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Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

JERRY LEIBER AND MIKE STOLLER

YEAR

1987

INDUCTED BY

Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys)

CATEGORY

performers

The songwriting duo wrote scores of early rock and roll classics.

Leiber and Stoller’s sixty-year partnership yielded such hits as “Stand By Me,” “Hound Dog,” “Yakety-Yak” and “Young Blood.” Practically every song they touch turned to gold.

Jerry Leiber

Jerry Leiber

Mike Stoller

Mike Stoller

HALL OF FAME
ESSAY

By Michael Hill

When rock and roll itself was still a baby, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were among its youthful prodigies. Beginning with their 1952 breakthrough, a catchy blues romp called “K. C. Loving,” Leiber and Stoller rapidly grew into one of the most prolific and creative teams in music’s history.

Had they done nothing more than turn out a stream of songs for Elvis Presley – “Love Me,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “Treat Me Nice,” “You’re So Square (Baby 1 Don’t Care)” — Leiber and Stoller would rank among the most renowned composers of the rock and roll era.

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