be-came an important part of the doo-wop legacy throughthe 1960s.

1 History

The Coasters were formed in October 1955 as a spin-off of the Robins, a Los Angeles-based rhythm and bluesgroup that included Carl Gardner and Bobby Nunn. Theoriginal Coasters were Carl Gardner, Billy Guy, BobbyNunn, Leon Hughes (who was replaced by Young Jessieon a couple of their early Los Angeles recordings), andguitarist Adolph Jacobs. Jacobs left the group in 1959.[2]

The songwriting team Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller hadstarted Spark Records, and in 1955 produced "SmokeyJoe’s Cafe" for the Robins[1] (their 5th single with Leiber-Stoller). The record was popular enough for AtlanticRecords to offer Leiber and Stoller an independent pro-duction contract to produce the Robins for the Atlantic la-bel. Only two of the Robins—Gardner and Nunn—werewilling to make the move to Atlantic, recording their firstsongs in the same studio as the Robins had done (MasterRecorders). In late 1957, the group moved to New Yorkand replaced Nunn and Hughes with Cornell Gunter andWill “Dub” Jones. The new quartet was from then on sta-tioned in New York (although all had Los Angeles roots).The Coasters’ association with Leiber and Stoller wasan immediate success. Together they created a stringof good-humored “storytelling” hits that are some of themost entertaining from the original era of rock and roll.[1]According to Leiber and Stoller, getting the humor tocome through on the records often required more record-ing “takes” than for a typical musical number.[1]

Their first single, "Down in Mexico", was an R&B hitin 1956 and appears (in a re-recording from 1970—still with Gardner singing the lead) on the soundtrack ofQuentin Tarantino'sDeath Proof. The following year, theCoasters crossed over to the pop chart in a big way withthe double-sided "Young Blood"/"Searchin'". “Searchin'"was the group’s first U.S. Top 10 hit, and topped the R&Bchart for 13 weeks, becoming the biggest R&B single of

1957 (all were recorded in Los Angeles)."Yakety Yak" (recorded in New York), featuring KingCurtis on tenor saxophone, included the famous lineup ofGardner, Guy, Jones, and Gunter, became the act’s onlynational #1 single, and also topped the R&B chart. Thenext single, "Charlie Brown", reached #2 on both charts.It was followed by "Along Came Jones", "Poison Ivy" (#1for a month on the R&B chart), and "Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)".Changing popular tastes and a couple of line-up changescontributed to a lack of hits in the 1960s. During thistime, Billy Guy was also working on solo projects, so NewYork singer Vernon Harrell was brought in to replace himfor stage performances. Later members included Earl“Speedo” Carroll (lead of the Cadillacs), Ronnie Bright(the bass voice on Johnny Cymbal's "Mr. Bass Man"),Jimmy Norman, and guitarist Thomas “Curley” Palmer.The Coasters signed with Columbia Records' Date la-bel in 1966, reuniting with Leiber and Stoller (who hadparted ways with Atlantic Records in 1963), but werenever able to regain their former fame. In 1971, theCoasters had a minor chart entry with "Love Potion No.9" a song that Leiber and Stoller hadwritten for the Coast-ers but instead gave to the Clovers in 1959. In Britain,a 1994 Volkswagen TV advertisement used the group’s“Sorry But I'm Gonna Have To Pass” track, which led toa minor chart placement in that country.In 1987, the Coasters became the first group inducted intothe Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, crediting the membersof the 1958-era configuration. The Coasters also joinedthe Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999.Several groups used the name in the 1970s, touringthroughout the country, though Carl Gardner, one of theoriginal Coasters, held the legal rights to it. Gardner con-tinued to tour with the Coasters and made many attemptsto stop bogus groups with no connection to the originalgroup using the name. In late 2005, Carl’s son Carl Gard-ner, Jr. took over as lead with the group when his fatherretired. The Coasters’ lineup then consisted of Carl Gard-ner, Jr., J.W. Lance, Primo Candelara, and Eddie Whit-field. Carl, Jr. has since split with this group and hasstarted his own group with Curley Palmer.[3]

Leon Hughes is the only surviving member of the originalCoasters. Some of the former members suffered tragicends. Saxophonist and “fifth Coaster” King Curtis wasstabbed to death by two junkies outside his apartmentbuilding in 1971. Cornelius Gunter was shot to deathwhile sitting in a Las Vegas parking garage in 1990. Nate

1

Page 2: The Coasters

2 4 SESSION MUSICIANS

Wilson, a member of one of Gunter’s offshoot Coastersgroups, was shot and his body dismembered in 1980.[4]Former manager Patrick Cavanaugh was convicted of themurder after Wilson threatened to notify authorities ofCavanaugh’s intent to buy furniture with stolen checks.While Cavanaugh was convicted of the murder and giventhe death sentence in 1984, his sentence was commutedto life in prison. He died at 60 in 2006, in Nevada's ElyState Prison.[5]

The Coasters continue to appear regularly on “oldies”shows and PBS specials as old favorites and are availablefor bookings.[4]

TheHits list below is from JoelWhitburn’s Top R&B Sin-gles and from the Pop positions published in Bill Millar’sbook “The Coasters” (1975).In late June, 2007 Carl Gardner’s autobiography “CarlGardner: Yakety Yak I Fought Back - My Life with TheCoasters” was published at AuthorHouse. On August 28,2007 the Coasters’ Leiber-Stoller-produced recordingsfor Date/King 1966-1972 was released on a Varèse Vin-tage (Varèse Sarabande) CD, titled “Down Home” (302066 844 2) - and on December 12, 2007 the completeAtco recordings 1954-1966 were released on a RhinoHandmade four-CD set, titled “There’s A Riot Goin' On:The Coasters on Atco” (Rhino RHM2 7740).

2 Legacy

The Coasters’ repertoire had a significant impact on '60sand '70s rock artists. Leon Russell performed "YoungBlood" at the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971, imitatingthe group’s arrangement of the song with four differentsolo voices. Bad Company's version of the song reached#20 on in May 1976 on the Hot 100. Commander Codyand His Lost Planet Airmen recorded The Robins' "Riotin Cell BlockNumber 9", while The Beach Boys recordeda 1971 version with revised lyrics by Mike Love, titled“Student Demonstration Time”. The novelty singer RayStevens reached #27 on the U.S. pop singles chart witha 1969 remake of "Along Came Jones". Elvis Presleyincluded "Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)" in the soundtrackfor his 1964 film Roustabout. The first two British hitsof The Hollies were "(Ain't That) Just Like Me” and“Searchin'". The Monkees reached #10 on Cashbox with"D. W. Washburn". (The Coasters recorded it first, butwhen Date declined to release it, Leiber and Stoller sentit as a demo to the Monkees. After the Monkees charted,the Coasters original was issued.) Several Coasters songswere part of The Beatles' repertoire before the Britishrock group began its recording career; George Harrison isamong the singers on the above-mentioned Leon Russelllive recording. The Grateful Dead similarly performedseveral Coasters songs in their early days; they were in-fluenced by a weekend in 1965 in which the Dead (whilestill called The Warlocks) served as pickup band for the

Coasters at a lounge in Belmont, CA. When the BeachBoys and the Grateful Dead united on stage to perform abrief set at NewYorkCity’s Filmore East, they performed“Searchin'" and “Riot in Cell Block No. 9”. Numerousgroups have recorded “Poison Ivy”.Coasters hits also comprised a major portion of the songscore for the 1994 musical revue Smokey Joe’s Cafe, aretrospective of Leiber & Stoller songs that received oneGrammy Award and seven Tony Award nominations fol-lowing its 1995 Broadway debut. Their song “Baby, ThatIs Rock and Roll” has served as the main title for a bi-ography/songbook of Leiber & Stoller songs and a Bravotelevision documentary on the songwriters.In addition, Coasters songs and the Coasters themselveshave been referred to by later popular musicians. FrankZappa referenced the group in the lyrics of the song “Sta-tus Back Baby” on his second album, Absolutely Free.Sly Stone titled a 1971 #1 album by his group Sly &the Family Stone after the tag line from “Riot in CellBlock No. 9": There’s a Riot Goin' On. The folksingerDavid Bromberg quoted from "Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)"in his 1972 song “Sharon”. Paolo Nutini regularly covers"Down in Mexico" during live performances.

3 Band members

Current members

• J. W. Lance – lead vocals, previously tenor vocals(2001–present)

• Primotivo Candelara – baritone vocals (2008–present)

• Eddie Whitfield – bass vocals (2009–present)

• Dennis Anderson – tenor vocals (2011–present)

Former members

(Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame inductees’ listed in bold.)

4 Session musicians

• George Barnes, Alan Hanlon, Tony Mottola, SonnyForriest: guitars

• Wendell Marshall, Abie Baker: bass

• Joe Marshall, Gary Chester, Sticks Evans: drums

• Mike Stoller: piano

• King Curtis: tenor sax

• Bobby Rosengarden: percussion

Page 3: The Coasters

5.3 US singles discography 3

5 Discography

5.1 Studio albums

• 1957 - The Coasters - Atco LP 33-101

• 1959 - The Coasters’ Greatest Hits - Atco LP 33-111(SD33-111 rechanneled stereo 1960)

• 1960 - The Coasters One By One - Atco LP 33-123(SD33-123 stereo)

• 1962 - Coast Along with The Coasters - Atco LP 33-135 (SD33-135 alternate stereo edition)

• 1965 - That Is Rock & Roll - Clarion LP 605 (SD-605 stereo)

• 1971 - Their Greatest Recordings: The Early Years -Atco LP SD33-371 (stereo compilation with alter-nates)

• 1972 - The Coasters On Broadway - King LPKS1146 (stereo)

• 1975 - 16 Greatest Hits - Trip TOP LP 16-7 (tenrevival re-recordings + six Billy Guy-recordings)

• 1982 - Young Blood - Atlantic DeLuxe LP AD 2-4003 (mono)

5.2 Hit singles

Notes: A “b/w” next to a hit denotes the following trackis the B-side. U.S. Billboard chart positions (unless oth-erwise noted). Billboard peak Pop chart position is /fol-lowed by Cash Box peak Pop chart position - ex.g. “Shop-pin' For Clothes” reached Cash Box Pop #57; “BesameMucho” reached Cash Box Pop #53. Three of the CashBox pop entry dates slightly differ (by a a week or two -either way; ex.g. “Yakety Yak” entered the Cash Box PopChart in May). "T'ain't Nothin' To Me" R&B position isfrom Cash Box since Billboard did not publish an R&Bchart in 1964.

5.3 US singles discography

The line-ups are presented for general overview and do notalways fit with issue dates.

Label and catalog number followed by month/year of is-sue, and by track titles (with lead and recording dates).The Robins (only singles featuring Carl Gardner arelisted)

(Carl Gardner, Bobby Nunn, “Ty” Terrell Leonard, BillyRichard, Roy Richard, Grady Chapman)

leads: CG-Gardner; BN-Nunn; GC-Chapman; RB-Richard Berry (guest lead) (Los Angeles)

• Spark 103 6/54 - Riot In Cell Block #9 (RB ca 3/54)/ Wrap It Up (BN,CG ca 3/54)

• Spark 107 10/54 - Loop De Loop Mambo (CG8/54) / Framed (BN 8/54)

• Spark 110 2/55 - If Teardrops Were Kisses (CG,2/54) / Whadaya Want? (GC 2/54)

• Spark 113 4/55 - One Kiss (CG 8/54) / I Love Paris(GC 2/54)

• Spark 116 6/55 - I Must Be Dreamin (CG 8/54) /The Hatchet Man (BN 2/54)

• Spark 122 9/55 - Smokey Joe’s Cafe (CG prob7/7/55) / Just Like A Fool (CG prob 7/7/55)

• Atco 6059 10/55 - Smokey Joe’s Cafe (CG) / JustLike A Fool (CG) - reissue

(all of the above later issued on EP, LP, and CD compila-tions as The Coasters).

The Coasters (all “true"/legal Coasters singles are listed)(Carl Gardner, Bobby Nunn, Billy Guy, Leon Hughes)

leads: CG-Gardner; BN-Nunn; BG-Guy (Los Angeles,Chicago*, New York**)

• Atco 6064 2/56 - Down in Mexico (CG 1/11/56) /Turtle Dovin´ (CG 1/11/56)

• Atco 6073 7/56 - One Kiss Led to Another (CG1/11/56) / Brazil (CG, BN, BG 1/11/56)

• Atco 6087 3/57 - Young Blood (CG 2/15/57) /Searchin' (BG 2/15/57)

• Atco 6098 8/57 - Idol With The Golden Head (CG7/24/57*) / (When She Wants Good Lovin´) MyBaby Comes To Me (BG 7/24/57*)

• Atco 6104 11/57 - Sweet Georgia Brown (CG, BG,BN 2/12/57) /What Is The Secret Of Your Success?(BG 7/24/57*)

• Atco 6111 1/58 - Gee, Golly (BG 12/4/57**) /Dance! (CG 12/4/57**)

(Gardner, Guy, Will Jones, Cornell Gunter)

leads: CG-Gardner; BG-Guy; WJ-Jones, CoG-Gunter(New York)

• Atco 6116 4/58 - Yakety Yak (CG, BG 3/17/58)/ Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart (WJ, CoG3/17/58)

Page 4: The Coasters

4 5 DISCOGRAPHY

• Atco 6126 8/58 - The Shadow Knows (BG 8/8/58)/ Sorry But I'm Gonna Have To Pass (WJ 8/8/58)

• Atco 6132 1/59 - Charlie Brown (unison 12/11/58)/ Three Cool Cats (CG 3/17/58)

• stereo version of Charlie Brown on SD 6132has CG, CoG separated in stereo

• Atco 6141 5/59 - Along Came Jones (joint leads3/26/59) / That Is Rock & Roll (CG, BG, WJ3/26/59)

• Atco 6146 8/59 - Poison Ivy (CG,BG 7/16/59) / I'mA Hog For You (unison 8/8/58, edited 7/17/59)

• Atco 6153 11/59 -What About Us (unison 7/16/59)/ Run Red Run (BG 7/23/59)

• Atco 6163 3/60 - Besame Mucho (Part I) (WJ2/26/60) / Besame Mucho (Part II) (unison backingvcls 2/26/60)

• Atco 6168 6/60 - Wake Me, Shake Me (BG2/26/60) / Stewball (BG 3/17/58)

• Atco 6178 9/60 - Shoppin´ For Clothes (BG, WJ7/29/60) / The Snake And The Book Worm (CG,CoG 2/26/60)

• A-side also issued as Clothes Line (Wrap ItUp)

• Atco 6186 1/61 - Wait A Minute (BG 12/4/57) /Thumbin´ A Ride (CG 7/29/60)

• Atco 6192 4/61 - Little Egypt (Ying-Yang) (BG2/9/61) / Keep On Rolling (CG,CoG 2/26/60)

• Atco 6204 8/61 - Girls Girls Girls (Part I) (BG2/9/61) / Girls Girls Girls (Part II) (BG 2/9/61)

(Gardner, Guy, Jones, Earl Carroll)

leads: CG-Gardner; BG-Guy; WJ-Jones; EC-Carroll(New York, Los Angeles*)

• Atco 6210 11/61 - (Ain't That) Just Like Me (BG9/25/61) / Bad Blood CG (9/25/61)

• Atco 6219 2/62 - Ridin´ Hood (unison 12/7/60*) /Teach Me How To Shimmy (BG 4/10/61*)

• Atco 6234 9/62 - The Climb (vocal) (WJ 7/31/62)/ The Climb (instrumental) (7/31/62)

• Atco 6251 1/63 - The P.T.A. (BG 1/11/63) / BullTick Waltz (BG 7/31/62)

• Atco 6287 2/64 - T´Ain´t Nothin´ To Me (BG, WJ11/16/63) / Speedo’s Back In Town (EC 11/16/63)

• Atco 6300 5/64 - Bad Detective (BG 12/17/63) /Lovey Dovey (CG 12/17/63)

• Atco 6321 10/64 - Wild One (BG 8/28/64) / I MustBe Dreaming (BG,CG 8/28/64)

• Atco 6341 2/65 - Lady Like (unison 2/26/60) / Hon-gry (BG 4/10/61*)

• Atco 6356 5/65 - Let’s Go Get Stoned (BG 4/21/65)/ Money Honey (unison 4/21/65)

• Atco 6379 9/65 - Crazy Baby (BG 4/21/65, edited9/8/65) / Bell Bottom Slacks And A Chinese Ki-mono (She’s My Little Spodee-O) (CG 4/21/65,edited 9/8/65)

• Atco 6407 3/66 - She’s A Yum Yum (unison1/26/66) / Saturday Night Fish Fry (BG 1/26/66)

• Date 1552 3/67 - Soul Pad (BG, EC 11/18/66) /Down Home Girl (BG 11/18/66)

• Date 1607 5/68 - She Can (BG, CG, EC 10/30/67)/ Everybody’s Woman (EC 10/30/67)

• Date 1617 7/68 - D.W. Washburn (BG, CG10/31/67 / Everybody’s Woman (EC 10/30/67)

(Gardner, Guy, Carroll, Ronnie Bright)

• Turntable 504 1969 - Act Right (BG 69) / TheWorld Is Changing (EC 69)

• King 6385 11/71 - Love Potion Number Nine (CG2/13/68, ed. late 71) / D.W. Washburn (BG,CG10/31/67)

• King 6389 4/72 - Cool Jerk (CG late 71) / Talkin´´Bout A Woman (BG, CG, EC; act. She Can10/30/67)

• King 6404 1973 - Soul Pad (BG, EC 11/18/66) /D.W. Washburn (BG, CG 10/31/67)

Carl Gardner & The Coasters(Gardner, Carroll, Bright, Jimmy Norman)

• Wicked 8103 1976 - Hush Don't Talk About It (CGca 76) / The World Keeps On Turning (EC ca 76)

Free Soul / Beautifully Day released 11/15/2010 by CarlGardner Jr. Through tunecore

Page 5: The Coasters

5.6 True Coasters recordings (not on single) 5

5.4 CD Compilations• 1986 - The Ultimate Coasters - Warner SpecialProducts 27604 (stereo)

• 1987 - The Coasters - 20 Greatest Hits - HighlandMusic DCD-7786 (rerecorded in stereo)

• 1989 - The Coasters’ Greatest Hits - Atco 33111-2 (reissue of LP, with a couple of tracks in stereo) -reissued on Hallmark

• 1991 - Poison Ivy - The Best of the Coasters -Atlantic CD 82313-2 (20 tracks - withdrawn)

• 1992 - 50 Coastin' Classics (2CD-set) - Rhino R271090 (mono)

• 1994 - The Very Best of The Coasters - Rhino R271597 (mono) - reissued 2008

• 1996 - Golden Hits - Masters 1127 (the Trip re-vivals, stereo - uncountable reissues on several la-bels)

• 2004 - The Coasters / One By One - CollectablesCOL-CD-7656 (2LPs on 1CD - “One By One” instereo) - (a 2011 European issue on Hoodoo 263387contains the same tracks plus three bonus tracks anda 16-page booklet)

• 2005 - Coast Along with The Coasters - Collecta-bles COL-CD-6523 (reissue of stereo LP)

• 2005 - 16Greatest Hits - Audio Passport CD-1018(reissue of Trip LP)

• 2007 - Down Home - Varèse Sarabande/VintageCD 302066844-2 (the “On Broadway” tracks,stereo)

• 2007 - There’s A Riot Goin' On: The Coast-ers On Atco (4CD-set) - Rhino Handmade RHM27740 (the complete Atco recordings, 113 tracks;several stereo masters)

• 2008 - The Definitive Soul Collection (2CD-set) -Rhino 132092 (withdrawn; 30 mono pop hits)

5.5 Important British public-domain com-pilations

• 2013 - The Definitive Coasters - A Sides & BSides (Hits and Bonus Tracks) - History of RnBR001

(Complete recordings 1954-1962) 61 tracks

• 2013 - Those Hoodlum Friends - The CoastersIn Stereo (Outtakes, Stereo Versions and AlbumTracks) - History of RnB R002

(Alternate stereo takes and album tracks 1957-1962) 49tracks including never before issued outtakes

5.6 True Coasters recordings (not on sin-gle)

No live recordings included (Note: there also are severalalternates and edited masters of the singles, not listed be-low).

Recorded in New York unless otherwise indicated.Lead singers: Carl Gardner (CG), Billy Guy (BG), Will“Dub” Jones (WJ), Ronnie Bright (RB), Jimmy Norman(JN).

• 1957 Lola (CG 2/12/57 L.A.) - Atco LP 33-101The Coasters

• 1958 Three Cool Cats (alternate arrangement CG3/17/58) - Rhino Handmade RHM2 7740 TheCoasters On Atco

• 1958Crocodile (unison 8/8/58) - Rhino HandmadeRHM2 7740

• 1958 I'm A Hog For You (several differentversions-unison 8/8/58) - Rhino Handmade RHM27740

• 1958 Hey Sexy (unison 12/11/58) - Rhino CD R271090 50 Coastin´ Classics

• 1958 Sexy (Hey Sexy) (CG 12/11/58) - RhinoHandmade RHM2 7740

• 1959 That Is Rock & Roll (edited version, WJ3/26/59) - Atco LP SD 33-371 Their GreatestRecordings - The Early Years

• 1960 The Snake And The Bookworm (unison ver-sion 2/26/60) - Atco LP SD 33-135 Coast AlongWith The Coasters (only the stereo album)

• 1960 The Coasters One By One - Atco LP 33-123 (stereo SD33-123) (6/13&15/60) - 12 jazz/popstandards

• 1961My Babe (BG 9/25/61) - Atco LP SD 33-135

• 1962The Slime (WJ 7/31/62) - Clarion LP SD-605That Is Rock & Roll (alternate of The Climb, act.titled so on the album)

• 1967 Mohair Sam (unison 10/30/67) - King LP1146 The Coasters On Broadway

• 1968 Down At Papa Joe’s (unison 2/12/68) KingLP 1146

Page 6: The Coasters

6 8 EXTERNAL LINKS

• 1968 Shake ´Em Up And Let ´Em Roll (lead:Jerry Leiber 2/13/68) - Rhino CD R2 71090

• 1971Mustang Sally (BG late 71) - King LP 1146

• 1971 On Broadway (CG late 71) - King LP 1146

• 1971 The In Crowd (CG late 71) - King LP 1146

• 1973 The Coasters - 16 Greatest Hits (featuring10 re-recordings with CG and JN, leads ca 73) - TripLP TOP 16-7

• 1977 Check Mr. Popeye (RB 77) - Epic LP PE-34668 (various artists with Southside Johnny)

6 Notes[1] “Show 13 - Big Rock Candy Mountain: Rock 'n' roll in

the late fifties. [Part 3] : UNT Digital Library”. Digi-tal.library.unt.edu. 1969. Retrieved 2011-01-09.

[2] “Those Hoodlum Friends THE COASTERS”. Retrieved2006-11-30.

[3] “The Coasters Web Site - Those Hoodlum Friends, byClaus Röhnisch”. Thecoasters.com. Retrieved 2011-01-09.

[4] “The Coasters Website”. Retrieved 2007-04-08.

[5] “News - Ex-Coasters manager dies at Ely State Prison”.reviewjournal.com. 2006-04-11. Retrieved 2011-01-09.

7 References• “Carl Gardner - Yakety Yak I Fought Back - MyLife With The Coasters” (by Veta Gardner, Author-House 2007, ISBN 978-1-4259-8981-1).

• “The Coasters” (by Bill Millar, Star Books 1974,ISBN 0-352-30020-5).

8 External links• Those Hoodlum Friends - The Coasters Web Site -Official website

• The Great R&B-files - The R&B Pioneers Series

• The Coasters at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

• The Coasters at Vocal Group Hall of Fame

• The Robins - story and full discography

Page 7: The Coasters

7

9 Text and image sources, contributors, and licenses

9.1 Text• The Coasters Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coasters?oldid=689477347 Contributors: Deb, Ortolan88, Infrogmation, Lif-tarn, Ahoerstemeier, TUF-KAT, Darkwind, BRG, Zoicon5, Mysidia, Cornischong, Mindspillage, Discospinster, Rich Farmbrough, Gua-nabot, Darwinek, Jérôme, Quintucket, Snowolf, Dirac1933, Ghirlandajo, Woohookitty, MK2, Kbdank71, Ted Wilkes, Ketiltrout, Ve-gaswikian, Bubba73, Margosbot~enwiki, Thenewdeal87, Design, The Rambling Man, Chanlyn, Sceptre, 999~enwiki, Friedfish, Wimt,Jerry warriner, Harro, Zwobot, Zakko, Scoutersig, Lec CRP1, SmackBot, Zazaban, KittenKlub, Bluebot, Arg, Gyrobo, John Reaves,MJBurrage, Derek R Bullamore, JoeyJ, Marcus Brute, Ser Amantio di Nicolao, Minaker, Clausule, E-Kartoffel, Ryulong, Scorpion0422,Peyre, Fifties, Jetman, DougHill, Ewulp, CmdrObot, Kevin j, Jlivewell, ShelfSkewed, Cydebot, Andre666, Ward3001, Richhoncho, Mat-tisse, Thijs!bot, Nhl4hamilton, Zyxwvut-Bot, Pejorative.majeure, Rothorpe, VoABot II, Avicennasis, Styrofoam1994, Pstoller, J.delanoy,Hondo77, Dpm12, BarroColorado, Eskew, Oshwah, Guillaume2303, Ceranthor, Nouse4aname, Barrympls, Cosprings, Paul20070, As-pects, Escape Orbit, Jacobcohen, All Hallow’s Wraith, Niceguyedc, Joncaire, XLinkBot, POLLUXAKS4, Marchije, SlubGlub, Addbot,Debresser, Lightbot, Zorrobot, Legobot, Luckas-bot, Yobot, Gymirgatey-MDM, Jim1138, JackieBot, Justme89, Capricorn42, Textus1,Srich32977, ChrisPsi, FrescoBot, Tinton5, Discographer, Tbhotch, DARTH SIDIOUS 2, We hope, Marek Koudelka, Fæ, Burbridge92,Housewatcher, Gwen-chan, ClueBot NG, Helpful Pixie Bot, DemitriNieto, LongLiveMusic, Jb423, Charge2charge, KasparBot, Cisum12and Anonymous: 105

9.2 Images• File:Office-book.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Office-book.svg License: Public domain Contribu-tors: This and myself. Original artist: Chris Down/Tango project

• File:Question_book-new.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/99/Question_book-new.svg License: Cc-by-sa-3.0Contributors:Created from scratch in Adobe Illustrator. Based on Image:Question book.png created by User:Equazcion Original artist:Tkgd2007

9.3 Content license• Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0