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Founding Fathers: The Coasters

Tue, December 27 2011 12:33pm - Source: WNEW

Born in LA, the Coasters were one of R&B's most successful acts of the '50s, trading on their humorous approach to teenage problems via the songwriting of Leiber and Stoller.

Jerry Leiber tribute

Tue, August 23 2011 3:49pm - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

The two young men used to go to r-and-b and jazz clubs on L.A.'s Central Avenue, and hung out at house parties with jazz musicians such as Ray Brown, Dexter Gordon and Lester Young.

Soul Serenade: The Coasters, “Yakety Yak”

Thu, June 16 2011 11:56am - Source: Pop Dose

The name Carl Gardner is probably unfamiliar to casual music fans, but Gardner was the lead singer for one of the seminal rock and roll vocal group.

Carl Gardner, Coasters Frontman and Founder, Dead at 83

Mon, June 13 2011 6:50pm - Source: Spinner

Carl Gardner, lead vocalist and founder of legendary R&B group the Coasters , died Sunday, June 12, of congestive heart failure.

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