RIP, Jerry Leiber, Legendary Rock & Roll Songwriter

From L to R: Mike Stoller, Elvis Presley and Jerry Leiber.

Legendary songwriter Jerry Leiber, who, as lyricist,  partnered with composer and teenage friend
Mike Stoller  to create Rock & Roll, soul and doo-wop classics for Elvis Presley, Ben E. King and The Coasters, passed away today of cardiopulmonary failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Some of Leiber & Stoller's hits include:

"Hound Dog" 

"Jailhouse Rock"

"Stand By Me" 

"Poison Ivy"

"Yakety Yak"

"Charlie Brown"

"Along Came Jones"

Jerry Leiber was 78 years old.

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