Jerry Leiber News and Photos

"Stand By Me" Receives 2012 Towering Song Award

Thu, March 29 2012 7:58pm - Source: ArtistDirect

The 2012 Towering Song Award of 2012 will be presented to "Stand By Me," written by Jerry Leiber , Mike Stoller and Ben E. King , and King will receive the Towering Performance Award.

Red Bird Era

Mon, January 09 2012 5:43pm - Source: Boot Sale Sounds

Great compilation of songs from the 60's on the Red Bird label set up by Leiber & Stoller in New York including such artists as the Dixie Cups, Alvin Robinson, The ad-Libs and The Robbins who came from New Orleans.

Jerry Leiber and Nickolas Ashford to be honoured at Grammy nominations gig

Thu, November 24 2011 3:06am - Source: Music-News.com

In a period of just a few hours back on August 22, the world lost two of its premier songwriters, Jerry Leiber and Nickolas Ashford.

DJ Handi's Archive Picks: Segues, Hurricanes, And Goodbyes

Fri, September 02 2011 4:20pm - Source: WFMU's Beware of the Blog

This week, Ken played the primitive blast of "Dies Iraea" by the Melvins, followed by the more structured sounds of Ennio Morricone, then "Father's Shout" from Pink Floyd's 1970 Atom Heart Mother suite.

A tribute to Jerry Leiber

Tue, August 30 2011 9:18am - Source: Music Week

Last week, the world lost one of the greatest songwriting collaborators of all time—Jerry Leiber.

Prefix's Weekly RDIO Playlist #4 (Sponsored Post)

Fri, August 26 2011 5:00pm - Source: Prefix Magazine

For the fourth week, here is our weekly playlist using RDIO.

Founding Fathers: The Exciters

Tue, July 05 2011 1:44am - Source: WNEW

Buoyed by the strength of songs by Leiber and Stoller, Burt Bacharach and Bert Berns, the Exciters were an influential group of Founding Mothers (and one father) in the 1960s.