R & R Unit 3

The Robins

- "smokey joes cafe" - written & produced by Lieber & Stoller & released on their label - spark records

The Coasters

- came from The Robins; recruited some new members & in NY

- "Yakety Yak" -> Leiber & stoller; King Curtis -> sax

- "Searchin"

Spark Records

- bought by atlantic records

- leiber & stoller

The Drifter

- "There gores my Baby" - Ben E. King -> lead vocals

- in 1958, The drifters fired the entire group & hired the Five Crowns to take their place

- Leiber & Stroller for Atlantic Records

- "Up on the Roof" -> Johnny Moore - lead vocals; Bert Berns replaced Leiber & Stoller as staff producer @ atlantic

Ben E. King

- "Stand By Me" -> produced by Leiber & Stoller

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

- credited with inventing "rock theater"

- "I put a Spell on You"

Lavern Baker

- "Tweedlee Dee"

- Atlantic Records

- "Love me Right"

Ann Cole

- "Got my Mo-Jo Workin'"

Little Willie John

- "Fever" -> written by Otis Blackwell

Chuck Willis

- "The King of the Stroll" -> nickname

- "CC Rider"

- Atlantic records

Richard Berry

- "Louie Louie" -> covered by the Kingsmen; #2 US

Clyde McPhatter

- "A Lover's Question"

- Atlantic Records

- "You'll be there"

Frankie Lymon

- "Next Time you See Me"

Jackie Wilson

- hired by the Dominoes to replace Clyde McPhatter as the lead singer

- "Reet Petite" -> written by Berry Gordy Jr, Gwendolyn Gordy, & Billy Davis

- "Lonely Teardrops" -> written by Berry Gordy Jr, Gwendolyn Gordy, & Billy Davis

- "Baby Workout"

- after a heart attack, a lack of oxygen to his brain caused him to slip into a coma. He breifly emerged in early 1976 & was even able to take a few wobbly steps but slipped back into a semi-comatose state.

Johnny Otis

- "Willie & The Hand Jive"

- known for his choice to live his professional and personal life as a member of the African-American community

Wilbert Harrison

- "Kansas City" -> written by Leiber and Stoller

- "Stagger Lee"

Chubby Checker

- "The Twist" -> cover

- the only single to reach #1 in two different chart runs

- cameo-parkway

- "The Slow Twist"

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters

- "The Twist"

Bobby parker

- "Watch Your Step"

Ray Charles

- Atlantic Records

- charges of blasphemy caused Ray's first hit records to be banned from many radio stations

Sam Cooke

- lead singer of the Soul Stirrers

- on specialty with Art Rupe but left & signed to Keen Records

- produced w/ Bumps Blackwell

- was shot and killed on December 11,1964 at the Hacienda Motel in LA

"Mess Around"

- Ray Charles

- written by Amhet Ertegun

"I Got a Woman"

- Ray Charles

"A Fool for You"

- Ray Charles

"What'd I Say"

- Ray Charles

- electric piano

- crossover hit

"I Can't Stop Loving You"

- Country soul

- ABC-Paramount

"Jesus Gave Me Water"

- Sam Cooke

"You Send Me"

- Sam Cooke

- Keen Records

"Wonderful World"

- Sam Cooke

"A Change is Gonna Come

- Sam Cooke

"Bring It On Home To Me"

- Sam Cooke

- w/ Lou Rawls

- RCA

James Brown

- The Godfather of Soul

- The Hardest working man in show business

- King Records

- live at the apollo spent 66 weeks on the pop album charts, peaking at #2

"Please, Please, Please"

- James Brown

"Try Me"

- James Brown

"I'll Go Crazy"

- James Brown

"Prisoner of Love"

- James Brown

TAMI Show

- brought live music to rural parts of the US

Isley Brothers

- "Shout"

- "Twist and Shout" -> co written & produced by Bert Berns

Bert Berns

- replaced Leiber & Stoller as house producer at Atlantic

Solomon Burke

- "Cry to Me" -> Bert Berns

- "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" -> Bert Berns

Snooks Eaglin

- "Yours Truly"

Jerry Butler & The Impressions

- "For Your Precious Love"

- Jerry Butler was replaced by Curtis Mayfield -> lead vocals, guitar, songs

The Impressions

- "It's All Right" -> Curtis Mayfield

- "Keep on Pushing" -> Curtis Mayfield

Major Lance

- "Monkey Time" -> Written by Curtis Mayfield

Stax Records

- founded by Jim Stewart & Estelle Axton

- releases distributed by Atlantic Record

William Bell

- "You Don't Miss Your Water"

Booke T & the MGs

- Booker T. Jones -> keys

- Al Jackson Jr. -> drums

- Steve Cropper -> guitar

- Lewie Stienberg -> bass (1962-64)

- Donald "Duck" Dunn -> bass (1964-2012)

- House band at Stax

- "Green Onions"

Otis Redding

- On Stax subsidiary Volt

- "These Arms of Mine"

- died in an airplane crash, he was the pilot and all but one member of the Bar-Kays died

The Memphis Horns

- Wayne Jackson - Trumpet

- Andrew Love - Saxophone

- "Mr. Pitful"

Motown Records

- Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown in 1959 in Detroit, Michigan

- "The sound of young America"

Berry Gordy Jr.

- wrote "Reet Petite" & "Lonely Teardrops" for Jackie Wilson

Barrett Strong

- "Money (That's What I Want)" -> written by Gordy & Bradford; the first hit for Motown

The Miracles

- Smokey Robinson - lead vocals, songs

- "Shop Around" -> written by Robinson & Gordy; was Motowns first million-selling song

- "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" -> written by Smokey Robinson

Marvin Gaye

- befcore signing w/ Motown, he recorded for Chess as a member of the Moonglows

- "Can I Get a Witness" -> written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland

Martha & The Vandellas

- "Heatwave" -> written by Holland-Dozier-Holland

The Everly Brothers

- Chet Atkins played guitar for them

- Archie Bleyer was their producer

- Candence Records

- moved to Warner Brothers

- Enlisted in the US Marines

"Bye Bye Love"

- written by Felice & Boudleaux Bryant

- The Everly Brothers

"Wake Up Little Susie"

- The Everly Brothers

- written by Felice & Boudleaux Bryant

- was banned by some radio stations that considered the lyrics too suggestive

"All I Have to do is Dream"

- The Everly Brothers

- written by Felice & Bouldeaux Bryant

- only single ever to be at #1 on all the Billboard's singles charts simultaneously

"Cathy's Clow"

- The Everly Brothers

- written by the Don & Phil Everly (themselves)

Buddy Holly

- Decca Records dropped his contract and said he couldn't record the same songs for anyone else for five years

- ended his association with Norman Petty & left the Crickets

- died in a place crash w/ Ritchie Valens & the Big Bopper

"Rock Around with Ollie Vee"

- Buddy Holly

"Peggy Sue"

- Buddy Holly

- released on Coral, a Decca subsidiary

"Well... All Right"

- Buddy Holly

"True Love Ways"

- Buddy Holly

- was Holly's last recording session

The Crickets

- Buddy Holly, Nikki Sullivan, Joe B. Maudlin, and jerry Allison

- "That'll Be the Day" -> new demo verson was recorded at Petty's studio in Clovis, New Mexico; issued on Brunswick

- Petty was the group's manager

- "Not Fade Away" -> recorded at Petty's studio & released on Burnswick

Ritchie Valens

- forefather of the Chicano rock movement

- "La Bamba"

- died in the place accident w/ Buddy Holly on Feb 3, 1959

Eddie Cochran

- "Twenty Flight Rock"

- "Summertime Blues" -> Earl Palmer on drums

- manager was Jerry Capehart

- "Nervous Breakdown"

- "Somethin' Else"

- died in a traffic accident